BILLY JOHNSONJohnson, William Arthur (White Shoes)Height: 5-9 Weight: 170 Born: January 27, 1952 Boothwyn, PA High School: Chichester (Boothwyn, PA) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Widener | |
| 1971 | Widener | Lettered |
| 1972 | Widener | Lettered |
| 1973 | Widener | Lettered |
| Draft: 15th round (365th overall) 1974 Houston Oilers; 15th round (177th overall) 1974 The Hawaiians |
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| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 84 | WR | 14 | 5 |
| 1975 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 84 | WR | 14 | 14 |
| 1976 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 84 | WR | 14 | 13 |
| 1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 84 | WR | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 84 | WR | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 84 | WR | 2 | 2 |
| 1980 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 84 | WR | 16 | 6 |
| 1981 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) | 24 | WR | 16 | |
| 1982 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 81 | WR | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 81 | WR | 16 | 1 |
| 1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 81 | WR | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 81 | WR | 16 | 8 |
| 1986 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 81 | WR | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 81 | WR | 12 | 1 |
| 1988 Washington Redskins (NFL) | 88 | WR | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Year (CFL) | 16 | |||
| 14 Years (NFL) | 143 | 50 |
| AWARDS |
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| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | |||||
| 1975 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 1976 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | |||||
| 1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 42 | |||||
| 1979 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1980 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | |||||
| 1981 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| 1983 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | |||||
| 1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | |||||
| 1985 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 210 | |||||
| Career Totals (CFL) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 47t | 1 | ||||
| 1975 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 61 | 1 | ||||
| 1980 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1981 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 15 | 83 | 5.5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 8 | -8 | -1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1986 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 56 | 316 | 5.6 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (CFL) | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | G20+ | G40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1981 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 156.3 | |||
| 1983 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Career Totals (CFL) | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 156.3 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 29 | 388 | 13.4 | 44 | 2 | ||||||
| 1975 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 37 | 393 | 10.6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1976 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 47 | 495 | 10.5 | 40t | 4 | ||||||
| 1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 20 | 412 | 20.6 | 71t | 3 | ||||||
| 1978 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1980 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 31 | 343 | 11.1 | 57t | 2 | ||||||
| 1981 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) | 65 | 1060 | 16.3 | 54 | 5 | ||||||
| 1982 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1983 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 64 | 709 | 11.1 | 47t | 4 | ||||||
| 1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 24 | 371 | 15.5 | 45t | 3 | ||||||
| 1985 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 62 | 830 | 13.4 | 62t | 5 | ||||||
| 1986 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1987 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career Totals (NFL) | 337 | 4211 | 12.5 | 71t | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career Totals (CFL) | 65 | 1060 | 16.3 | 54 | 5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 30 | 3 | 409 | 13.6 | 49 | 0 | |||
| 1975 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 40 | 1 | 612 | 15.3 | 83t | 3 | |||
| 1976 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 38 | 9 | 403 | 10.6 | 46 | 0 | |||
| 1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 35 | 8 | 539 | 15.4 | 87t | 2 | |||
| 1978 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 8 | 0 | 60 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) | 59 | - | 597 | 10.1 | 92 | 0 | |||
| 1982 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 24 | 4 | 273 | 11.4 | 71 | 0 | |||
| 1983 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 46 | 4 | 489 | 10.6 | 71t | 1 | |||
| 1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 15 | 1 | 152 | 10.1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 10 | 0 | 82 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 8 | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1987 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 21 | 6 | 168 | 8.0 | 45 | 0 | |||
| 1988 Washington Redskins (NFL) | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 282 | 45 | 3317 | 11.8 | 87t | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (CFL) | 59 | - | 597 | 10.1 | 92 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | G20+ | G40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 29 | 785 | 27.1 | 67 | 0 | ||||
| 1975 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 33 | 798 | 24.2 | 81t | 1 | ||||
| 1976 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 26 | 579 | 22.3 | 53 | 0 | ||||
| 1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 25 | 630 | 25.2 | 76t | 1 | ||||
| 1978 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 2 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 123 | 0 | 2941 | 23.9 | 81t | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1975 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1976 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1977 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1980 Houston Oilers (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1981 Montreal Alouettes (CFL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1983 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL) | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (CFL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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