Essex Johnson
[edit] Biography
Essex Johnson (Essex L. Johnson) was born on October 15, 1946 in Shreveport, Louisiana. After going to high school at Shreveport (LA), Johnson attended Grambling State University. Johnson made his professional debut in the AFL in 1968 with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played in the AFL for 2 years, playing for the Cincinnati Bengals the entire time. Johnson also played in the NFL for 7 years, playing for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the course of his 7 year NFL career.
Most people believe that 1973 was Essex Johnson's best year, as he ran for 997 yards, ran in 4 TDs and ran for an average of 5.1 yards per carry.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1968
| CIN
| AFL
| 14
| 26
| 178
| 6.8
| 3
| 41t
|
| 1969
| CIN
| AFL
| 12
| 15
| 54
| 3.6
| 0
| 13
|
| 1970
| CIN
| NFL
| 13
| 65
| 273
| 4.2
| 2
| 26
|
| 1971
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 85
| 522
| 6.1
| 4
| 86t
|
| 1972
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 212
| 825
| 3.9
| 4
| 19
|
| 1973
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 195
| 997
| 5.1
| 4
| 46
|
| 1974
| CIN
| NFL
| 5
| 19
| 44
| 2.3
| 0
| 11
|
| 1975
| CIN
| NFL
| 12
| 58
| 177
| 3.1
| 1
| 15
|
| 1976
| TAM
| NFL
| 14
| 47
| 166
| 3.5
| 1
| 27
|
| 2 year AFL career
| 26
| 41
| 232
| 5.7
| 3
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 86
| 681
| 3004
| 4.4
| 16
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1968
| CIN
| AFL
| 14
| 1
| 33
| 33
| 0
| 33
|
| 1969
| CIN
| AFL
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| 1970
| CIN
| NFL
| 13
| 15
| 190
| 12.7
| 2
| 51t
|
| 1971
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 14
| 258
| 18.4
| 2
| 67t
|
| 1972
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 29
| 420
| 14.5
| 2
| 65t
|
| 1973
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 28
| 356
| 12.7
| 3
| 78t
|
| 1974
| CIN
| NFL
| 5
| 8
| 85
| 10.6
| 1
| 27t
|
| 1975
| CIN
| NFL
| 12
| 25
| 196
| 7.8
| 1
| 30
|
| 1976
| TAM
| NFL
| 14
| 25
| 201
| 8
| 1
| 38
|
| 2 year AFL career
| 26
| 2
| 36
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 86
| 144
| 1706
| 11.8
| 12
| 0
|
[edit] Punt Return Stats
| 1968
| CIN
| AFL
| 14
| 22
| 111
| 5
| 2
| 45
| 0
|
| 1969
| CIN
| AFL
| 12
| 17
| 85
| 5
| 6
| 17
| 0
|
| 1970
| CIN
| NFL
| 13
| 7
| 72
| 10.3
| 1
| 36
| 0
|
| 1971
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 28
| 9.3
| 5
| 14
| 0
|
| 1972
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 7
| 3.5
| 0
| 7
| 0
|
| 1973
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CIN
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| CIN
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| TAM
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2 year AFL career
| 26
| 39
| 196
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 86
| 12
| 107
| 8.9
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1968
| CIN
| AFL
| 14
| 14
| 266
| 19
| 31
| 0
|
| 1969
| CIN
| AFL
| 12
| 16
| 362
| 22.6
| 51
| 0
|
| 1970
| CIN
| NFL
| 13
| 3
| 68
| 22.7
| 31
| 0
|
| 1971
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 40
| 20
| 21
| 0
|
| 1972
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 13
| 13
| 13
| 0
|
| 1973
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CIN
| NFL
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| CIN
| NFL
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| TAM
| NFL
| 14
| 13
| 287
| 22.1
| 32
| 0
|
| 2 year AFL career
| 26
| 30
| 628
| 20.9
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 86
| 19
| 408
| 21.5
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1968
| CIN
| AFL
| 14
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| CIN
| AFL
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| CIN
| NFL
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| CIN
| NFL
| 14
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
| 1974
| CIN
| NFL
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| CIN
| NFL
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| TAM
| NFL
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2 year AFL career
| 26
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 7 year NFL career
| 86
| 19
| 5
| 0
| 8
| 0
|
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