Kevin Johnson is a professional cornerback currently playing for the Houston Texans in the NFL. He started playing American football in high school as a running back and cornerback. He would later play college football at Wake Forest from 2010 to 2014 before beginning his professional career with the Houston Texans in 2015 after being selected in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
the biography
Kevin Johnson was born on August 5, 1992 in Clarksville, Maryland. He is one of two children born to Judy and Kevin Johnson Sr. He has a sister named Hillary Johnson. Kevin attended River Hill High School, Clarksville, Maryland where he was introduced to American football.
He played both the cornerback position as well as the running back position and was part of the River Hill defense which recorded eleven shutouts in 2007, five in 2008 and another five in 2009. Johnson helped the Hawks to the championships 2A in 2007 and 2008 with the team ranking 23rd in the USA Today high school poll in 2008.
He would later be named first-team all-state and first-team All-Met at cornerback and in his senior year. He was also named Columbia Flier/Howard County Times Offensive Player of the Year. He was ranked as the nation’s cornerback in 2010 and ESPN.com projected him a 3-star rookie.
Johnson committed to Wake Forest University where he began his college career. He made his collegiate debut in September in a game against the Presbyterian recording 4 tackles. Kevin Johnson would finish his first season in 11 games, starting 5, totaling 31 tackles, including 20 solo saves and 2 pass breakups.
He redshirted during his sophomore year after being declared academically ineligible to compete. He returned in 2012, played in all 12 games as a starter. He finished that season with fifty-eight tackles (34 solo saves included) and was ranked fifth on defense on the team. Later that year, the coaches named him All-ACC honorable mention.
During his junior year, he was ranked 2nd in the ACC after recording 1.25 passes defended per game. He also started all twelve games for the season, finishing 5th on the team with 58 tackles, 3 interceptions, a team-best 12 assist breakup, and was named an All-ACC honorable mention by the media. Kevin finished his college career with a total of 189 tackles and 7 interceptions and received All-ACC Honorable Mention from the media and the ACC Coaches’ Second Team.
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Professional career
NFLDraftScout.com named Kevin Johnson the second best cornerback in the 2015 NFL Draft out of 212 available and several college analysts offered him a first draft pick. The new college grad attended the NFL Combine that year, completed all drills and practices except the bench press.
He also attended private workouts and tours with several other teams like the Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys. On D-Day, Johnson was selected 16th overall by the Houston Texans in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft, he became the second cornerback to be selected behind Trae Waynes, who was selected 11th overall.
In May 2015, Johnson signed a full four-year contract with the Houston Texans worth $10.04 million, including a signing bonus of $5.50 million. Johnson would face AJ Bouye for the 3rd cornerback job in training camp and he got the job as coach Bill O’Brien named him the right person for the job behind Kareem Jackson and Johnathan Joseph.
His professional debut came in the team’s opening season game against the Kansas City Chiefs, where he recorded 2 solo tackles in the 20–27 loss. Johnson has appeared in sixteen games this season, in starting ten and he finished his rookie season with a total of 54 combined tackles, 9 pass deflections and one interception.
Despite breaking his foot in one of the games and being placed on injured reserve, Johnson still appeared in six games, started three, and finished his second season with 25 combined tackles and 3 pass deflections.
He entered training camp in 2017 competing for starting cornerback Kareem Jackson after Bouye left for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He won the job but later handed it over to Kareem after suffering an MCL injury which sidelined him for about six weeks. He ended 2017 appearing in a total of twelve games, starting four. He also recorded 45 tackles and 2 pass deflections.
How tall is Kevin Johnson? – Height, weight and body statistics
The Texas cornerback is 1.83m (6ft 0in) tall and weighs 84kg (185lb). His arm length is 31 inches and his hand size is 8 3/8 “.