Teyo Johnson
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Teyo Johnson is a free agent professional American and Canadian football
tight end
who last played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders
in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft
. He played college football
at Stanford
.
Johnson has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals
, Miami Dolphins
, Denver Broncos
and Buffalo Bills
of the NFL
and the Calgary Stampeders
of the CFL
.
and attended Mariner High School
in Everett. He transferred to Mira Mesa Senior High School
in San Diego, California
during his senior year along with friend Amon Gordon
, now of the Seattle Seahawks
.
as one of the most highly touted two-sport athletes in the country. He aspired to play quarterback, but as he was buried on the depth chart, the coaches switched him to wide receiver
to get his talent on the field. In 2001, Teyo Johnson was PAC 10 Freshman of the Year at the position of Wide Receiver. He racked up 79 catches, 1,032 yards and 15 touchdown
s in 22 games. After his sophomore season, when the new coach said he was switching Teyo to yet another position from Wide Receiver to Tight End for next season, he decided to leave school early and enter the NFL draft
.
He also played forward for two years on the Stanford basketball
team, alongside future NBA players like Josh Childress
, Casey Jacobsen
, Jason Collins
and Jarron Collins
.
. In his rookie
year he once again changed positions, this time to tight end
. He played in all 16 games and made 14 catches for 128 yards and 1 TD.
His second season saw him play in only 8 games. He believed that his role was reduced because he missed some voluntary offseason workouts to go to China on an NFL tour, although head coach Norv Turner denied this was the case. Johnson made 9 catches, 131 yards, and 2 TDs.
. He only played 6 games for the Cardinals before was once again released. He only made 3 catches for 29 yards in those games.
in 2006 but failed to make the team. While in camp with the Denver Broncos
in 2007, he was injured and ended up sitting out that season. Johnson was signed by the Buffalo Bills
on January 29, 2008. He won the 2008
Grey Cup
with the Calgary Stampeders
.
Early on November 13, 2009, Johnson was stabbed in his rear hip while attending a concert in Calgary.
players Ahmani Johnson and Riall Johnson
.
Gridiron football
Gridiron football , sometimes known as North American football, is an umbrella term for related codes of football primarily played in the United States and Canada. The predominant forms of gridiron football are American football and Canadian football...
tight end
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
who last played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft
2003 NFL Draft
The 2003 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft was held April 26–27, 2003 at the Theatre at...
. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
.
Johnson has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
and Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
of the NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
and the Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...
of the CFL
Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
.
Early years
Johnson grew up in Lynnwood, WashingtonLynnwood, Washington
Lynnwood is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 35,836 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest in Snohomish County and twenty-ninth largest in Washington State. The city is a mix of urban, suburban, small city, crossroads and bedroom community to many...
and attended Mariner High School
Mariner High School (Everett, Washington)
Mariner High School is located south of Everett, Washington in the Mukilteo School District. It was built in Everett, Washington in 1970 as the only high school serving the Mukilteo School District, until 1993 when Kamiak High School opened. Its school colors are Blue, Gold, and Silver. Mariner’s...
in Everett. He transferred to Mira Mesa Senior High School
Mira Mesa Senior High School
Mira Mesa Senior High School is a public high school in the San Diego City Schools District. The school is recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School and a California Distinguished School.-The Witch Creek Fire:...
in San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
during his senior year along with friend Amon Gordon
Amon Gordon
Amon Gordon is an American football defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft...
, now of the Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
.
College career
Johnson was recruited to Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
as one of the most highly touted two-sport athletes in the country. He aspired to play quarterback, but as he was buried on the depth chart, the coaches switched him to wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
to get his talent on the field. In 2001, Teyo Johnson was PAC 10 Freshman of the Year at the position of Wide Receiver. He racked up 79 catches, 1,032 yards and 15 touchdown
Touchdown
A touchdown is a means of scoring in American and Canadian football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone.-Description:...
s in 22 games. After his sophomore season, when the new coach said he was switching Teyo to yet another position from Wide Receiver to Tight End for next season, he decided to leave school early and enter the NFL draft
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players and it is their most common source of player recruitment. The basic design of the draft is each team is given a position in the drafting order in reverse order...
.
He also played forward for two years on the Stanford basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team, alongside future NBA players like Josh Childress
Josh Childress
Joshua Malik Childress is an American professional basketball player with the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He previously played with the pro club Olympiacos Piraeus in the Greek A1 League and the Euroleague, as well as the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA.-High school career:Childress attended Mayfair High...
, Casey Jacobsen
Casey Jacobsen
Casey Gardner Jacobsen is an American professional basketball player for Brose Baskets of the German Bundesliga League....
, Jason Collins
Jason Collins
Jason Paul Collins is an American professional basketball player, who most recently played for the Atlanta Hawks. He graduated from Harvard-Westlake School, where his backup was actor Jason Segel...
and Jarron Collins
Jarron Collins
Jarron Collins is an American professional basketball player.-High school career:Collins and his twin brother Jason graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California...
.
Oakland Raiders
Johnson was drafted with the 63rd pick in the 2003 NFL draft by the Oakland RaidersOakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
. In his rookie
Rookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...
year he once again changed positions, this time to tight end
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...
. He played in all 16 games and made 14 catches for 128 yards and 1 TD.
His second season saw him play in only 8 games. He believed that his role was reduced because he missed some voluntary offseason workouts to go to China on an NFL tour, although head coach Norv Turner denied this was the case. Johnson made 9 catches, 131 yards, and 2 TDs.
Arizona Cardinals
The start of his third season came with disappointment as he was released by the Raiders at the end of the preseason. He was however quickly signed by the Arizona CardinalsArizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
. He only played 6 games for the Cardinals before was once again released. He only made 3 catches for 29 yards in those games.
Recent years
Johnson went to training camp with the Miami DolphinsMiami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
in 2006 but failed to make the team. While in camp with the Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
in 2007, he was injured and ended up sitting out that season. Johnson was signed by the Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
on January 29, 2008. He won the 2008
96th Grey Cup
The 96th Grey Cup was held in Montreal, Quebec at Olympic Stadium on November 23, 2008. The Eastern Division Champion Montreal Alouettes hosted the Western Division Champion Calgary Stampeders. The Stampeders won the game 22-14, with quarterback Henry Burris winning the MVP award...
Grey Cup
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
with the Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...
.
Early on November 13, 2009, Johnson was stabbed in his rear hip while attending a concert in Calgary.
Personal
Teyo Johnson is the younger brother of former NFL and CFLCanadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
players Ahmani Johnson and Riall Johnson
Riall Johnson
Riall Salud Johnson is a professional Canadian football player who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.- Early years :...
.