Josh Johnson

QB

#11

Experience: 12 years

Height: 6-3

Age: 39

Weight: 219 lbs

College: San Diego

2025 SEASON

TDS
1
INT
2
YDS
372
RTG
74

Year

Season

Passing

Attempts

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	RATE
Attempts 11-Through-20	2	20	10	50	113	5.6	16	0	1	7	35	0	46.5
Attempts 1-Through-10	3	29	20	69	231	8	41	0	1	11	37.9	4	78.4
Attempts 21-Through-30	2	5	4	80	28	5.6	18	1	0	3	60	0	129.6

Field Position

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	2	4	1	25	2	0.5	2	1	0	1	25	0	1	8	79.2
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	3	15	10	66.7	117	7.8	41	0	0	6	40	1	1	6	90.1
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	1	2	2	100	22	11	16	0	0	1	50	0	0	0	112.5
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	3	33	21	63.6	231	7	27	0	2	13	39.4	3	0	0	59

Game Halves

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
1st Half	2	26	18	69.2	216	8.3	41	0	1	10	38.5	3	1	8	78.4
Last Two Minutes of Half	3	5	3	60	29	5.8	14	0	1	1	20	0	0	0	36.7
2nd Half	3	28	16	57.1	156	5.6	20	1	1	11	39.3	1	1	6	69.9

Home vs Road

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Home Games	3	32	20	62.5	241	7.5	41	0	1	12	37.5	3	2	14	72.5
Road Games	2	22	14	63.6	131	6	25	1	1	9	40.9	1	0	0	76.1

Margin of Victory

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	RATE
Margin 0-7	1	22	14	63.6	131	6	25	1	1	9	40.9	1	76.1
Margin 15+	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Margin 8-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Point Differential

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Ahead	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Ahead by 1-8 Points	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Behind	3	39	25	64.1	282	7.2	41	1	1	15	38.5	4	2	14	83.5
Behind by 1-8 Points	3	14	9	64.3	129	9.2	41	1	1	7	50	3	1	8	88.1
Behind by 9-16 Points	2	21	13	61.9	135	6.4	27	0	0	7	33.3	1	0	0	80.5
Tied	5	13	9	69.2	90	6.9	18	0	1	6	46.2	0	0	0	56.6

Quarters

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
1st Quarter	2	10	8	80	112	11.2	41	0	0	7	70	1	1	8	113.3
4th Quarter	3	13	11	84.6	82	6.3	18	1	0	6	46.2	0	1	6	118.6
4th Quarter within 7	1	2	2	100	20	10	18	1	0	2	100	0	0	0	147.9
2nd Quarter	2	16	10	62.5	104	6.5	27	0	1	3	18.8	2	0	0	55.2
3rd Quarter	3	15	5	33.3	74	4.9	20	0	1	5	33.3	1	0	0	22.6

Stadium Surfaces

	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
Grass	5	54	34	63	372	6.9	41	1	2	21	38.9	4	2	14	74
Turf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rushing

Attempts

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Attempts 11-Through-20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempts 1-Through-10	3	12	55	4.6	13	1	4
Attempts 21-Through-30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Field Position

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	2	2	8	4	7	1	2
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	3	5	32	6.4	13	0	2
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	3	5	15	3	5	0	0

Game Halves

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
1st Half	2	3	27	9	13	0	2
Last Two Minutes of Half	3	3	10	3.3	11	0	1
2nd Half	3	9	28	3.1	9	1	2

Home vs Road

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Home Games	3	3	10	3.3	5	0	0
Road Games	2	9	45	5	13	1	4

Margin of Victory

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Margin 0-7	1	9	45	5	13	1	4
Margin 15+	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Margin 8-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Point Differential

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Ahead	1	3	1	0.3	2	0	0
Ahead by 1-8 Points	1	3	1	0.3	2	0	0
Behind	3	4	19	4.8	9	0	0
Behind by 1-8 Points	3	1	9	9	9	0	0
Behind by 9-16 Points	2	2	10	5	5	0	0
Tied	5	5	35	7	13	1	4

Quarters

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
1st Quarter	2	2	16	8	13	0	1
4th Quarter	3	5	16	3.2	9	1	2
4th Quarter within 7	1	4	16	4	9	1	2
2nd Quarter	2	1	11	11	11	0	1
3rd Quarter	3	4	12	3	5	0	0

Stadium Surfaces

	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st
Grass	5	12	55	4.6	13	1	4
Turf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

