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2009 HIGHLIGHTS: GENERAL: Seventh-year pro and two-time Pro Bowler for Kansas City, Johnson signed Nov. 17 as a free agent ... Played in Games 10-16, and logged a 100-yard rushing game (107) in only his second outing in stripes ... Had 204 total rushing yards on 46 carries (4.4) for Bengals, with three receptions for four yards ... Started in Games 1-7 for Kansas City, with 377 rushing yards on 132 carries and 12 receptions for 76 yards ... Suspended by Chiefs on Oct. 29, and waived on Nov. 9 ... His season NFL totals are 178-for-581 rushing (3.2) and 15-for-80 receiving (5.3) ... In his seven Chiefs seasons, earned reputation as one of the NFL’s most powerful rushers, totaling 6015 rushing yards with 61 TDs (55 rushing, six receiving).

GAME-BY-GAME: Totaled 119 yards from scrimmage for Chiefs Sept. 20 at Oakland, rushing 24-for-78 with three catches for 41 yards ... Top rushing game for K.C. was Oct. 18 at Washington (23-for-83) ... Made Bengals debut Nov. 22 at Oakland, with two rushes for five yards … Rushed 22-for-107 on Nov. 29 vs. Cleveland, posting his 31st career game of 100 or more rushing yards ... Rushed two-for-four Dec. 6 vs. Detroit … Had three rushes for four yards and a six-yard reception Dec. 13 at Minnesota … Rushed four-for-35 Dec. 20 at San Diego, including a personal season-long 27 yarder on a second-quarter field goal drive … Rushed four-for-11 Dec. 27 vs. Kansas City ... Led team in rushing yards (38) and carries (nine) Jan. 3 at N.Y. Jets … Spent all his previous career with Kansas City, for whom he played in Games 1-7 this season ... Released by Kansas City on 11-9-09.

K.C. SUPERLATIVES: Earned Pro Bowl berths in the 2005 and ’06 seasons, with 1750 rushing yards in ’05 and 1789 yards in’06 ... His rushing totals from ’05-06 are top two in Chiefs history, and he became third player in league history with 1750-plus rush yards in consecutive seasons, joining Rams’ Eric Dickerson and Broncos’ Terrell Davis ... Has 30 career games of 100 or more rushing yards, a Chiefs record, and also tops Chiefs annals for career rushing attempts (1375) ... His 6015 career rushing yards rank second all-time for Chiefs (Priest Holmes, 6070), and he also ranks second behind Holmes in rushing TDs (55) ... Holds three of the four most prolific single-game rushing totals in Chiefs history, led by record 211 in 2005 at Houston ... His 416 rushing attempts in ’06 still stands as NFL season record, as it broke mark of 410 set by Atlanta’s Jamal Anderson in 1998 ... Scored 30 rushing TDs in his first 20 starts, shattering Earl Campbell’s 20-start NFL mark of 21 ... Scored all 36 of the Chiefs rushing TDs over a two-year span (11/6/05-11/4/07), the longest streak by the same player on the same team in league history ... Had 7384 career yards from scrimmage for Chiefs, including 1369 receiving yards on 151 catches, with six receiving TDs.

PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2008 — Started 12 games (Games 1-5 and 10-16), rushing 193-for-874 (4.5 avg.) with five TDs while catching 12 passes for 74 yards (6.2 avg.) ... Inactive for Games 6-8, and served one-game NFL suspension for Game 9 ... Rushed for 198 yards, AFC high on the season, on 28 carries Sept. 28 vs. Denver, with two rushing TDs ... Had career-long 65-yard rush in the Denver game ... Completed a four-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez on Dec. 14 vs. San Diego, becoming the sixth player in Chiefs history to record TDs rushing, receiving and passing in a career.

2007 — Signed a new Chiefs contract on Aug. 21 ... Started in Games 1-8, but missed remainder of season due to a foot injury suffered in Game 8, Nov. 4 vs. Green Bay ... Inactive for Games 9-15, and placed Dec. 26 on Reserve/Injured list ... Season totals of 559 rushing yards on 158 carries (3.5) and 30 receptions for 186 yards ... Scored three rushing TDs and one receiving TD ... Had season-high 123 rushing yards on 25 carries Sept. 30 at San Diego ... On Oct. 14 vs. Cincinnati, rushed 31-for-119 with a TD.

2006 — Earned second straight Pro Bowl berth, breaking his own Chiefs record from 2005 with 1789 rushing yards (second in NFL) ... Had NFL-record 416 carries, breaking 1998 mark of 410 by Atlanta’s Jamal Anderson ... Received first-team All-Pro honors from AP ... Won second consecutive Derrick Thomas Award as Chiefs MVP ... Scored 17 rushing TDs, and added two receiving scores while posting career highs for catches (41) and receiving yards (410) ... Second in NFL in rushing TDs and total TDs (19) ... His 2199 yards from scrimmage ranked second in the AFC and third in the NFL ... Led NFL with franchise-record 11 games of 100 or more rushing yards ... Held to 68 rushing yards on 17 carries Sept. 10 vs. Cincinnati, snapping a streak of nine consecutive 100-yard rushing games ... On Oct. 8 at Arizona, had career-long 78-yard reception to set up game-winning FG ... Rushed a career-high and Chiefs-record 39 times for 155 yards with three TDs Oct. 29 vs. Seattle, and added a fourth TD via reception, winning AFC Offensive Player of the Week.

