Ron Johnson
Ronald Adolphis Johnson
Born: October 17, 1947
Detroit, MI USA
Deceased: November 10, 2018
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 205
College: Michigan
High School: Northwestern (Detroit, MI)
Career: 1969-1975
Drafted: 1969 in Round 1, #20 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Ron Johnson played from 1969 to 1975 during his career with the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants. Johnson ran for 4,308 yards in his career on 1,204 attempts, scoring 40 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 213 passes for 1,977 yards and 15 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 138 | 472 | 3.4 | 48 | 7 |
1970 | NFL New York Giants | 263 | 1027 | 3.9 | 68 | 8 |
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 32 | 156 | 4.9 | 17 | 1 |
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 298 | 1182 | 4.0 | 35 | 9 |
1973 | NFL New York Giants | 260 | 902 | 3.5 | 29 | 6 |
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 97 | 218 | 2.2 | 14 | 4 |
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 116 | 351 | 3.0 | 23 | 5 |
Totals | 1204 | 4308 | 3.6 | 68 | 40 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 24 | 164 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 |
1970 | NFL New York Giants | 48 | 487 | 10.1 | 50 | 4 |
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 30 | 0 |
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 45 | 451 | 10.0 | 39 | 5 |
1973 | NFL New York Giants | 32 | 377 | 11.8 | 45 | 3 |
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 24 | 171 | 7.1 | 21 | 2 |
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 34 | 280 | 8.2 | 36 | 1 |
Totals | 213 | 1977 | 9.3 | 50 | 15 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
1970 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 140 | 28.0 | 69 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 171 | 28.5 | 69 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1973 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 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 |
1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
1970 | NFL New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |||||||
1971 | NFL New York Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1972 | NFL New York Giants | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
1973 | NFL New York Giants | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
1974 | NFL New York Giants | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
1975 | NFL New York Giants | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Totals | 40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 330 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
1970 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | New York Giants | 2 | 0 |
1972 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
1973 | NFL | New York Giants | 12 | 0 |
1974 | NFL | New York Giants | 11 | 0 |
1975 | NFL | New York Giants | 14 | 0 |
Honors
1970 - Associated Press All-Conference (1st Team)
1970 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1970 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1970 - Pro Football Weekly All-Conference (1st Team)
1970 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1970 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1970 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1972 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1972 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)