Essex Johnson
Essex L. Johnson
Born: October 15, 1946
Shreveport, LA USA
Deceased: October 29, 2020
Position: RB
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 201
College: Grambling St.
High School: Shreveport (LA)
Career: 1968-1976
Drafted: 1968 in Round 6, #156 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals
Essex Johnson played from 1968 to 1976 during his career with the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Johnson ran for 3,236 yards in his career on 722 attempts, scoring 19 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 146 passes for 1,742 yards and 12 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 26 | 178 | 6.8 | 41 | 3 |
| 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 65 | 273 | 4.2 | 26 | 2 |
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 85 | 522 | 6.1 | 86 | 4 |
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 212 | 825 | 3.9 | 19 | 4 |
| 1973 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 195 | 997 | 5.1 | 46 | 4 |
| 1974 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 19 | 44 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 58 | 177 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 47 | 166 | 3.5 | 27 | 1 |
| AFL | 41 | 232 | 5.7 | 41 | 3 | |
| NFL | 681 | 3004 | 4.4 | 86 | 16 | |
| Totals | 722 | 3236 | 4.5 | 86 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 15 | 190 | 12.7 | 51 | 2 |
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 258 | 18.4 | 67 | 2 |
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 29 | 420 | 14.5 | 65 | 2 |
| 1973 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 28 | 356 | 12.7 | 78 | 3 |
| 1974 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 27 | 1 |
| 1975 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 25 | 196 | 7.8 | 30 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 25 | 201 | 8.0 | 38 | 1 |
| AFL | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| NFL | 144 | 1706 | 11.8 | 78 | 12 | |
| Totals | 146 | 1742 | 11.9 | 78 | 12 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 22 | 111 | 5.0 | 45 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 85 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 36 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| AFL | 39 | 196 | 5.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| NFL | 12 | 107 | 8.9 | 36 | 0 | |
| Totals | 51 | 303 | 5.9 | 45 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 266 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 362 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 31 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 287 | 22.1 | 32 | 0 |
| AFL | 30 | 628 | 20.9 | 51 | 0 | |
| NFL | 19 | 408 | 21.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Totals | 49 | 1036 | 21.1 | 51 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1974 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AFL | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1968 | AFL Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1970 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| 1971 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1972 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| 1973 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1975 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1976 | NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| AFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| NFL | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | |
| Totals | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | AFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 12 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 | 1 |
