Picture Information. Join the discussion on Twitter and Facebook. He was expected to play opposite Steve Smith as the number two receiver. Keyshawn Johnson Jr., son of former USC star Keyshawn Johnson, has trimmed down his list of potential destinations. Former NFL player Keyshawn Johnson riled up Arizona Cardinals fans Tuesday with comments he made on his radio show, the Keyshawn, JWill & Zubin Show. He was awarded Pro Bowl MVP in 1999. The other three are: Marvin Harrison (591), Sterling Sharpe (524) and Lionel Taylor (516). Joseph Keyshawn Johnson was born on 22 July 1972, in Los Angeles, California. He then transferred to the University of Arizona. And former USC . TCU has been counted out by many analysts this season, so Johnson's comments are nothing new to Sonny Dykes' program. Johnson ended the segment appearing to predict a loss for the Cardinals in their matchup with the 0-2 Detroit Lions on Sunday. Keyshawn Johnson Sr. wants his son to "mature" for six months before considering a return to the school. He eventually returned in 1992 and, owing to his good performance, was selected in USC Trojans football team. With a national head coaching search in full-go mode since September, the Trojans have a massive hire they'll be making in the next few weeks. MORE: Arizona Cardinals vs. Detroit Lions picks, predictions: Who wins Week 3 NFL game? To achieve this production, he has averaged 74.8 catches-per-season over his first nine seasons, and caught a pass in every one of his 135 games played over this span. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. As a player, he played eleven NFL seasons (1996-2006) for four different teams: The New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers. Though a standout prospect at football, Johnson's early life was plagued by gang crime and legal troubles. In 2016, as a sophomore, Johnson led the team in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. . (Photo: Kyle Terada, Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports). August 28 1995 Keyshawn Johnson USC College Football Sports Illustrated Magazine . I love Sonny Dykes, I know him very well. Or write about sports? In 2001 and 2002, he became the first player in Buccaneers history to record consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons when he registered 1,266 yards in 2001 and 1,098 in 2002. Bird Gang!!! Sincerely, AZ Cardinals fans. For the two shows, he created a segment C'mon Man! Between 2007 and 2015, he was a member of ESPNs Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown shows. Born In: Los Angeles, California, United States. Keyshawn Johnson really, really doesn't like Notre Dame. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. All NCAAM News. Keyshawn Johnson School: USC Position: WR Heisman Voting : 7th in 1995 Draft: 1st round, 1st overall of the 1996 NFL draft by the New York Jets Keyshawn Johnson Overview Keyshawn Johnson NFL Stats On this page: Receiving & Rushing Kick & Punt Returns Leaderboards, Awards, & Honors An ad blocker has likely prevented this video content from loading. Steve Sarkisian is not having any sort of run at Texas right now. He occasionally hosted Jim Rome Is Burning while Jim Rome was unavailable. Do you have a blog? And then they play Washington. The couple have two young children together and are now separated, though not divorced. As far as this season, the Trojans will aim to get back above .500 when they face Notre Dame in Week 8 . Are the ##AZCardinals for real after a 2-0 start? (ESPN analyst not impressed: https://t.co/IgZZmzxAkg) (#NFL power rankings weigh in: https://t.co/lQxQcgE7fF), azcentral sports (@azcsports) September 22, 2020, not thinking the 49 rs were some of best defensive players.Keyshawn needs to go into concussion protocols, Shawn McCain (@ihawkseye13) September 22, 2020, People need to chill and let it play out but Keyshawns opinion matters about as much as Rex Ryan. Texas' Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning both receive Heisman odds. If they fall down game three, this is a more valid take. Get the latest news, stats, videos, highlights and more about wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson on ESPN. Johnson Sr., along with Cornhuskers coach. In November 2008, Johnson was contracted for a weekend TV Series called Keyshawn Johnson: Tackling Design. University of Texas! However, he was released after just one season with the Panthers. Coincidentally, both KeeSean and Keyshawn have worn jersey number 19 in the NFL. USC and UCLA announcing that they were heading to the Big Ten sent shockwaves through the college football world. In 2007, Keyshawn Johnson retired from the NFL and began his broadcasting career with ESPN as an analyst. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. He played for West Los Angeles College and later for the University of Southern California Trojans football team and won the Most Valuable Player in Cotton Bowl Classic as well as Player of the Game in Rose Bowl. Keyshawn Johnson: We got something special at USC! Johnson came from a poor background andfaced a lot of adversities during his childhood. Hello, 12-team playoff. During a segment labeling the 11 unbeaten NFL teams as real or not real, Johnson emphatically put the Cardinals in the not real category. Keep looking from the outside in. [21][22][23], On March 15, 2021, Johnson announced on his Twitter that his oldest daughter Maia had died. In 2012, he was inducted into USC Hall of Fame. [4] Soon after Johnson arrived in Tampa Bay, they signed him to an 8-year, $56 million contract extension with the Buccaneers that made him the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL.