Richard Johnson
Richard LaVon Johnson
Born: October 19, 1961
Los Angeles, CA USA
Position: WR
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 182
College: Colorado
High School: San Pedro (Los Angeles, CA)
Career: 1983-1990
Richard Johnson played from 1983 to 1990 during his career with the Denver Gold, Detroit Lions, Houston Gamblers and Washington Redskins. Johnson caught 353 passes for 4,662 yards and 43 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | USFL Houston Gamblers | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
1985 | USFL Houston Gamblers | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
1989 | NFL Detroit Lions | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
USFL | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 | |
NFL | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 | |
Totals | 18 | 72 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | USFL Houston Gamblers | 115 | 1455 | 12.7 | 53t | 15 |
1985 | USFL Houston Gamblers | 103 | 1384 | 13.4 | 52t | 14 |
1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
1989 | NFL Detroit Lions | 70 | 1091 | 15.6 | 75 | 8 |
1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 64 | 727 | 11.4 | 44 | 6 |
USFL | 218 | 2839 | 13.0 | 53 | 29 | |
NFL | 135 | 1823 | 13.5 | 75 | 14 | |
Totals | 353 | 4662 | 13.2 | 75 | 43 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | USFL Houston Gamblers | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 28 | 0 |
USFL | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 28 | 0 | |
Totals | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 28 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
NFL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1984 | USFL Houston Gamblers | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||
1985 | USFL Houston Gamblers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||
1989 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
USFL | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | |
NFL | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
Totals | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | USFL | Denver Gold | 1 | 0 |
1984 | USFL | Houston Gamblers | 18 | 18 |
1985 | USFL | Houston Gamblers | 17 | 16 |
1987 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 |
1989 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 15 |
1990 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 16 |
Awards
1984 - USFL Leading Receiver
1985 - USFL Leading Receiver
Honors
1984 - USFL USFL (All-USFL)