Career
He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Colorado State. Johnson has also played for the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons.
As a senior at Miami Springs High School in 2003, he was Dade County"s leading rusher with 1,649 yards and accounted for 18 touchdowns.
Foreign his performance, he earned all-Conference and all-State honors and also holds Miami Springs High"s single-season rushing record, especially significant considering that Miami Springs was also the high school attended by Willis McGahee, Mitch Green, Jon Lewis, and Freddie Myles. Buddy Goins was his coach at MSHS.
He ended his five-year career at Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) with an outstanding 2008 campaign for which he received first team All-MWC honors.
Johnson accounted for over 3,000 yards of total offense and 26 touchdowns in his college career. Johnson became the first player to lead Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) in rushing for three straight seasons since East.J. Watson (1993-1995), and recorded Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union)"s first 1,000-yard season since Kyle Bell in 2005.
He showed an astonishing performance in the 2008 New Mexico Bowl when he rushed for 286 yards and two touchdowns, also receiving five passes for 90 yards, he sealed the game on a 77-yard touchdown with 1:46 remaining earning Offensive Most Valuable Player honors.
His 375 all-purpose yards ranks second all-time in a bowl game, behind East Carolina"s Chris Johnson, who had 408 all-purpose yards. 153 in kickoff returns in the 2007 Hawaii Bowl. He was named Team’s Fum McGraw Most Valuable Player as senior.