Bryant Johnson

Bryant Andrew Johnson (born March 7, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals 17th overall in the 2003 NFL draft and also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, and Houston Texans. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Early life Johnson attended Baltimore City College high school, excelling at football, basketball, and track. He was selected first-team all-state and the 1998 Baltimore Touchdown Club's offensive player-of-the-year from the Knight's football team, Johnson also anchored a winning relay team at the Penn Relays for the school's track team.

College career Johnson was a star wide receiver for Penn State, starting his final two years. He was the sixth player in PSU history to catch more than 100 career passes, and finished second all-time with 2,008 career receiving yards. He had 45 receptions for 546 yards and three touchdowns the 2008 season, his fifth straight season with 40 or more receptions. In his tenure with the 49ers, he changed his jersey number from 80 to 82 in respect of retired 49ers WR Jerry Rice, whose jersey number 80 was retired in his honor.

Detroit Lions On February 28, 2009, Johnson signed a 3-year $9 million deal with the Detroit Lions. He was released on July 28, 2011.

Houston Texans Johnson signed with the Houston Texans on August 29, 2011.

Johnson re-signed with the Texans on July 26, 2012. On August 27, he was released by the team.

Career statistics

NFL Year Team Games Receiving Rushing Punt returns Kickoff returns GP GS Rec Yds Avg Y/G Lng TD FD Att Yds Avg Y/G Lng TD FD Ret Yds Avg Lng TD Ret Yds Avg Lng TD 2003 ARZ 37 8 35 438 12.5 29.2 54 1 20 – – – – – – – 1 3 3.0 3 0 – – – – – 2004 ARZ 16 11 49 537 11.0 33.6 40 1 29 2 -6 -3.0 -0.4 1 0 0 – – – – – 6 135 22.5 47 0 2005 ARZ 14 4 40 432 10.8 30.9 41 1 25 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 9 9.0 9 0 2 45 22.5 24 0 2006 ARZ 16 8 40 740 18.5 46.3 58 4 30 1 -3 -3.0 -0.2 -3 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 2 29 14.5 16 0 2007 ARZ 16 8 46 528 11.5 33.0 30 2 33 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2008 SF 16 12 45 546 12.1 34.1 42 3 28 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2009 DET 16 16 35 417 11.9 26.1 36 3 23 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2010 DET 14 7 18 210 11.7 15.0 24 0 11 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2011 HOU 16 0 6 90 15.0 5.6 40 0 4 1 1 1.0 0.1 1 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – Career 139 74 314 3,938 12.5 28.3 58 16 203 5 -8 -1.6 -0.1 1 0 0 3 12 4.0 9 0 10 209 20.9 47 0

College Year Team GP Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD 1999 Penn State 12 7 140 20.0 2 2000 Penn State 11 4 85 21.3 1 2001 Penn State 11 51 866 17.0 3 2002 Penn State 13 48 917 19.1 4Career 47 110 2,008 18.3 10