| J.R. Johnson | |
| Number: | 55, 58 |
| Position: | Linebacker |
| Birth Date: | 20 June 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 240 |
| High School: | Cicero–North Syracuse[1] |
| College: | Syracuse |
| Undraftedyear: | 2002 |
| Pastteams: |
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| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 5 |
| Statlabel2: | Total tackles |
| Statvalue2: | 4 |
| Pfr: | JohnJ.20 |
Charles A. Johnson Jr., known as J.R. Johnson (born June 20, 1979) is a former American football linebacker who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints. He was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2002 by Baltimore and also had stints with the Seattle Seahawks, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, Oakland Raiders and Atlanta Falcons.
J.R. Johnson was born on June 20, 1979, in Los Angeles, California. He went to high school at Cicero–North Syracuse. In his high school career, he had 2,870 yards and 50 touchdowns.[3] He also had 9 interceptions and 221 tackles.
Johnson went to college at Syracuse. He was redshirted in 1997, in 1998, his freshmen year, he played in 9 games. He had 16 tackles in the season.[3] The next year he played in 8 games, he had 16 tackles.[3] In 1999, he had 60 tackles and a sack in 10 games.[3] He had 44 tackles in 2001.[3]
| Year | Games | Comb | Tack | Asst | Int | Sacks | FF | FR | FRYds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 60 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 44 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 39 | 136 | 85 | 51 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
J.R. Johnson was signed as a undrafted free agent on April 25, 2002, by the Baltimore Ravens.[4] He played in four games for the Ravens.[5] [6] He had 4 tackles. He also had one penalty.[6] He was released on October 14.
One day after being released, he was signed by the New Orleans Saints.[4] He played in one game for them. He was waived on December 8.
The day after he was waived, he was claimed by the Seattle Seahawks.[4] He was waived two days later.[4]
On January 7, 2003, he was signed by the Indianapolis Colts.[4] He was released on August 26.[4]
He was later signed by the Carolina Panthers, but he did not play in any games.[4]
On November 19, he was signed by the Oakland Raiders.[4] He was released on December 16.[4] The Raiders were his 6th team in 2 years.
He was signed on January 19, 2004, by the Atlanta Falcons.[4] He was released on May 18. The Falcons were his last team.
His brother Curtis Johnson played in the NFL also. He was a defensive end and linebacker.