2005 — Earned his first Pro Bowl berth, rushing for then-Chiefs record 1750 yards on 336 carries (5.2), with 20 rushing TDs ... Also had 33 receptions for 343 yards with one TD ... Won Derrick Thomas Award as Chiefs MVP ... Second-team All-Pro selection by AP and named All-AFC by Pro Football Weekly ... Led AFC in rushing yards and ranked third in NFL ... Tied for first in the NFL with Giants RB Tiki Barber with a 5.21-yards per carry average ... Led AFC and second in NFL with 2093 yards from scrimmage, trailing only Barber (2390) ... His 126 points were second behind Seattle RB Shaun Alexander (168) for most points in NFL among non-kickers ... Earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors for November and also for games played in December/January, becoming the first player to win back-to-back AFC Player of the Month accolades since ’98 (Jets QB Vinny Testaverde and Denver RB Terrell Davis) ... His two TDs on Sept. 11 vs. N.Y. Jets gave him six straight games with two or more TDs, second-longest streak in NFL history (John Riggins, seven) ... Carried 36 times for team-record 211 yards and two TDs Nov. 20 at Houston ... Had career-best three rushing TDs among his 143 yards on Dec. 11 at Dallas ... Carried 26-for-201 on 1/1/06 vs. Bengals, winning AFC Offensive Player of the Week Award for the second straight week and third time on the season.

2004 — Played in 10 games on special teams and in eight games on offense, with three starts ... Had 120 carries for 581 yards (4.8 avg.) with nine TDs, and 22 receptions for 278 yards (12.6 avg.) with two TDs ... Posted first career 100-yard rushing game (20-118) on Dec. 5 at Oakland, with five-yard TD run, and also had a 10-yard TD reception while catching three-for-56 overall ... On Dec. 13 at Tennessee, became first Chiefs player to record two rushing TDs of 40-plus yards in same game, scoring from 41 and 46 ... Rushed 30-for-151 in his first pro start, Dec. 19 vs. Denver ... His 161 scrimmage yards on 1-2-05 at San Diego included career-best 115 receiving yards (on eight catches). 

2003 — Drafted by Kansas City in first round (27th overall) ... Saw action in six games, rushing 20-for-85 with one TD .. Inactive for 10 contests ... Made NFL debut Sept. 21 at Houston, rushing six-for-25 ... Rushed seven-for-26 yards and scored first pro TD Dec. 28 vs. Chicago ... Inactive for Divisional playoff loss on 1/11/04.

COLLEGE: Played 46 games with 18 starts during his Penn State career ... Redshirted in 1998, and played from 1999-2002 ... Set school career record with 5045 all-purpose yards ... Rushed 460 times for 2953 yards (6.4 avg.), caught 65 passes for 681 and added 59 kickoff returns for 1347 yards (22.8 avg.) ... Also had three punt returns for 64 yards ... Scored 36 TDs, including 26 rushing and seven receiving ... Had TD returns on each of his two career blocked punts, and also had a TD on a kickoff return ... His 2953-yard rushing total ranked fifth in PSU history ... Played 13 games (12 starts) as a senior in 2002, leading the nation in rushing with school-record 2087 yards on 271 carries (7.7 avg.), with 20 TDs ... Also as a senior, had 41 receptions for 349 yards with three scores … As a senior, was first player in college football annals to lead the nation in rushing and all-purpose yardage (2,655) in the same season … Won the Doak Walker Award as a senior, as well as the Walter Camp and Maxwell Club Player of the Year Awards ... As a freshman, scored a 60-yard receiving TD vs. Arizona on his first college touch.

HEISMAN PALS: In 2002, when current Bengals QB Carson Palmer won the Heisman Trophy, Johnson finished third in the balloting, the highest finisher among non-quarterbacks. QB Brad Banks of Iowa was second.

IN THE COMMUNITY: Received 2007 Pop Warner Inspiration to Youth Award as a contributor to Pop Warner Little Scholars Football program ... Hosted Easter Egg hunts that attracted more than 1000 children on Chiefs practice fields ... Established “L.J’s Legacy and Growth Youth Foundation” in 2005 to enhance the lives of youth and to promote youth development ... Has served as a spokesperson for INOBTR.org, a national campaign for keeping kids safe online ... Became the first player in NFL to adopt the Junior Player Development program, and served as a volunteer coach when Kansas City School District adopted the program for its middle schools over 2004-06.

PERSONAL: Hometown is State College, Pa. ... Attended State College Area High School, where he played RB and DE, earning honorable mention All-America from USA Today ... Comes from a Penn State athletic family, as his father (Larry, Sr.) is a PSU assistant coach, his brother (Tony) was a Nittany Lions WR from 2000-03 and his sister (Teresa) played on PSU softball team in 2001-02 ... Earned degree from Penn State in Integrative Arts.