[5]. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. West Los Angeles College, To help earn money, he sold drugs and stolen goods and was therefore arrested and sent to California youth facility where he spent nine months. He revealed the . [12], On August 17, 2020, Johnson began hosting mornings on ESPN LA 710 KSPN, replacing Golic and Wingo. Draft: New York Jets in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft. In 2014, he married Jennifer Conrad. [9] Within the confines of Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown, Johnson invented a segment called C'mon Man!, which allows each panel member to pick a moment in the last NFL week "revolving around either the play on the field or unprofessional behavior off it" that one might consider, on some level, either inexcusable or downright laughable. USC Then on the Wednesday morning before Thanksgiving I scroll through Twitter and find Keyshawn Johnson to quickly talk sense back into me as he reminded me why Id forever like to USC trip over themselves and not make bowl games. In 2002 Johnson went on to win a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers after the arrival of new head coach Jon Gruden, who succeeded Tony Dungy. 5: 12: . On Tuesday, he questioned whether the team is built to make a run in the NFL on his ESPN radio show, the Keyshawn, JWill & Zubin Show. PLAYER SEARCH. On October 11, 2022, Johnson was signed to the practice squad of the Buffalo Bills. Zak Miller: This was stupid commentary. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Tim Williams summed up the night in one tweet. [1] Johnson was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft . All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. #KJM pic.twitter.com/8fFyJKFQsK, Keyshawn, JWill & Max (@KeyJayandMax) November 24, 2021. Spouse/Ex-: Jennifer Conrad, Shikiri Hightower (m. 19982002), children: Keyshawn Johnson Jr., London Johnson, Maia Johnson, Black Sportspersons [5], In 2018, as a senior, Johnson led the team in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns for the third straight season[6] and became the program's all-time leader in both career receptions, with 275 receptions, and career receiving yards, with 3,463 yards. He was paired with professional dancer Sharna Burgess. You never know.. He played football at the junior college level, then at USC. Johnson holds the title as the all-time leader in receiving yards and receptions for the College football at Fresno College. In 1995, he finished with 102 catches for 1,434 yards and 7 touchdowns. While in college, Johnson appeared on the TV show Coach, as a player eligible for draft in the upcoming season. You take a look at it from afar and let me know how important it is to you.". Sometimes Ill ponder to myself or with other Notre Dame fans about what wed like USC to be. All it took was two games for him to come up with this prediction. Anyway, the gang was talking about potential College Football Playoff teams on Wednesday and Johnson shared the following well thought-out point: I dont want to see the damn Irish, period!@keyshawn does NOT want to see Notre Dame make the College Football Playoff again. Nebraska freshman wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson Jr., the son of all-time great Keyshawn Johnson, is taking a leave of absence from the program. "You're in college now," Johnson told the paper. [21], On August 17, 2022, Johnson signed with the Atlanta Falcons. In 1994, he finished with 66 catches for 1,362 yards and 9 touchdowns. I honestly think Alabama would wreck shop, a healthy Alabama team theyll run shop on TCU, thats just me, Johnson added. Do you agree or disagree with Johnsons comments? Keyshawn Johnson reacts to USC, UCLA leaving Pac-12 for Big Ten. In eighth grade, he spent nine months in a California youth facility after being arrested for possession of marijuana, cocaine and a concealed handgun. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images). Cliff Farmer: We should all listen to this guys advice, pretty much every team he was on was a 6 to7 win team so he should know! Keyshawn Johnson Jr. is a rising American football player. Do you have a sports website? The Cardinals drafted him in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL draft. Find out more. I know some parts of Notre Dame Twitter are real upset with Johnson for what he said but I actually appreciate it. For his career, Johnson recorded 60 or more catches in ten of his eleven NFL seasons. Latest on Wagner Seahawks defensive back Keyshawn Johnson including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN Johnson played for the same high school as Davante Adams, the current All Pro wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders, before they both played for Fresno State University. I also think of Matt Zemek who runs Trojans Wire and who I had a blast going to Notre Dame-USC memory