- Curtis Johnson (linebacker)
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Curtis Johnson No. -- Free Agent Defensive end Personal information Date of birth: February 16, 1985 Place of birth: Lauderhill, Florida Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 237 lb (108 kg) Career information College: Clark Atlanta Undrafted in 2008 Debuted in 2008 for the Indianapolis Colts Career history - Indianapolis Colts (2008)
- Dallas Cowboys (2009)
- St. Louis Rams (2010)
- New Orleans Saints (2011)*
- *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards - None
Career NFL statistics as of 2008 Tackles 4 Sacks 1.0 Forced fumbles 0 Stats at NFL.com Curtis Johnson (born February 16, 1985) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Clark Atlanta.
Johnson has also been a member of the Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams, and New Orleans Saints.
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Early years
Johnson was born in Lauderhill, Florida and was raised in Clay, New York. He attended Cicero-North Syracuse High School and was two-time Section III all-state selection and added All-Central New York honors and Post-Standard All-CNY honors at running back.
College career
He was a two-year letterman who started 21 career games at Clark College and totaled 187 tackles, 119 solo, for career. He made 112 tackles, 69 solo as a senior he started eleven games and was named College-division All-America. He finished first in nation in Division II with 2.5 tackles for loss average per game and was voted SIAC Player-of-the-Week four times. He started 10 games as junior and made 75 tackles, 50 solo, including 18 tackles for losses and ranked 1st in nation for Division II with nine FF. He had five sacks for 49 yards in losses and was two-time All-Northeast Football Conference First-Team selection at DE at Morrisville State College. There he posted 152 tackles and 72 solo in two years and had 12 sacks as freshman and started 10 games at DE.
Professional career
Pre-draft
Pre-draft measureables Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic 6 ft 2⅝ in 242 lb 33 in 9⅝ in 4.60 s 4.46 s 6.78 s 34 in 25 rep x All values from NFL Combine[1][2] Indianapolis Colts
He was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2008. As a rookie he appeared in seven games as reserve defensive end and special teamer and made five defensive tackles, two solo, and one sack. He also had six solo special teams tackles.
Johnson was waived/injured on August 31, 2009.
Dallas Cowboys
Johnson was claimed off waivers by the Dallas Cowboys on September 1, 2009 and moved to outside linebacker in the team's 3-4 defense. The team waived offensive lineman Greg Isdaner to make room for Johnson.
St. Louis Rams
On September 5, 2010, the St. Louis Rams signed Johnson to their practice squad.[3]
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Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Broward County, Florida
- Players of American football from Florida
- American football defensive ends
- American football linebackers
- Clark Atlanta Panthers football players
- Undrafted National Football League players
- Indianapolis Colts players
- Dallas Cowboys players
- St. Louis Rams players
- New Orleans Saints players
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