James Bradley Johnson is a former American football quarterback. He played for the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Dallas Cowboys. He is perhaps best known for his time with the Redskins and Buccaneers, whom he led to their Super Bowl XXXVII title over the Oakland Raiders. Johnson is also notable for making NFL history in a 1997 game against the Carolina Panthers in which he became the first NFL player to complete a touchdown pass to himself. He was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011.
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James Bradley Johnson is a former American football quarterback. He played for the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Dallas Cowboys. He is perhaps best known for his time with the Redskins and Buccaneers, whom he led to their Super Bowl XXXVII title over the Oakland Raiders. Johnson is also notable for making NFL history in a 1997 game against the Carolina Panthers in which he became the first NFL player to complete a touchdown pass to himself. He remained the only player to accomplish the rare feat until January 6, 2018, when Marcus Mariota of the Tennessee Titans was the first to do it in a postseason game. In the spring of 1995, Johnson joined the London Monarchs of the World League, an American football league based in Europe. Johnson played football and basketball for the Florida State Seminoles men’s basketball team from 1987 to 1989. He received All-American honors as quarterback on the football team and all-state honors as a member of the basketball team. Johnson won the 1990 Fiesta Bowl title with the Seminoles. He was drafted in the 9th round of the 1992 NFL Draft as the 227th overall pick. He has also played in the NFL for the New England Patriots, New York Giants, and the San Francisco 49ers. He currently plays for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFC East division of the National Football League (NFC) and the Dallas Cowboys of the AFC East. He also has been a coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he served as coach of the men’s and women’s basketball teams from 1988 to 1992.
He won the 1989 Sugar Bowl as a redshirt freshman and served as holder in every game and played two games as quarterback. Johnson has been married to his wife, Jennifer, since 2007; they have one daughter, Jennifer Johnson, who was born in 1989. Johnson also has a son, James Bradley Johnson, Jr., who was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as well as a junior and a senior at Florida State. Johnson was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011. He had a son with the NFL Hall of Famer, James Johnson, in 2012. He passed for 2,227 yards, 13 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions during his playing days. Johnson threw his first career touchdown pass, a 31-yard pass to Cris Carter, in the fourth quarter of the Vikings’ 17-13 victory over the Chicago Bears on September 17, 2006. He threw a touchdown passed, 31-13, in that game and completed 16 of 23 passes for 157 yards and one interception. Johnson had a career-high 1,136 yards with 8 touchdowns and 5 interceptions in the 1990 season with Florida State football team. In 1994, Johnson became backup to starter Warren Moon and played his first NFL regular season game in Week 3. Johnson would play in three more games in 1994. In 1996, Johnson earned the NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors and he finished third in the NFC NFC.
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