Chris Johnson (running back)

Chris Johnson

Johnson with the Titans in 2010
No. 28, 21, 23
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	(1985-09-23) September 23, 1985 (age 38) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school:	Olympia (Orlando, Florida)
College:	East Carolina (2004–2007)
NFL draft:	2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24
Career history
Tennessee Titans (2008–2013) New York Jets (2014) Arizona Cardinals (2015–2017)
Career highlights and awards
NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2009) First-team All-Pro (2009) 3× Pro Bowl (2008–2010) NFL rushing yards leader (2009) PFWA All-Rookie Team (2008) 2× First-team All-C-USA (2006, 2007) C-USA Special Teams POY (2007) NFL record 2,509 yards from scrimmage, season (2009)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 9,651 Rushing average: 4.5 Rushing touchdowns: 55 Receptions: 307 Receiving yards: 2,255 Receiving touchdowns: 9
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Christopher Duan Johnson (born September 23, 1985) is an American former football running back. Born in Orlando, Florida, he emerged as a senior for East Carolina University, breaking out for 2,960 all-purpose yards and 24 touchdowns. Johnson was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft, after running a then-record breaking 4.24 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine.^[1]

Johnson was a Pro Bowl selection in each of his first three years in the league. In 2009, Johnson won the NFL rushing title with 2,006 yards, becoming the sixth of only eight players ever to rush for over 2,000 yards in a season, and breaking Marshall Faulk's record of total yards from scrimmage with 2,509.^[2] This earned Johnson the nickname CJ2K and won him the 2009 Offensive Player of the Year Award. Johnson ran for more than 1,000 yards in each of his six seasons with the Titans. Johnson later played one season for the New York Jets followed by another three with the Arizona Cardinals, with whom he enjoyed a brief, injury-shortened resurgence in 2015. He retired in 2017 after signing a one-day contract with the Tennessee Titans.