Isaiah Johnson (American football, born May 1992)

Isaiah Johnson
Free agent
Position: Safety
Personal information
Born: (1992-05-16) May 16, 1992
Columbus, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 202 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school: Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Georgia)
College: Georgia Tech
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
Career NFL statistics as of 2017
Total tackles: 1
Sacks: 0.0
Pass deflections: 0
Interceptions: 0
Forced fumbles: 0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Isaiah Nathan Johnson (born May 16, 1992) is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Georgia Tech.

High school career

Johnson attended and played high school football for Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Georgia. He earned all-state, all-region, and all-county honors as safety in 2009, when he helped lead Sandy Creek to the state championship. He was on the academic honor roll.[1]

College career

Attending Georgia Tech, Johnson started three games in his freshman year in 2010, and was a starter thereafter. He was injured at the end of his junior year, and sat out the following season. He played in 2014 as a redshirt senior. He finished his college career with 283 tackles, which were the most by any Georgia Tech defensive back.[1]

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad
6 ft 1 in
(1.85 m)		 202 lb
(92 kg)
All values from NFL Combine

Detroit Lions

Johnson went undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent before spring training for a $12,000 signing bonus.[2] He was among the final cuts of spring training in 2015,[3] but was signed off the practice squad on November 14 of that year.[4]

On September 3, 2016, Johnson was waived by the Lions.[5]

Los Angeles Rams

On September 6, 2016, Johnson was signed to the Los Angeles Rams' practice squad.[6] He was promoted to the active roster on September 23, 2016.[7] He was released on September 28, 2016 and re-signed to the practice squad. He was promoted back to the active roster on December 19, 2016.[8]

On September 2, 2017, Johnson was waived by the Rams and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[9][10] He was promoted to the active roster on November 3, 2017.[11] He was waived by the Rams on November 7, 2017 and was re-signed to the practice squad. He was promoted back to the active roster on December 13, 2017.[12]

On September 18, 2018, Johnson was waived by the Rams.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Isaiah Johnson". ramblinwreck.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Twentyman, Tim (May 10, 2015). "Rookie safety Isaiah Johnson out to make his mark". Detroit Lions. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Rothstein, Michael (September 5, 2015). "Detroit Lions cut 20 players, including Jeremy Ross, Joseph Fauria". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Birkett, Dave (November 14, 2015). "Lions' Mathis to IR; S Johnson signed off practice squad". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lions establish 53-man roster". DetroitLions.com. September 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Rams Sign Three to Complete Practice Squad". TheRams.com.
  7. ↑ "Rams Waive CB Steve Williams, Promote DB Isaiah Johnson". TheRams.com. September 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ Nagel, Eric (December 19, 2016). "Rams Make Monday Roster Moves". TurfShowTimes.com.
  9. ↑ Han, Jamie (September 2, 2017). "Rams Announce Roster Moves". TheRams.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018.
  10. ↑ Simmons, Myles (September 3, 2017). "Rams Waive Three, Announce Practice Squad". TheRams.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Los Angeles Rams S Cody Davis placed on IR, promote S Isaiah Johnson from practice squad". TurfShowTimes.com. November 3, 2017.
  12. ↑ Simmons, Myles (December 13, 2017). "Rams Promote Isaiah Johnson, Sign Marcus Sayles to Practice Squad". TheRams.com.
  13. ↑ "Rams Waive S Isaiah Johnson, Add T Darrell Williams Jr. to Practice Squad". TheRams.com. September 18, 2018.
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