Keyshawn Johnson
Birth Name:
Keyshawn Joseph Johnson
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Producer, Actor, Writer
Fast Facts
- Named the Most Valuable Player in the 1995 Cotton Bowl and later the Player of the Game in the 1996 Rose Bowl
- Graduated from USC with a bachelor's degree in social science and history in 1997
- Played college football at the University of Southern California where he was twice selected as a first-team All-American
- Became the NFL's highest paid wide receiver in 2000 after signing an eight-year, $56 million contract with the Tampa Bay Bucs, a team he would eventually win a Super Bowl with in 2002
- Officially announced his retirement in May of 2007 and would eventually join ESPN as an on-screen analyst later that year
- Selected first overall in the 1996 NFL draft by the New York Jets, where he would start through the 1999 season before being traded to the Tampa Bay Bucs
- Became the first wide receive in NFL history to have scored a touchdown with four different teams on Monday Night Football