Rob Johnson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rob Johnson
Occupation	American Football Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 18, 1973(1973-03-18)
Age	51
Birthplace	Newport Beach
Country	United States
Birth City	Newport Beach
Horoscope	Pisces

Rob Johnson Biography

Rob Johnson is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on March 18, 1973 in Newport Beach, Newport Beach, United States. Rob Garland Johnson (born March 18, 1973) is a former professional American football quarterback and current assistant football coach at Mission Viejo High School. Johnson, a native of Orange County, California, played college football at the University of Southern California (USC) and was a fourth-round pick in the 1995 NFL Draft by the expansion team Jacksonville Jaguars.

With USC, Johnson won the 1995 Cotton Bowl Classic. In the Jaguars’ opening game of 1997, Johnson started for an injured Mark Brunell and had a breakout performance that set a record for the best completion percentage by a debuting starting quarterback. Johnson signed a $25 million contract with the Buffalo Bills the following season and was named starting quarterback by coach Wade Phillips. Johnson had a tumultuous, injury-ridden run with the Bills and a reputation for frequently being sacked (140 in his career, including 49 in 2000), the inspiration for the nickname “Robo-sack”. Johnson’s injuries and poor performance led Phillips to replace Johnson with the more experienced Doug Flutie as starter. Controversially, Phillips started Johnson over Flutie for the 2000 Wild Card playoff game that the Bills lost to eventual AFC champion Tennessee Titans, after Flutie helped the Bills to an 11–5 record in the 1999 season. Phillips later said that Bills’ owner Ralph Wilson had instructed the head coach to start Johnson over Flutie.

For the final two games of the 1997 preseason, Johnson was the starter in place of an injured Brunell and won both games. Johnson started his first game on Week 1 of 1997 as Brunell was still recovering. In that game on August 31, 1997, Johnson completed 20 of 24 passes for 294 yards and two touchdowns. For the Jaguars’ first two possessions, Johnson led 84- and 93-yard touchdown drives. Johnson also ran four times for 31 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown on a scramble. Jaguars receiver Jimmy Smith caught the winning 28-yard touchdown pass from Johnson in the Jaguars’ 28–27 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. This performance set the record for the highest completion percentage of any first-time starting quarterback. Twice in the game, Johnson left due to high ankle sprains. Due to his ankle injury, Johnson would miss the next three games. In Week 7 (October 12), Johnson played his next game of the season, a backup role to Brunell in a 38–21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. Johnson completed one 10-yard pass and was sacked once for 6 yards. For three more games, Johnson would play in minor roles: a week 9 (October 26) loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, a week 11 (November 9) win over the Kansas City Chiefs, and a week 17 (December 21) win over the Oakland Raiders for a cumulative five games played in 1997 (including one start). Johnson did not play in the Jaguars’ only postseason game, a 17–42 loss to the eventual Super Bowl XXXII champion Denver Broncos in the Wild Card round.

With the Bills facing the Indianapolis Colts in week 5, Johnson suffered a separated rib cartilage during the first quarter and left the game. Appearing in relief, Flutie led the Bills to a 31–24 victory over the Colts with 24 unanswered points in the second half. While Johnson was still recovering from his injury, Flutie led the Bills to four consecutive wins before Phillips officially named him the new starting quarterback on November 5, 1998. Speaking to the media following the announcement, Johnson publicly expressed his displeasure, erroneously saying, “I’m not a backup.” Flutie led the Bills to a 10–6 record before losing to the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the playoffs.

Johnson played college football at the University of Southern California, where he was teammates with Keyshawn Johnson, Curtis Conway, Johnnie Morton, Willie McGinest, and All America tackle and fellow Jacksonville Jaguars draftee Tony Boselli. Johnson left USC holding virtually every major passing record and spent much of his senior year as a Heisman Trophy candidate. In his final game for the school, Johnson led his team to victory in the 1995 Cotton Bowl Classic, dominating Texas Tech by a final score of 55–14.

