Isaiah Johnson

No. 43 Detroit Lions

Position:

Safety

Personal information

Date of birth:

May 16, 1992

Place of birth:

Columbus, Ohio

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

202 lb (92 kg)

Career information

College:

Georgia Tech

Undrafted:

2015

Career history

Detroit Lions (2015–present)

Roster status:

Active

Career highlights and awards

All-ACC 3rd Team (2011)^[1]

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Isaiah Nathan Johnson (born May 16, 1992) is an American football safety who plays for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He went undrafted in the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football at Georgia Tech.

High school career

Johnson played for Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Georgia. He earned all-state, all-region and all-county honors as safety in 2009, when he helped lead Sandy Creek to the state championship. He was on the academic honor roll.^[1]

College career

At Georgia Tech, Johnson started three games in his freshman year in 2010, and was a starter thereafter. He was injured at the end of his junior year, and sat out the following season. He played in 2014 as a redshirt senior. He finished his college career with 283 tackles, the most by any Georgia Tech defensive back.^[1]

NFL career

Johnson went undrafted in the 2015 NFL draft. He was signed by the Detroit Lions before spring training for a $12,000 signing bonus.^[2] He was among the final cuts of spring training in 2015,^[3] but was signed off the practice squad on November 14 of that year.^[4]

References

1 2 3 "Isaiah Johnson". ramblinwreck.com. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
↑ Twentyman, Tim (May 10, 2015). "Rookie safety Isaiah Johnson out to make his mark". Detroit Lions. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
↑ Rothstein, Michael (September 5, 2015). "Detroit Lions cut 20 players, including Jeremy Ross, Joseph Fauria". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
↑ Birkett, Dave (November 14, 2015). "Lions' Mathis to IR; S Johnson signed off practice squad". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

Detroit Lions current roster

Active roster	5 Matt Prater 6 Sam Martin 8 Dan Orlovsky 9 Matthew Stafford 10 Corey Fuller 13 T. J. Jones 15 Golden Tate 16 Lance Moore 21 Ameer Abdullah 23 Darius Slay 24 Nevin Lawson 25 Theo Riddick 26 Don Carey 27 Glover Quin 28 Quandre Diggs 29 Crezdon Butler 32 James Ihedigbo 38 George Winn 42 Isa Abdul-Quddus 43 Isaiah Johnson 46 Michael Burton 48 Don Muhlbach 50 Travis Lewis 52 Darryl Tapp 53 Kyle Van Noy 55 Stephen Tulloch 57 Josh Bynes 59 Tahir Whitehead 60 Braxston Cave 61 Kerry Hyder 63 Manny Ramirez 65 Gabe Ikard 67 Khyri Thornton 70 Corey Robinson 71 Riley Reiff 72 Laken Tomlinson 74 Michael Ola 75 Larry Warford 77 Cornelius Lucas 80 Bear Pascoe 81 Calvin Johnson 83 Tim Wright 85 Eric Ebron 90 Gabe Wright 91 Jason Jones 92 Haloti Ngata 94 Ezekiel Ansah 95 Brandon Copeland 97 Caraun Reid 98 Devin Taylor 99 Jermelle Cudjo -- Jerry Franklin -- Lamar Holmes

Reserve lists	30 Josh Wilson (IR) 33 Alex Carter (IR-DFR) 34 Zach Zenner (IR) 44 Chris Owens (IR) 54 DeAndre Levy (IR) 64 Travis Swanson (IR) 68 Darren Keyton (IR) 82 Jordan Thompson (IR) 87 Brandon Pettigrew (IR) 93 Tyrunn Walker (IR) 96 Andre Fluellen (IR) 99 Corey Wootton (IR)

Practice squad	2 Ricky Stanzi 18 Ryan Spadola 19 Corey Washington 36 Kendall James 49 Khaseem Greene 73 Tyrus Thompson 79 Larry Webster III 86 Casey Pierce -- Austin Willis

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