Field Position

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line	2	0	0	0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line	3	1	0	1
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line	1	0	0	0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line	3	1	1	1

Game Halves

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
1st Half	2	0	0	1
Last Two Minutes of Half	3	1	0	1
2nd Half	3	2	1	1

Home vs Road

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Home Games	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Road Games	2	1	1	0	1	0	0

Margin of Victory

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
Margin 0-7	1	1	1	1
Margin 15+	0	0	0	0
Margin 8-14	0	0	0	0

Point Differential

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
Ahead	1	1	1	0
Ahead by 1-8 Points	1	1	1	0
Behind	3	1	0	1
Behind by 1-8 Points	3	0	0	0
Behind by 9-16 Points	2	0	0	0
Tied	5	0	0	1

Quarters

	G	FUM	LOST	OWN FR
1st Quarter	2	0	0	1
4th Quarter	3	1	0	1
4th Quarter within 7	1	0	0	0
2nd Quarter	2	0	0	0
3rd Quarter	3	1	1	0

Stadium Surfaces

	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
Grass	5	2	1	0	2	0	0
Turf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

The Bengals signed QB Josh Johnson to a one-year contract on Saturday, March 14, 2026.

Highlights

Fifth-round pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008
50 career appearances including 11 career starts
Appeared in games for seven NFL franchises
Holds record for most teams played for (14)
Had two previous stints in Cincinnati (2013, 2015)
Career stats: 242 completions on 412 attempts for 2669 yards and 14 TDs with 18 INTs. He also has 94 rushing attempts for 481 yards and two TDs.

The Bengals signed QB Josh Johnson to a one-year contract on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Johnson, originally a fifth-round pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of the University of San Diego in 2008, has appeared in 50 career games for seven NFL franchises and played in both the UFL and XFL. Johnson holds the record for most NFL teams played for, spending time with 14 different franchises. He's made 11 career NFL starts.

Career Highlights

2025 (Washington): Played in five games (two starts) for Commanders... Scored two touchdowns while completing 63% of his passes for 372 yards... Went 1-1 as a starter...

2024 (Baltimore): Played in six games as a backup... Completed 2-of-3 passes for 17 yards...

2023 (Denver/San Francisco): Did not see game action... Spent majority of season on Broncos' practice squad before being signed by San Francisco late in season...

2022 (San Francisco): Spent the season as Brock Purdy's backup, appeared in two regular season games, completing one pass... Played in Conference Championship against Eagles, completing 7-of-13 passes for 74 yards...

2021 (Baltimore/New York Jets): Appeared in four total games for Baltimore & New York... Completed 27-of-41 passes for a career high 317 yards and three touchdowns in Week 9 against Colts with Jets... Went from New York to Baltimore in Week 15... Lone start came in Week 16 against Bengals, where he threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns...

2020 (San Francisco): Did not see game action... Spent season on 49ers' practice squad... Also played in XFL for Los Angeles Wildcats...

2019 (Detroit): Did not see game action... Spent season on Lions' practice squad... Drafted to Alliance of American Football's San Diego Fleet but never played for them...

2018 (Oakland/Washington): Started final three games of season for Washington and tallied 590 passing yards and six total touchdowns, going 1-2 as a starter...

2017 (Houston): Did not see game action... Spent season on Texans' practice squad...

2016 (New York Giants): Did not see game action... Spent season on Giants' practice squad...

2015 (Indianapolis/Buffalo): Did not see game action... Spent season on Colts' and Bills' practice squads... Made a preseason appearance with Bengals...

2014 (San Francisco): Did not see game action... Spent season on 49ers' practice squad...

2013 (Cincinnati): Served as backup to QB Andy Dalton and made appearances in two games with no statistics...

2012 (Cleveland): Played in one game with no statistics... Also played in UFL for Sacramento Mountain Lions...

2011 (Tampa Bay): Played in nine games with one start, throwing for 246 yards and one touchdown...

2010 (Tampa Bay): Played in 11 games with zero starts, throwing for 111 yards and recording a 95.6 QBR...

2009 (Tampa Bay): Started four games as a rookie, throwing for 685 yards and four touchdowns...

College Highlights

Holds University of San Diego records for career completions (724), passing yards (9,699) and touchdown passes (113)... One of four Toreros to be drafted... Played under current Chargers HC Jim Harbaugh at USD...

Last Updated: April 2026

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