Lance Johnstone

Lance Johnstone (born June 11, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was a four-year letterman playing college football for the Temple Owls, playing his final three seasons at linebacker and serving as team captain in 1994 and 1995. He left Temple with the school record in solo tackles with 288 and set a single game school record with 15 solo tackles against Pittsburgh as a junior. He was selected in the 1996 NFL draft by the Oakland Raiders and also played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2001 to 2005, where he accumulated 42 sacks in just five seasons. He was signed again by Oakland in April 2006. In his 11 NFL seasons, he missed only nine games.

NFL career statistics Legend Led the league Bold Career high

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD 1996 OAK 16 10 32 26 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1997 OAK 14 6 31 20 11 3.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1998 OAK 16 15 54 48 6 11.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 40 1 1999 OAK 16 16 52 46 6 10.0 1 0 0 0 5 1 13 1 2000 OAK 14 9 32 22 10 3.5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2001 MIN 16 5 38 29 9 5.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2002 MIN 16 16 51 41 10 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2003 MIN 16 0 29 21 8 10.0 1 33 1 33 2 1 0 0 2004 MIN 16 1 31 25 6 11.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2005 MIN 15 1 20 15 5 7.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2006 OAK 11 1 16 12 4 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 166 80 386 305 81 72.0 2 33 1 33 19 6 56 3