David JohnsonJohnson, DavidHeight: 6-1 Weight: 224 Born: December 16, 1991 Memphis, TN High School: Clinton (IA) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Northern Iowa | Redshirted |
| 2011 | Northern Iowa | Lettered |
| 2012 | Northern Iowa | Lettered |
| 2013 | Northern Iowa | Lettered |
| 2014 | Northern Iowa | Lettered |
| Draft: 3rd round (86th overall) 2015 Arizona Cardinals |
| NFL Game Logs |
| NFL Playoff Statistics |
| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2015 ARI NFL | 31 | RB | 16 | 5 |
| 2016 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2016 ARI NFL | 31 | RB | 16 | 16 |
| 2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL | 31 | RB | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2018 ARI NFL | 31 | RB | 16 | 16 |
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2019 ARI NFL | 31 | RB | 13 | 9 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 31 | RB | 12 | 12 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 31 | RB | 13 | 4 |
| 2022 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2022 NO NFL | 28 | RB | 5 | 0 |
| 8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL | 92 | 63 |
| AWARDS |
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| 2016 Associated Press All-NFL |
| 2016 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFL |
| 2016 Sporting News All-NFL |
| 2016 Pro Football Writers of America All-NFC |
| SNAP COUNTS | TOTAL | OFF | OFF% | DEF | DEF% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2015 ARI NFL | 525 | 412 | 37.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 113 | 24.3 |
| 2016 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2016 ARI NFL | 965 | 964 | 83.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL | 46 | 46 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2018 ARI NFL | 749 | 749 | 79.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2019 ARI NFL | 446 | 445 | 41.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 433 | 433 | 44.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 317 | 317 | 29.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2022 NO NFL | 58 | 58 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 3539 | 3424 | 0 | 115 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2015 ARI NFL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 78 | ||
| 2016 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2016 ARI NFL | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 122 | ||
| 2018 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2018 ARI NFL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 62 | ||
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2019 ARI NFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 36 | ||
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 48 | ||
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 352 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2015 ARI NFL | 125 | 581 | 4.6 | 47t | 8 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2016 ARI NFL | 293 | 1239 | 4.2 | 58t | 16 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2018 ARI NFL | 258 | 940 | 3.6 | 53 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2019 ARI NFL | 94 | 345 | 3.7 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 147 | 691 | 4.7 | 48 | 6 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 67 | 228 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2022 NO NFL | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 1007 | 4071 | 4.0 | 58 | 39 | 222 | 15 | 5 | 12 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | YAC | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2015 ARI NFL | 57 | 36 | 63.2 | 457 | 12.7 | 55t | 5 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 356 | 1 |
| 2016 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2016 ARI NFL | 120 | 80 | 66.7 | 879 | 11.0 | 58 | 4 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 662 | 0 |
| 2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 67 | 11.2 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| 2018 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2018 ARI NFL | 76 | 50 | 65.8 | 446 | 8.9 | 40 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 410 | 1 |
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2019 ARI NFL | 47 | 36 | 76.6 | 370 | 10.3 | 31 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 232 | 1 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 46 | 33 | 71.7 | 314 | 9.5 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 247 | 2 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 42 | 32 | 76.2 | 225 | 7.0 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 0 |
| 2022 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2022 NO NFL | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 47 | 11.8 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 401 | 277 | 69.8 | 2805 | 10.1 | 58 | 19 | 135 | 38 | 4 | 2173 | 6 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2015 ARI NFL | 22 | 0 | 598 | 27.2 | 108t | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2019 ARI NFL | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 23 | 0 | 622 | 27.0 | 108t | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2015 ARI NFL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2016 ARI NFL | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2018 ARI NFL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2019 ARI NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2022 NO NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | DEF | ST | MT | QH | TFL | FF | PD | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2015 ARI NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2016 ARI NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2017 ARI NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2018 ARI NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2019 ARI NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Arizona Cardinals (NFL)2016 ARI NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Arizona Cardinals2017 ARI NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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