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Born: | Cary, North Carolina, U.S. | October 14, 1992||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 213 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Cary (NC) Panther Creek | ||||||||||
College: | South Carolina | ||||||||||
Position: | Safety | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
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Isaiah Nigel Johnson (born October 14, 1992) is a former American football safety. He played college football at South Carolina and Kansas.
Initially Johnson attended Western Carolina but was granted a medical redshirt. In 2012 he played for Iowa Western Community College where he helped lead them to an NJCAA National Championship. Johnson then played at Kansas. In 2013 Johnson played safety at Kansas and finished second on the team in tackles with 73 total tackles, and also had 5 interceptions. Johnson was named Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year. In 2014, Johnson was second on the team in tackles again with 75 total tackles, and also had 1 interception. Johnson graduated from Kansas with a degree in sociology and then transferred to South Carolina to play college football for his final season of eligibility. At South Carolina in 2015, Johnson was named one of the team captains. Johnson finished his final season of college football at South Carolina as the second leading tackler with 74 tackles and an interception.
Overall, Johnson started all 36 of his career Division 1 college football games.
Johnson was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2016. [1] He was released on September 3, 2016, during final roster cuts and was signed to the practice squad. [2] He spent the entire season on the practice squad and signed a reserve/future contract with the Buccaneers on January 2, 2017. [3]
On September 2, 2017, Johnson was waived by the Buccaneers and was signed to the practice squad the next day. [4] [5] He was promoted to the active roster on October 5, 2017. [6] He was waived on October 24, 2017, and re-signed to the practice squad. [7] He was promoted back to the active roster on December 20, 2017. [8]
On August 31, 2019, Johnson was released by the Buccaneers. [9]
Johnson signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on February 28, 2020. [10] After the CFL canceled the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Johnson chose to opt-out of his contract with the Blue Bombers on August 27, 2020. [11]
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