Dorian Johnson
American football player (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American football player (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dorian Leon Johnson (born October 21, 1994) is a former American football guard. He played college football at Pittsburgh.
Johnson as a Belle Vernon Area Leopard | |
| No. 64 | |
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| Position: | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 21, 1994 Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight: | 315 lb (143 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Belle Vernon Area |
| College: | Pittsburgh |
| NFL draft: | 2017 / round: 4 / pick: 115 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
A native of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, Johnson attended Belle Vernon Area High School where he was a four-year varsity player and three-year starter on both the offensive and defensive line. In his junior and senior year he earned consecutive first-team All-Big Nine Conference honors.
Regarded as a four-star recruit by ESPN, Johnson was ranked as the No. 2 offensive tackle behind Laremy Tunsil.[1] With offers from many college football programs, Johnson committed to his home-town Pittsburgh Panthers.[2]
Johnson was a four-year starter at Pittsburgh. Dorian Johnson earned First-team All-American and First-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference in 2016.
Johnson was drafted by the Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL draft.[3] He signed a 4-year deal with a $656,388 signing bonus on May 19, 2017.[4][5] On September 2, 2017, he was waived by the Cardinals and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[6][7]
On October 11, 2017, Johnson was signed by the Houston Texans off the Cardinals' practice squad.[8] He was waived by the Texans on November 3, 2017 when the Texans brought in a quarterback after an injury to Deshaun Watson and was re-signed to the practice squad.[9][10] He was granted release on December 27, 2017 for a family emergency.
On January 2, 2018, Johnson was signed to the Carolina Panthers' practice squad.[11] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Panthers on January 8, 2018.[12]
On September 1, 2018, Johnson was waived by the Panthers and signed to practice squad the following day.[13][14] He was promoted to the active roster on December 28, 2018.[15]
On August 1, 2019, Johnson was waived/injured by the Panthers and placed on injured reserve.[16] He was released on August 20.
On November 22, 2019, Johnson was drafted by the DC Defenders of the XFL in the 2020 XFL Supplemental Draft.[17] He was waived after week 3 of the regular season in February 2020.
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