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Position: | Safety | ||||||
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Born: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | April 15, 1972||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio) | ||||||
College: | Kentucky | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43 | ||||||
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Melvin Johnson (born April 15, 1972) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL). After graduating from St. Xavier High School [1] in 1990 [2] and playing college football for the Kentucky Wildcats, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 1995 NFL draft. [3] Johnson later played for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1998.
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1995 | TAM | 11 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | TAM | 16 | 16 | 80 | 61 | 19 | 0.0 | - | 2 | 24 | 0 | 24 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | TAM | 16 | 7 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 0.0 | - | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | KAN | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | 27 | 165 | 128 | 37 | 1.0 | - | 4 | 43 | 0 | 24 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1997 | TAM | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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...St. Xavier: DB Melvin Johnson, TE Bronson Trebbi...[ permanent dead link ]
Senior ... Melvin Johnson, 1990, Regional Finals[ permanent dead link ]