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PERSONAL: <strong>Home</strong>town is Louisville, Ky. …<br />
Attended Ballard High School, where as a junior and<br />
senior he rushed for more than 2000 total yards with<br />
— 57 —<br />
35 touchdowns … Recreation sport management major<br />
at Western Kentucky … First name is pronounced as<br />
“Jeremy.”<br />
JEREMI JOHNSON’S STATISTICS<br />
Rushing Receiving Scoring<br />
YEAR TEAM G-S ATT YDS AVG LG TD NO YDS AVG LG TD TD TD-R TD-P TD-Rt 2-PtC PTS<br />
2003 <strong>Cincinnati</strong> 16-13 15 41 2.7 12 1 15 82 5.5 16 1 2 1 1 0 0 12<br />
2004 <strong>Cincinnati</strong> 16-6 3 5 1.7 4 0 16 53 3.3 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 6<br />
2005 <strong>Cincinnati</strong> 16-11 8 14 1.8 5 0 12 65 5.4 27t 3 3 0 3 0 0 18<br />
2006 <strong>Cincinnati</strong> 16-11 15 56 3.7 15 1 6 37 6.2 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 6<br />
2007 <strong>Cincinnati</strong> 16-9 7 25 3.6 12 0 6 32 5.3 14 1 1 0 1 0 0 6<br />
2008 <strong>Cincinnati</strong> 0-0 DID NOT PLAY* DID NOT PLAY* DID NOT PLAY*<br />
CAREER 80-50 48 141 2.9 15 2 55 269 4.9 27t 6 8 2 6 0 0 48<br />
SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS: 1 kickoff return for 16 yards in 2003; 1 solo special teams tackle in 2007.<br />
—— JEREMI JOHNSON’S SINGLE-GAME HIGHS ——<br />
RUSHING — Attempts: 5 (twice); most recently at Det. 12-18-05; Yards: 23 vs. Balt. 11-30-06; Long: 15 vs. Balt. 11-30-06; Touchdowns:<br />
1 (twice); most recently vs. S.D. 11-12-06.<br />
RECEIVING — Receptions: 3 (6 times); most recently vs. Oak. 12-10-06; Yards: 27 vs. G.B. 10-30-05; Long: 27 vs. G.B. 10-30-05 (TD);<br />
Touchdowns: 1 (6 times); most recently at Buff. 11-4-07.<br />
—— POSTSEASON ——<br />
Rushing Receiving Scoring<br />
YEAR TEAM G-S ATT YDS AVG LG TD NO YDS AVG LG TD TD TD-R TD-P TD-Rt 2-PtC PTS<br />
2005 <strong>Cincinnati</strong> 1-0 0 0 — — 0 — — — — — — — — — — —<br />
CAREER 1-0 0 0 — — 0 — — — — — — — — — — —<br />
*NOTE: Johnson was on the Reserve/Injured list for 11 games with <strong>Cincinnati</strong> in 2008.<br />
TANK JOHNSON<br />
A sixth-year DT with a track record of providing<br />
pressure up the middle, Johnson signed with <strong>Bengals</strong><br />
as an unrestricted free agent on 4-8-09 … Played in all<br />
16 Dallas games last season and recorded 45 tackles<br />
while logging nine QB pressures and a sack … Had a<br />
key forced fumble in Cowboys’ victory over <strong>Bengals</strong> …<br />
Has 12 career sacks in regular season and 2.5 more in<br />
postseason action … Entered NFL in 2004 as a secondround<br />
draft choice of Chicago, and started 10 games<br />
plus all three playoff games in 2006 as Bears advanced<br />
to Super Bowl XLI.<br />
2008: Forced a fumble against HB Chris Perry in<br />
Cowboys’ win Oct. 5 vs. <strong>Cincinnati</strong>, derailing a <strong>Bengals</strong><br />
fourth-quarter comeback bid … <strong>Bengals</strong> reached Dallas’<br />
37, trailing 17-16, before Cowboys recovered Johnson’s<br />
forced fumble and responded with quick TD for an eightpoint<br />
lead … Posted six tackles in win Oct. 26 vs. Tampa<br />
Bay, as Bucs were held to no TDs and 262 net yards …<br />
Logged five tackles, with one for a loss, as Cowboys won<br />
14-10 on Nov. 16 at Washington, limiting league’s No. 4<br />
rush offense to 92 yards … Posted six tackles, including<br />
99<br />
Defensive Tackle<br />
Ht: 6-3<br />
Wt: 305<br />
6th year in NFL<br />
College: Washington<br />
2008 Games-Starts: 16-1<br />
Career Games-Starts: 70-17<br />
Acquired: UFA(Dall.)’09<br />
Born: 12-7-81<br />
a sack and a tackle-for-loss, in 34-9 Thanksgiving win on<br />
Nov. 27 vs. Seattle.<br />
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2004—Drafted by Chicago<br />
in second round (47th overall) … Played in every game,<br />
with one start, posting 26 tackles with a shared sack.<br />
2005—Had career-best five sacks for Bears team that<br />
won NFC North with 11-5 record … Had a breakout game<br />
in 10-6 win Oct. 23 vs. Baltimore, with two sacks and a<br />
tackle-for-loss among his 11 tackles, plus a pass defensed<br />
… Seven tackles with a sack on Dec. 18 vs. Atlanta … Five<br />
tackles, including two for-loss, in Divisional playoff loss<br />
on 1-15-06 vs. Carolina. 2006—Had 38 tackles with 3.5<br />
sacks in regular season, as Chicago won NFC North with<br />
13-3 record, and added 12 tackles with 1.5 sacks while<br />
starting all three postseason games, including Super Bowl<br />
XLI vs. Colts … On Sept. 17 vs. Detroit, had forced fumble<br />
that led to game’s opening TD, and also had a sack …<br />
Seven tackles with two sacks in win Dec. 3 vs. Minnesota<br />
… Served a team suspension Dec. 24 at Detroit … Had<br />
five tackles and a sack in divisional playoff win vs. Seattle<br />
on 1-14-07 … Five tackles with a shared sack in Super<br />
STAFF<br />
ROSTERS<br />
VETERANS<br />
<strong>2009</strong> DRAFT CHOICES<br />
COLLEGE FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW<br />
HISTORY RECORDS STADIUM , NFL & MEDIA
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