Darius Dashome Johnson (born February 22, 1991) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
wide receiver. He played
college football for
Southern Methodist University
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, type = Private research university
, accreditation = SACS
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, religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church
, president = R. Gerald Turner
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. Johnson was named his team's MVP in the
2010 edition of the
Armed Forces Bowl. He was signed by the
Atlanta Falcons as an
undrafted free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...
in 2013. He appeared in 10 games for the Falcons during the
2013 NFL season; he had 22 receptions for 210 yards and one
touchdown
A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone. In Amer ...
. In May 2014, Johnson was arrested for
DUI
Driving under the influence (DUI)—also called driving while impaired, impaired driving, driving while intoxicated (DWI), drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI), operating under the influence (OUI), operating vehicle under the infl ...
, and was subsequently released by the Falcons.
References
External links
Atlanta Falcons bio
1991 births
Living people
Players of American football from Missouri City, Texas
American football wide receivers
SMU Mustangs football players
Atlanta Falcons players
Players of American football from Harris County, Texas
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