Charles Johnson (wide receiver, born 1989)

Charles Johnson

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Johnson with the Browns in 2014
No. 12 Minnesota Vikings
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: (1989-02-27) February 27, 1989
Place of birth: Elsmere, Kentucky
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 217 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school: Erlanger (KY) Lloyd Memorial
College: Grand Valley State
NFL Draft: 2013 / Round: 7 / Pick: 216
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2016
Receptions: 46
Receiving yards: 694
Receiving touchdowns: 2
Player stats at NFL.com

Charles David Johnson (born February 27, 1989)[1] is an American football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft out of Grand Valley State. He has also played for the Cleveland Browns.

Early years

Johnson graduated from Lloyd Memorial High School in Erlanger, Kentucky, where he was a four-sport star in football, baseball, basketball and track. He played as a wide receiver for the Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts football team. He earned All-state and All-conference honors as a junior and senior. As a junior, he hauled in 26 catches for 600 yards and six touchdowns. In his senior year, he caught 38 passes for 567 yards and five touchdowns.

Johnson was also a star in baseball and track at Lloyd Memorial. Johnson first started playing baseball as a shortstop and pitcher, but switched to football as a junior. In track & field, Johnson lettered all four years competing in sprints and jumps. At the 2007 KHSAA 2A State T&F Meet, he took fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.05 seconds, while also placing third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.13 seconds.[2] In 2010, he captured a regional title in the pole vault after clearing a height of 3.53 meters (11 feet, 6 inches).[3]

College career

Prior to attending GVSU, Johnson spent one year at Eastern Kentucky University, where he appeared in 11 games and caught three passes for 63 yards. He also attended Antelope Valley Community College District for one year, where he caught 24 passes for 231 yards and three touchdowns.

In 2010, Johnson was red-shirted and did not play. As a junior in 2011, he caught 56 passes for 1,030 yards and 15 touchdowns, breaking the 100-yard receiving mark in five games. He was named a first-team All-GLIAC GVSU Offensive Skill Player of the Year and GVSU Offensive Skill Player of the Year. In his senior year, he caught 72 passes for 1,199 yards and 16 touchdowns.

Professional career

2013 NFL Draft

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 2 in 215 lb 4.39 s 1.53 s 2.51 s 4.31 s 7.04 s 39 1⁄2 in 11 ft 1 in 14 reps
All values from GVSU'S Pro Day[4]

Johnson was not invited to perform at the 2013 NFL Combine, but he performed well at GVSU's "Pro Day", as he would have placed among the top performers at the combine in the 40-yard dash (4.39 seconds), vertical jump (39 1⁄2 inches) and broad jump (11 ft 1 in). Before his Pro Day, he had guaranteed that he'd run a 4.39 in the 40-yard dash.[5]

Green Bay Packers

Johnson was selected in the seventh round with the 216th overall pick by the Green Bay Packers in the 2013 NFL Draft.[6] He spent the preseason with the Packers before being signed to the practice squad on September 2, 2013.

Cleveland Browns

Johnson was signed by the Cleveland Browns off the Packers practice squad on October 12, 2013 four days before being placed on reserved/non-football injury.[7]

Minnesota Vikings

2014 season

On September 20, 2014, the Minnesota Vikings signed Johnson off the Browns' practice squad.[8] After spending the entire 2013 season on the Packers and Browns practice squads, Johnson had a breakout first season for the Vikings in 2014. He was inactive on game day for the opening 2 contests of the season, but ended up playing in 11 games with 6 starts. In Week 5, he appeared in his first career NFL game against the team that drafted him at Green Bay, finishing the game with a catch for seven yards. In his first start against the Green Bay Packers on November 23, he caught his first career touchdown on a 22-yard pass from Teddy Bridgewater. In the Vikings' overtime victory against the New York Jets in Week 14, Johnson contributed to the win with his firt-career 100-yard performance, ending the day with 103 yards on 4 catches including a career-long 56-yard touchdown.[9] For the season, Johnson was the Vikings third leading receiver with 31 catches, 475 yards and 2 touchdowns and was named and emerged as a starting receiver for the team replacing Cordarrelle Patterson, who was drafted in the first round of the 2013 draft (187 selections before Johnson was).

2015 season

Dealing with injuries for the most part of the preseason, Johnson failed to establish himself in the lineup as Mike Wallace earned the starting role in training camp. Johnson ended up starting 4 games while appearing in 11. In the Vikings eight game of the season against the Chicago Bears, the game was tied 20-20 with just one minute remaining in the fourth quarter. On a 2nd-and-7 with 36 seconds remaining, Bridgewater threw an up-for-grabs pass in Johnson's direction and he hauled it in for a 35-yard gain (longest of the season) that set up the game-winning field goal by Blair Walsh.[10] He was inactive for the final 3 games of the season including the Wild Card Playoff game.

2016 season

Following Mike Wallace's departure in the offseason, Johnson was named the starting wide receiver opposite Stefon Diggs for the 2016 season. After three disappointing games to start the season in which he only managed to catch 3 passes for 20 yards, Johnson had a notable game against the New York Giants in Week 4. On 22 snaps, he hauled in two passes for 70 yards, with a long of 40.[11]

Statistics

Season Team Games Receiving Rushing Fumbles
GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Att Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
Regular season
2013 Cleveland Browns 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
2014 Minnesota Vikings 12 6 31 475 15.3 56 2 1 -11 -11.0 0 0 1 0
2015 Minnesota Vikings 11 4 9 127 14.1 35 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
2016 Minnesota Vikings 4 2 5 90 18.0 40 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Total 27 12 45 692 15.4 56 2 1 -11 -11.0 0 0 1 0
Postseason
2015 Minnesota Vikings 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ Green Bay Packers 2013 media guide, p. 263
  2. ↑ http://khsaa.org/track/2007/class2adetailed.htm
  3. ↑ http://ky.milesplit.com/meets/62902/results/125080
  4. ↑ http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=94218&draftyear=2013&genpos=WR
  5. ↑ http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/2025465/charles-johnson
  6. ↑ Packers take WR Charles Johnson to start the seventh, final round
  7. ↑ Cleveland Browns plan to develop former Packers WR Charles Johnson, and Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy puzzled by move
  8. ↑ Patra, Kevin (September 20, 2014). "Minnesota Vikings sign wide receiver Charles Johnson". NFL.com. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
  9. ↑ Johnson posts career-best 103-yard performance in win over Jets
  10. ↑ Charles Johnson steps in to make key catch for Vikings
  11. ↑ Charles Johnson: Has 70 yards receiving in Monday's win

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