Jason Johnson (quarterback)

Jason Johnson (born December 7, 1979) is a former professional American football quarterback who played three seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL), winning the 93rd Grey Cup. He also spent two seasons in Europe, playing for the Catania Elephants of the Italian Football League and the Swarco Raiders of the Austrian Football League.

Jason Johnson
No. 18, 16
Born: (1979-12-07) December 7, 1979
Johnson City, Tennessee , U.S.
Career information
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)QB
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight260 lb (120 kg)
CollegeArizona
High schoolPuyallup (WA) Rogers
Career history
As coach
2010–2011Pacific Lutheran (QB)
As player
2004–2006Edmonton Eskimos
2008Catania Elephants
2009Swarco Raiders
Career highlights and awards

Johnson played college football at the University of Arizona and attended Rogers High School in Puyallup, Washington. While at Arizona, he earned two all conference honors and he would break many school records including most passing yards in a game. He won the 2001 Woody Hayes Award as the top male scholar-athlete in Division I sports.[1]

He was a member of the Edmonton Eskimos team that won the 93rd Grey Cup.[2][3] Johnson served as quarterbacks coach of the Pacific Lutheran Lutes from 2010 to 2011.[4]

Johnson also played for the Swarco Raiders of the Austrian Football League in 2009. The Raiders lost in the Austrian league semi final, but Johnson helped the Raiders to win the European championship Euro Bowl XXIII defeating the La Courneuve Flash of France 30-19. [5][6] He played for the Catania Elephants of the Italian Football League in 2008 and led the league in passer rating and touchdown passes.[7][8]

Johnson currently works as a cameraman, director, producer, and writer and has contributed work to ESPN, CBS, the NFL, and most frequently USA Football.[9] He won a Sports Emmy award for Outstanding Short Feature for his work with ESPN's College GameDay on a story about Maryland defensive end Melvin Kiehn.[1][10]

References
  1. Morales, Javier (May 9, 2018). "Former Arizona QB Johnson wins Emmy for video production of short feature | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com".
  2. "Edmonton Eskimos 2006 Player Roster and Game Particpation on CFLdb Statistics". stats.cfldb.ca.
  3. "2006 Edmonton Eskimos football Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  4. "Jason Johnson". golutes.com. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  5. Johnson, Christie (March 26, 2009). "SWARCO Raiders vs. TUREK Graz Giants Preview". football-austria.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA". bigstockphoto.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  7. Hansen, Greg (May 18, 2008). "As Larry Smith once learned, suggesting fans not attend games flirts with danger". tucson.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. "Catania Elephants prove that hard work and commitment pay off". europlayers.com. May 7, 2010. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. "Meet The Man Behind USA Football's Hugely Popular "Football For Life" Series – Jason Johnson". American Football International. January 5, 2017.
  10. "Nominees – 2018 Sports Programs & Events – The Emmys". theemmys.tv.
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