.jpg) Johnson (77) with theOhio State Buckeyes in 2022 | |||||||
| No. 70 – Arizona Cardinals | |||||||
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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||
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| Born | (2001-07-03)July 3, 2001 (age 24) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 325 lb (147 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Princeton(Sharonville, Ohio) | ||||||
| College | Ohio State (2020–2022) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2023: 1st round, 6th overall pick | ||||||
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Paris Johnson Jr. (born July 3, 2001) is an American professionalfootballoffensive tackle for theArizona Cardinals of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theOhio State Buckeyes and was selected by the Cardinals sixth overall in the2023 NFL draft. Johnson Jr. is the son of football player and coachParis Johnson.
Johnson was born on July 3, 2001, inCincinnati, Ohio.[1] He attendedSt. Xavier High School before transferring toPrinceton High School as a senior in 2019, where he won theAnthony Muñoz Award.[2][3] The top-ranked offensive tackle of the class of 2020, he chose to attendOhio State University.[4]
Johnson played in five games as a freshman in 2020, including atoffensive guard due to an injury in the2021 College Football Playoff National Championship, and started every game at right guard the following season.[2] He moved toleft tackle as a junior in 2022, where he was named a consensusAll-American.[4][5][6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Broad jump | Bench press | |||||||
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| 6 ft6+3⁄8 in (1.99 m) | 313 lb (142 kg) | 36+1⁄8 in (0.92 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | 29 reps | |||||||
| All values fromNFL Combine[7][8] | ||||||||||||
TheArizona Cardinals selected Johnson Jr. in the first round (sixth overall) of the2023 NFL draft.[9][10] The Arizona Cardinals arranged a trade in order for them to secure the ability to acquire Johnson, by agreeing to send a first (12th overall), second (34th overall), and fifth round picks (168th overall) in the 2023 NFL Draft to theDetroit Lions in exchange for their first (6th overall) and third round picks (81st overall).
As a rookie, he started in all 17 games at right tackle for the Cardinals in the 2023 season.[11]
Following the release of longtime starterD. J. Humphries, Johnson was named the Cardinals starting left tackle.
Paris Johnson Jr. is the son ofParis Johnson, who was selected by the Cardinals in the fifth round of the1999 NFL draft as a safety and spent one season with them before being released.[12] He majored injournalism at Ohio State, writing several articles for their student newspaperThe Lantern before graduating in December 2022.[2][13] Johnson founded a charity foundation under his name in high school; it was awarded the 2022Armed Forces Merit Award for their work in raising more than $10,000 to assist military veterans, student-athletes, and the homeless.[14] He speaksMandarin Chinese and somePortuguese, having studied the former since late childhood and the latter after gaining an interest in visitingBrazil.[15]
