Position: Safety Undrafted: 2015 Height 1.88 m | Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio Roster status: Active Weight 95 kg | |
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Date of birth: (1992-05-16) May 16, 1992 (age 24) High school: Tyrone (GA) Sandy Creek College Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football Current team Los Angeles Rams (#27 / Defensive back) Similar Cody Davis, Bob Quinn, Jim Caldwell, Martin Mayhew, David Walker | ||
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Isaiah Nathan Johnson (born May 16, 1992) is an American football safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia Tech.
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High school career
Johnson played for Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Georgia. He earned all-state, all-region and all-county honors as safety in 2009, when he helped lead Sandy Creek to the state championship. He was on the academic honor roll.
College career
At Georgia Tech, Johnson started three games in his freshman year in 2010, and was a starter thereafter. He was injured at the end of his junior year, and sat out the following season. He played in 2014 as a redshirt senior. He finished his college career with 283 tackles, the most by any Georgia Tech defensive back.
Detroit Lions
Johnson went undrafted in the 2015 NFL draft. He was signed by the Detroit Lions before spring training for a $12,000 signing bonus. He was among the final cuts of spring training in 2015, but was signed off the practice squad on November 14 of that year.
On September 3, 2016, Johnson was waived by the Lions.
Los Angeles Rams
On September 6, 2016, Johnson was signed to the Rams' practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on September 23, 2016. He was released on September 28, 2016 and re-signed to the practice squad. He was promoted back to the active roster on December 19, 2016.