Joe Johnson (defensive end)

American football player (born 1972) For other people named Joe Johnson, see Joe Johnson (disambiguation).

American football player

Joe Johnson

No. 94, 91

Position:

Defensive end

Personal information

Born:

(1972-07-11) July 11, 1972 (age 52)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight:

275 lb (125 kg)

Career information

High school:

Jennings (MO)

College:

Louisville

NFL draft:

1994 / round: 1 / pick: 13

Career history

New Orleans Saints (1994–2001)
Green Bay Packers (2002–2003)

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Tackles:	400
Sacks:	52.5
Forced fumbles:	13
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Joseph T. Johnson (born July 11, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and the Green Bay Packers. In the 1994 NFL draft, he was selected by the Saints in the first round with the 13th overall pick. He was elected to the Pro Bowl after the 1998 season, missed the entire 1999 season with a severe knee injury that left his career in doubt, but came back in 2000 to once again be named to the Pro Bowl and also named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year. In 2002 Green Bay picked him up in free agency and ESPN named him the biggest free agency bust in Green Bay's history. The Packers gave the former Saints defender a six-year, $33 million contract that included a $6.5 million signing bonus. What they got in return was two sacks in 11 games over two injury-filled seasons, before they cut him. He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals. He was inducted into the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2019.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Tackles				Interceptions				Fumbles
Year	Team	GP	GS	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sck	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	FF	FR	Yds	TD
1994	NOR	15	14	46	36	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
1995	NOR	14	14	50	36	14	5.5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1996	NOR	13	13	60	50	10	7.5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
1997	NOR	16	16	46	39	7	8.5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1998	NOR	16	16	70	54	16	7.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
2000	NOR	16	15	48	38	10	12.0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
2001	NOR	16	16	64	53	11	9.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
2002	GNB	5	5	10	6	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2003	GNB	6	6	6	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		117	115	400	318	82	52.5	0	0	0	0	13	8	5	1

Playoffs

Year	Team	Games		Tackles				Interceptions				Fumbles
Year	Team	GP	GS	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sck	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	FF	FR	Yds	TD
2000	NOR	2	2	6	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		2	2	6	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

"Joe Johnson Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
"1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
Western, Evan "Tex". "Packers' Worst Free Agent Signing? ESPN says it's Joe Johnson". acmepackingcompany.com. Acme Packing Company. Retrieved February 26, 2020.

v t e 1994 NFL draft first-round selections
Dan Wilkinson Marshall Faulk Heath Shuler Willie McGinest Trev Alberts Trent Dilfer Bryant Young Sam Adams Antonio Langham Jamir Miller John Thierry Aaron Glenn Joe Johnson Bernard Williams Wayne Gandy Aaron Taylor Charles Johnson Dewayne Washington Todd Steussie Tim Bowens Johnnie Morton Rob Fredrickson Shante Carver Thomas Lewis Greg Hill Henry Ford Jeff Burris William Floyd Derrick Alexander

1994 NFL draft first-round selections

v t e New Orleans Saints 1994 NFL draft selections
Joe Johnson Mario Bates Winfred Tubbs Doug Nussmeier Herman Carroll Craig Novitsky Derrell Mitchell Lance Lundberg

v t e New Orleans Saints first-round draft picks
Kelley Hardy Shinners Burrough Manning R. Smith Middleton Burton Schumacher Muncie Campbell Chandler Erxleben Brock Rogers Scott Toles Dombrowski Knight Heyward Martin Turnbull Dunbar Roaf I. Smith Johnson Fields Molden Naeole Turley Williams McAllister Stallworth Grant Sullivan W. Smith Brown Bush Meachem Ellis Jenkins Robinson Jordan Ingram Vaccaro Cooks Peat Anthony Rankins Lattimore Ramczyk Davenport Ruiz Turner Olave Penning Bresee Fuaga

New Orleans Saints first-round draft picks

v t e New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame
Danny Abramowicz Morten Andersen Doug Atkins Tom Benson Drew Brees Hoby Brenner Stan Brock Aaron Brooks Reggie Bush John Carney Henry Childs Marques Colston Tom Dempsey Jim Dombrowski Jahri Evans Joe Federspiel Jim Finks Tony Galbreath La'Roi Glover Roman Harper Bobby Hebert Joel Hilgenberg John Hill Dalton Hilliard Joe Horn Tyrone Hughes Rickey Jackson Joe Johnson Vaughan Johnson Billy Kilmer Sammy Knight Jake Kupp Michael Lewis Archie Manning Eric Martin Wayne Martin Rueben Mayes Deuce McAllister Sam Mills Derland Moore Lance Moore Jim Mora Tommy Myers Carl Nicks Bob Pollard Willie Roaf George Rogers Steve Sidwell Will Smith Pat Swilling Pierre Thomas Jonathan Vilma Frank Warren Dave Waymer Dave Whitsell Jim Wilks

New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame

v t e PFWA National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award
1972: Morrall 1973: Gabriel 1974: Namath 1975: Hampton 1976: Landry 1977: Morton 1978: Riggins 1979: Csonka 1980: Plunkett 1981: Anderson 1982: Alzado 1983: B. Johnson 1984: Stallworth 1985: No selection 1986: Montana & Kramer 1987: White 1988: Bell 1989: Anderson 1990: Word 1991: McMahon 1992: Cunningham 1993: M. Allen 1994: Marino 1995: Harbaugh & Hearst 1996: Bettis 1997: Brooks 1998: Flutie 1999: Young 2000: J. Johnson 2001: Hearst 2002: Maddox 2003: Kitna 2004: McGahee 2005: S. Smith 2006: Pennington 2007: Moss 2008: Pennington 2009: Brady 2010: Vick 2011: Stafford 2012: Peterson 2013: Rivers 2014: Gronkowski 2015: Berry 2016: Nelson 2017: K. Allen 2018: Luck 2019: Tannehill 2020: A. Smith 2021: Burrow 2022: G. Smith 2023: Hamlin

PFWA National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award

1972: Morrall
1973: Gabriel
1974: Namath
1975: Hampton
1976: Landry
1977: Morton
1978: Riggins
1979: Csonka
1980: Plunkett
1981: Anderson
1982: Alzado
1983: B. Johnson
1984: Stallworth
1985: No selection
1986: Montana & Kramer
1987: White
1988: Bell
1989: Anderson
1990: Word
1991: McMahon
1992: Cunningham
1993: M. Allen
1994: Marino
1995: Harbaugh & Hearst
1996: Bettis
1997: Brooks
1998: Flutie
1999: Young
2000: J. Johnson
2001: Hearst
2002: Maddox
2003: Kitna
2004: McGahee
2005: S. Smith
2006: Pennington
2007: Moss
2008: Pennington
2009: Brady
2010: Vick
2011: Stafford
2012: Peterson
2013: Rivers
2014: Gronkowski
2015: Berry
2016: Nelson
2017: K. Allen
2018: Luck
2019: Tannehill
2020: A. Smith
2021: Burrow
2022: G. Smith
2023: Hamlin

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