Career
Johnson played high school football at Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Johnson played college football at West Virginia University in 1985 and played backup his freshman season, behind John Holifield. Johnson rushed for 257 yards and a touchdown that season.
In the 1986 season, Johnson"s sophomore year, he beat out Holifield for the starting job at running back.
He rushed for a team-high 652 yards and five touchdowns that season, as the Mountaineers went 4-7. As a junior in 1987, Johnson played backup again, this time to Bachelor of Arts Brown.
Johnson and the Mountainers, led by the freshman star Major Harris at quarterback, went 6-6. Johnson rushed for 593 yards and four touchdowns that season, behind Brown"s 1,000 yards.
In Johnson"s final season as a Mountaineer, 1988, the team went undefeated for the first time in school history.
Johnson shared time at halfback with Brown. Johnson was again second on the team rushing to Brown, this time with 709 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. Johnson was drafted in the seventh round (172 overall) in the 1989 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.
He played one game for the Falcons and five games for the New Orleans Saints in the 1989 NFL season.
Johnson is now a stockbroker in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Johnson made an appearance at the 2007 West Virginia versus
East Carolina football game as an honorary captain for the Mountaineers.
