Johnson with the Houston Texans in 2019 | |||||||
No. 1 – Kansas City Chiefs | |||||||
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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Gary, Indiana | November 4, 1995||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Gary West Side (IN) | ||||||
College: | Kentucky | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 54 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2021 | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com |
Lonnie Johnson Jr. (born November 4, 1995)[1] is an American football cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kentucky.
Johnson attended West Side Leadership Academy in Gary, Indiana.[2] He originally committed to Ohio State University to play college football but decommitted and went to San Bernardino Valley College Later transferring to Garden City Community College.[3]
Attended San Bernardino Valley College, Ca 2014 played wide receiver and special teams. Johnson attended Garden City in 2015 and 2016. He did not play in 2016, to concentrate on academics.[4] He transferred to the University of Kentucky in 2017.[5][6] In two seasons at Kentucky, he had 64 tackles and one interception.
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 1+7⁄8 in (1.88 m) |
213 lb (97 kg) |
32+5⁄8 in (0.83 m) |
9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.52 s | 4.10 s | 7.01 s | 38.0 in (0.97 m) |
10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
15 reps | |||
All values from NFL Combine[7] |
Johnson was drafted by the Houston Texans in the second round, 54th overall, of the 2019 NFL Draft.[8] The Texans previously acquired the 54th overall pick from the Seattle Seahawks in a trade that sent Duane Brown to Seattle. On May 10, 2019, he signed his rookie contract.[9]
In the Divisional Round of the playoffs against the Kansas City Chiefs, Johnson recovered a blocked punt and returned it for a 25-yard touchdown during the 51–31 loss, but his ineffectiveness in covering Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, in part due to an injury sustained mid-game, was cited as one of the primary reasons for the Chiefs' historic comeback win.[10][11][12]
On May 2, 2022, Johnson was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for a 2024 conditional seventh-round pick.[13]