Josh Johnson

Joshua Javon Johnson (born May 15, 1986) is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).

Johnson has been a member of 14 different NFL teams, the most in league history.

He also played in the United Football League (UFL) and the XFL.

Josh Johnson enrolled at University of San Diego in 2004, where he played for the Toreros as a backup quarterback to Todd Mortensen.

He finished with 135 yards on the season.

Johnson earned the starting job after Mortensen's departure for the 2005 season and earned some All-American honors after breaking numerous records.

Johnson, who earned three conference player of the week honors, totaled eight games with four or more passing touchdowns.

His best game of the season came against Valparaiso, when he threw for a school-record seven touchdowns (all coming in the first half).

He also had five touchdowns and 375 yards against Morehead State in the Pioneer Football League Championship victory.

Johnson finished the season with 3,256 yards and 36 touchdowns, completing 70.1% of his passes en route to being named team MVP.

After his record-setting sophomore season, Johnson was named third-team Associated Press All-America on his junior season.

He was also named PFL Offensive Player of the Year as he led San Diego to a 10–0 start.

He also led San Diego to their first Top 25 appearance in school history.

Johnson finished his season with 3,320 yards and 34 touchdowns passing, and 720 yards and 11 touchdowns rushing.

He led the FCS in total offense, passing efficiency, passing yards, and points responsible for.

Johnson totaled four games with over 300 yards passing, while his season-best was a 384-yard performance against Jacksonville.

Johnson also had a 25-yard reception touchdown on the season.

In the victory over Jacksonville, Johnson also set a school-record with 470 total yards of offense.

Johnson finished 6th in the voting for the Walter Payton Award, for the best player in the FCS.

After two tremendous seasons, Johnson entered the 2007 season on the Walter Payton Award watchlist and as a Preseason All-American.

In Johnson's first game of the season, he passed for 403 yards and 4 touchdowns.

He then followed it up with two straight games of six touchdowns.

Against Davidson College, Johnson passed for a career-high 428 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Johnson finished the season with 2,988 yards and a school-record 43 touchdowns passing, one interception, and a career-high 726 yards and two touchdowns rushing.

Johnson finished the season as the school's record-holder in career touchdown passes and passing yards; he already owned the school record for career completions.

Johnson finished the season by being named a third-team FCS All-American and a Payton Award finalist.

Johnson holds the record for the highest career passer efficiency (176.68) in NCAA Division-I football history.

He finished third in voting for the Walter Payton Award behind winner Jayson Foster.

Johnson played college football for the San Diego Toreros and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL draft.

Primarily a backup during his career, he started for the Buccaneers, Ravens, and Washington Redskins, while also seeing playing time with the Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and San Francisco 49ers.

Johnson attended Oakland Technical High School and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track & field.

In football, as a senior, he was named the team's Most Improved Player, was a first-team All-City selection, and led his team to the Oakland Athletic League Championship.

He was also a teammate of cousin Marshawn Lynch.

After his senior football season, Johnson was invited to play in the 2008 East–West Shrine Game in Houston, Texas, and was named the game's Offensive MVP after finishing the game with 5 completions out of 11 pass attempts for 78 yards and a touchdown and 103 rushing yards on three attempts.

Despite his small school background, Johnson had his name on many teams' draft boards.

He was aided by his impressive NFL Combine performances, in which he posted the best 40-yard dash time (4.53 ) and vertical jump of any quarterback in the 2008 NFL Combine.

He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the 25th pick of the fifth round (160th overall) in 2008 NFL draft.

He has been referred to as a classic journeyman quarterback for his stints with 14 different NFL teams.

Johnson made his first appearance in a regular season NFL game on September 27, 2009, at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium against the New York Giants.

When Johnson replaced Byron Leftwich as Tampa Bay's quarterback with 9:33 remaining, the Buccaneers had accumulated only 35 total yards and one first down against the favored Giants.