- LeShon Johnson
NFL player
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1971|1|15|mf=y
Birthplace=Haskell, OK
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College=Northern Illinois
Position=Running back
number=42, 32, 23
DraftedYear=1994
DraftedRound=3
DraftedPick=84
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years=1994-1995
1995-1997
1999
teams=Green Bay Packers Arizona Cardinals New York Giants
DatabaseFootball=JOHNSLES01
PFR=LeShon Eugene Johnson (born
January 15 ,1971 inHaskell, Oklahoma ) is a formerAmerican football player who was drafted by theGreen Bay Packers in the third round of the1994 NFL Draft .Johnson, a
running back , played for theGreen Bay Packers , theArizona Cardinals , and theNew York Giants . Johnson's career was interrupted byLymphoma cancer; however, he managed to make a comeback and subsequently started for the Giants.In Johnson's best game he rushed for 214 yards on 21 carries for the
Arizona Cardinals versus the New Orleans Saints on September 22nd, 1996. His football career ended playing in theXFL for theChicago Enforcers .Johnson played
college football atNorthern Illinois University . In 1993 Johnson was the nation’s number one rusher with 1,976 yards on 327 carries for an average of 179.6 yards per game. Johnson finished sixth in the 1993Heisman Trophy voting race, with five first-place votes. He played only 2 years at that college, but his total yards mark of 3,314 still places him fifth on the school's all-time list.Johnson was a standout high school running back at Haskell High School in Oklahoma. He played
college football atNortheastern Oklahoma A&M College before transferring to Northern Illinois. LeShon was abull rider on the juniorrodeo circuit, earning the nickname the "Cowboy," which followed him throughout his football career.Johnson pled guilty in 2005 to the crime of
dog fighting inOkmulgee County ,Oklahoma . He received a five-year deferred sentence. [ [http://www.redorbit.com/news/politics/429325/okmulgee_prosecutor_responds_to_activists/index.html Okmulgee Prosecutor Responds to Activists]2006-03-15 ] [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/05/29/vick0604/index.html “The House on Moonlight Road”]2007-05-29 AccessedMay 29 ,2007 .]References
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