Billy Johnson Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
William Arthur Johnson (White Shoes) Position: WR Height: 5' 9''  Weight: 170 Born: 1/27/1952, in Bouthwyn, PA, USA High School: Chichester (Boothwyn, PA) College: Widener University Drafted: 1974, Round 15, Pick 1 (365 Overall) by Houston Oilers
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1974 22 HOO NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   5 82 16.4 1 47t   29 388 13.4 2 44   1 0 0 0 0 1975 23 HOO NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   5 17 3.4 0 19   37 393 10.6 1 30   5 1 0 0 0 1976 24 HOO NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   6 6 1.0 0 10   47 495 10.5 4 40t   3 1 0 0 0 1977 25 HOO NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 1 8 0.0 0   6 102 17.0 1 61   20 412 20.6 3 71t   2 0 0 0 0 1978 26 HOO NFL 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 10 10.0 0 10   0 0 0 0 0 1979 27 HOO NFL 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 108 18.0 1 29   0 0 0 0 0 1980 28 HOO NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   2 1 0.5 0 4   31 343 11.1 2 57t   1 0 0 0 0 1982 30 ATL NFL 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 11 5.5 0 6   1 0 0 0 0 1983 31 ATL NFL 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 52   15 83 5.5 0 36   64 709 11.1 4 47t   4 2 0 0 0 1984 32 ATL NFL 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   3 8 2.7 0 11   24 371 15.5 3 45t   1 0 0 0 0 1985 33 ATL NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   8 -8 -1.0 0 6   62 830 13.4 5 62t   4 0 0 0 0 1986 34 ATL NFL 4 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   6 25 4.2 0 10   6 57 9.5 0 27   0 0 0 0 0 1987 35 ATL NFL 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   8 84 10.5 0 19   2 0 0 0 0 1988 36 WAS NFL 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 14 NFL Season Totals   143 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 1 8 39.6     56 316 5.6 2 0   337 4211 12.5 25 0   24 4 0 0 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1974 22 HOO NFL 14 30 409 13.6 3 49 0   29 785 27.1 67 0 1975 23 HOO NFL 14 40 612 15.3 1 83t 3   33 798 24.2 81t 1 1976 24 HOO NFL 14 38 403 10.6 9 46 0   26 579 22.3 53 0 1977 25 HOO NFL 14 35 539 15.4 8 87t 2   25 630 25.2 76t 1 1978 26 HOO NFL 5 8 60 7.5 0 20 0   4 73 18.3 22 0 1979 27 HOO NFL 2 4 17 4.3 0 16 0   4 37 9.3 12 0 1980 28 HOO NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1982 30 ATL NFL 9 24 273 11.4 4 7 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1983 31 ATL NFL 16 46 489 10.6 4 71t 1   0 0 0.0 0 0 1984 32 ATL NFL 6 15 152 10.1 1 37 0   2 39 19.5 21 0 1985 33 ATL NFL 16 10 82 8.2 0 18 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1986 34 ATL NFL 4 8 87 10.9 8 30 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1987 35 ATL NFL 12 21 168 8.0 6 45 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1988 36 WAS NFL 1 3 26 8.7 1 15 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 14 NFL Season Totals   143 282 3317 11.8 45 0 6   123 2941 23.9 0 2 Awards 1983 - NFL Comeback Player of the Year 1975 - Pro Bowl MVP
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Punt Ret Yds 1. Brian Mitchell 4999 2. Dave Meggett 3708 3. Darrien Gordon 3601 4. Eric Metcalf 3453 5. Tim Brown 3320 6. Billy Johnson 3317 Career Punt Ret Avg 1. Roscoe Parrish* 14.075 2. Charley Trippi 13.714 3. Billy Grimes 13.238 4. George McAfee 12.777 5. Ray Mathews 12.770 . . . . . 15. Billy Johnson 11.762 Minimum 60 Ret. Career Punt Ret TD 1. Eric Metcalf 10 2. Brian Mitchell 9 3. Rick Upchurch 8 Jack Christiansen 8 Desmond Howard 8 . . . . . 9. Billy Johnson 6 Career Kick Ret Yds 1. Brian Mitchell 14014 2. Allen Rossum* 11077 3. Mel Gray 10250 4. Glyn Milburn 9788 5. Michael Bates 9097 . . . . . 97. Billy Johnson 2941 Career Kick Ret TD 1. Gale Sayers 6 Travis Williams 6 Mel Gray 6 Ollie Matson 6 5. Timmy Brown 5 . . . . . 54. Billy Johnson 2   1983 - NFL Comeback Player of the Year 1975 - Pro Bowl MVP
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