Jovon Johnson
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Jovon Johnson (born November 2, 1983 in Template:City-state) is an American and Canadian football defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He is from Erie, Pennsylvania, United States and played his high school ball (and basketball) at Mercyhurst Prep. He attended the University of Iowa. Johnson was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers after cornerback Chidi Iwuoma and linebacker Richard Seigler were placed on injured reserve. He spent all of his playing time on the Steelers' special teams recording 1 tackle and 1 assist. He was released from the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 1, 2007.
On October 5, 2007, he was signed to a contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and placed on their Developmental Squad. He made his CFL debut on October 21, 2007 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
On February 27, 2008, he was signed by his hometown Erie RiverRats of the AIFA.[1] In early 2007 he had signed to play with the city's previous AIFA franchise, the now defunct Erie Freeze, but did not play for the Freeze and decided to play for the Steelers instead.
On April 29, 2008, he was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and started 17 of 18 games. He led the Bombers in defensive tackles with 56 and added 3 INT's.
On January 11, 2009, it was announced that Johnson had resigned with the RiverRats for the 2009 AIFA season. He was still under contract in the CFL however the season starts later in the year which would allow him to play in the AIFA.[2] After only one game, it was found out that there was a clause in his contract with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that prevents him from playing with any other team.[3] With that, he returned to Winnipeg.
References
Further reading
- Bender, Jim (2008-06-15). "Bona fide ballhawk". Winnipeg Sun.
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