Rob Johnson Net Worth

Rob Johnson is one of the richest American Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rob Johnson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Johnson was born in Newport Beach, California and graduated from El Toro High School in 1991. In his senior season of 1990, Johnson completed 207 of 303 attempted passes for 2,788 yards and 28 touchdowns. The Los Angeles Times selected Johnson as first-team All-Orange County.

In the 1995 NFL Draft, the expansion team Jacksonville Jaguars drafted Johnson as the first draft pick of the fourth round (99th overall). As a rookie, Johnson was the second- and third-string quarterback behind Steve Beuerlein. Johnson played in one game in 1995, a 44–0 loss to the Detroit Lions. With 3:57 remaining in the third quarter, Johnson entered the game for Beuerlein. In three drives, Johnson threw one interception and failed at two fourth down conversions. Johnson was 3 for 7 in passing for 24 yards, one interception, and one sack, and he rushed for 17 yards. The Jaguars finished their inaugural season 4–12.

Starting in 1996, Mark Brunell became starting quarterback for the Jaguars. Rob Johnson played in all the preseason games and completed 30 of 43 passes (69.8%) for 336 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. He rushed for 23 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown run against the San Francisco 49ers. Johnson did not play in any regular season or postseason games in 1996. The Jaguars finished the 1996 season 9–7 and lost the AFC championship game to the New England Patriots.

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Despite Flutie’s win streak, Johnson was again named the starter heading into the Week 12 game at Kansas City. Johnson threw two touchdowns (albeit one coming after a Chiefs player dropped an interception) and ran for the go-ahead score with 2:58 remaining as the Bills won over the Chiefs, 21-17. After this win, which put the Bills at 7-4 and in playoff contention, Johnson began to struggle. The Bills lost to the Bucs, 31-17, in Tampa Bay in Week 13, despite two touchdown passes from Johnson before being injured again when Bucs linebacker Derrick Brooks threw him to the ground while he miraculously completed a screen pass to running back Shawn Bryson. The following week against the Dolphins, Johnson was only 6-18 for 44 yards with 2 interceptions and was benched late in the game for Flutie as the Bills lost, 33-6. A Week 15 Monday Night loss to the Colts eliminated the Bills from the playoffs, as it gave the Bills their seventh loss of the season, while all teams that made the playoffs in 2000 lost six games or fewer. Early in the Bills’s next game against the Patriots, Johnson received a season-ending injury, and Flutie replaced him for the remainder of the season.

Facts & Trivia

Rob Ranked on the list of most popular American Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rob Johnson celebrates birthday on March 18 of every year.

After a dismal 2001 campaign that saw Johnson miss half the season with a broken clavicle, Johnson signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2002 season. Under new head coach Jon Gruden, the team was looking for a mobile signal caller in the mold of Rich Gannon. For opening week, Gruden named Rob Johnson the backup to starter Brad Johnson (no relation).

What is Rob Johnson doing now?

November 6, 2019 Citing a report by Robert Feder, the newspaper adds, “Johnson announced this week that he has joined TechCXO, a firm specializing in temporary placement of senior corporate executives. As a Chicago-based partner he’ll focus on marketing and communications.

Why did the bills start Rob Johnson?

A full-blown quarterback controversy in 2000 Flutie suffered a groin injury in training camp , and Johnson was named the starter for the season. He led the team to a 3-3 record, but his propensity for sacks (25 in six games) led to more injuries.

Who is Rob Johnson?

Rob Johnson is the President of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) , which he co-founded with George Soros, William Janeway, and James Balsillie in 2009.

Who replaced Doug Flutie Buffalo?

But even after taking the Patriots to the brink of the playoffs, and in a precursor to what would happen to him eleven years later with Buffalo, Flutie was benched by head coach Raymond Berry on December 11, replacing him with Tony Eason , who had not played football in over a year.

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The 5, 6 and 10 p.m. weekday anchor at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 married Dorian Orr before 60 family members and friends in a stunning outdoor ceremony October 3 at historic Haiku Mill on the island of Maui. Orr is Chicago-based general manager of Microsoft Services User Experience and Mixed Reality Studios.