Riall Johnson

Riall Johnson

Free Agent
Date of birth:	April 20, 1978 (1978-04-20)
Place of birth:	White Rock, British Columbia
Career information
Status:	Active
CFL status:	Non-import
Position(s):	DE
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	250 lb (110 kg)
College:	Stanford
NFL Draft:	2001 / Round: 6 / Pick: 168
Drafted by:	Cincinnati Bengals
Organizations
As player:
2001–2003 2004 2005–2008 2009 2009	Cincinnati Bengals Arizona Cardinals Toronto Argonauts Winnipeg Blue Bombers Montreal Alouettes
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Riall Salud Johnson (born on April 20, 1978, in White Rock, British Columbia) is a professional Canadian football player who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

Early years

Riall grew up in Lynnwood, Washington, where he attended Mariner High School. At Mariner he was considered one of the top football prospects in the USA.

College

He attended Stanford University. In his junior year at Stanford he tied for the Pac 10 lead in sacks with 13. In his senior year he not only led the Pac 10, but he also tied for the most sacks in the nation with current Carolina Panthers star Julius Peppers. And he became the first player ever to lead the Pac 10 in sacks in back to back years.

Professional career

Despite all his success in college, he was selected in the 6th round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played 3 years for the Bengals. He appeared in 32 games and made a total of 30 tackles most of which were on special teams.

After spending the 2008 CFL season with the Toronto Argonauts, Johnson was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for linebacker Zeke Moreno on February 19, 2009. He was traded to the Montreal Alouettes in September 2009.

Personal

• He is the brother of Teyo Johnson, a former wide receiver of the CFL's Calgary Stampeders.

External links

• Argonauts.ca page
• DatabaseFootball.com stats
• O'Connor, Joe (2007-11-16). "JOHNSON FLED NORTH TO ESCAPE PERSONAL LIFE". National Post. http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=21548&writer=0. Retrieved 2007-11-17.