with earlier this year, and think how he deserves to cover a football team thats actually worth watching. In 2007, he became an ESPN analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown, and Monday Night Countdown. He was selected to the Pro Bowl thrice twice with New York Jets (1998, 1999) and once with Tampa Bay (2001). In 2007, he was inducted into Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame and the following year Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. The Trojans then played in the 1996 Rose Bowl, during which Johnson caught 12 passes for a Rose Bowl record 216 yards and one touchdown in the Trojans' 4132 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats. pic.twitter.com/WaU0IJxzpN Wagner College Football (@Wagner_Football) May 12, 2021 Arizona Cardinals vs. Detroit Lions picks, predictions: Who wins Week 3 NFL game? #KJM pic.twitter.com/vd6N6vkCjt, Keyshawn, JWill & Max (@KeyJayandMax) May 4, 2022. Last season, Cincinnati was blown out by Alabama in the semifinals. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DECEMBER 23: ESPN personality Keyshawn Johnson looks on before the last regular season game played at Candlestick Park between the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons on December 23, 2013 in San Francisco, California. All Rights Reserved. The family was poor and by the time he was 11, they were homeless. He played college football for the University of Southern California, and earned All-American honors. Johnson, who has offers from nearly every major program, is a four-star wide receiver from Calabasas, California. He has also been an analyst on several ESPN telecasts, including pre-game shows on Sundays and Monday nights, and some radio work as well. After starring for the Trojans, Johnson was a highlight reel receiver in the pros and won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay. (Photo: Kyle Terada, Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports), ESPN analystnot impressed with Cardinals: They are a 6-7 game win type team. [3], During the 2017 season as a junior, Johnson led the team in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns for the second-straight season. Find out more. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. [6] Johnson also extended his streak of consecutive games with a pass caught to 50. September 12, 2021. by Larry Brown. In the 2000 NFL draft, he was picked by Tampa Bay Buccaneers who signed him for eight years. This accomplishment was the second longest streak among active receivers (Harrison, 139) and the third longest streak to begin a career among all players (Marshall Faulk, 158 and Harrison, 139) at that time. At least Johnson just gives it to us straight and doesnt try hide from his dislike. West Los Angeles College Alumnus Keyshawn Johnson, now a Sports Analyst and former NFL star, speaks about his time at WLAC. Anthony Hill is not listed as a five-star prospect in the final On300 ranking. [20] He was waived on August 15, 2022. In Week 1. His children include Keyshawn Jr, Maia, London, and Vance. Johnsons comments sparked a lot of conversation on sports talk radio in Arizona and drew a lot of ire fromCardinals fans on social media. On March 23, 2006, Johnson signed a four-year, $14-million-dollar deal with the Carolina Panthers. Not quite Christian Kirk, here, but new Wildcats HC Kevin Sumlin receives an almost immediate gift after taking over as head honcho over the weekend. It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey. Related: 2021 College Football Coaching Tracker. Keyshawn Johnsonis a former American football player (wide receiver) who currently works as an analyst on ESPNs weekday football studio show,NFL Live, and co-hosts ESPN Radios weekday morning show,Keyshawn, JWill & Zubin. Frequently Asked Questions about the NFL and Football, Pro-Football-Reference.com Blog and Articles. [16] Johnson and his management team partnered with National Football League and National Basketball Association athletes, including Warrick Dunn, Dennis Northcutt, Terence Newman, and Joe Smith in developing First Picks Management, a corporate website. "You're in college now," Johnson Sr. said. Keyshawn Johnson. He was one of three wide receivers to be taken first overall in NFL draft history and the most recent. However, his bitter relationship with Gruden (illustrated by a video clip of him yelling at Gruden on the sidelines) led to his de-activation for the final 7 games of the 2003 season. Johnson was released from the Panthers on May 1, 2007, after just one season with the team. All rights reserved. Jets and 2001 with Tampa Bay. Foul on Keyshawn Hall. 10 teams most impacted by early NFL Draft departures, Ex-LSU QB Walker Howard transfers to Ole Miss, Jaden Rashada requests release from Florida, How top teams will replace 2023 NFL Draft early entires, TCU's Johnston, potential WR1, declares for NFL Draft. Johnson made sure to clarify that his list is in alphabetical order. [20] His nephew is current New Orleans Saints WR Michael Thomas. Do they really want to run up on that? Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. The documentary followed the rise and fall of USC Trojans football during Pete Carroll's coaching tenure. 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