Professional
In 1998, Johnson was the 42nd overall draft pick to the Baltimore Ravens. He later earned a Super Bowl ring when the Ravens won Super Bowl XXXV. After four seasons with the Ravens, Johnson played one season with the Jacksonville Jaguars, followed by a season with the Washington Redskins, a brief stint with the Cincinnati Bengals that was derailed by a major hand injury suffered in a 2004 preseason contest against the Atlanta Falcons. Johnson signed an injury settlement with the Bengals in 2004, waiving his roster spot and went back to his Irving, Texas residence to rehab. Later that season in 2004, Johnson signed back with the Baltimore Ravens and was later released that season in order to sign former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart. In 2005, Johnson rejoined the Ravens for an additional season.
Johnson first joined the CFL in May 2007 when he signed with the Edmonton Eskimos. He was later traded to the Toronto Argonauts on June 13, 2007 in exchange for second round pick in the 2008 CFL Canadian Draft.
In June 20, 2008, Johnson was released by the Toronto Argonauts following two preseason contests in order to sign former NFL great David Boston. Boston wound up playing in a half of one contest that season. Rich Steubler, a former defensive coordinator at the University of Oregon during Johnson's tenure at the university approved the move, and was later fired mid-season as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in his first and only professional head-coaching stint.
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