{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Riall Johnson | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | number = 50 | position = Defensive end | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|4|20}} | birth_place = White Rock, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lbs = 243 | high_school = Mariner (Everett, Washington, U.S.) | college = Stanford | draftyear = 2001 | draftround = 6 | draftpick = 168 | pastteams = * Cincinnati Bengals (2001–2003) * Arizona Cardinals (2004)*<ref>{{cite web |title=Riall Johnson |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnRi20.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref> * Denver Broncos (2004)* * Toronto Argonauts (2005–2008) * Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2009) * Montreal Alouettes (2009) | highlights = * First-team All-Pac-10 (2000) * Second-team All-Pac-10 (1999) | statlabel1 = Tackles | statvalue1 = 30 | pfr = JohnRi20 }}
'''Riall Salud Johnson''' (born April 20, 1978) is a Canadian former professional football player.
== Early life == Riall grew up in Lynnwood, Washington, where he attended Mariner High School. At Mariner he was considered one of the top football prospects in the USA.
== College career== He attended Stanford University. In his junior year at Stanford he tied for the Pac-10 lead in sacks with 13. In his senior year he not only led the Pac-10, but he also tied for the most sacks in the nation with future Carolina Panthers star Julius Peppers. And he became the first player ever to lead the Pac-10 in sacks in back to back years.
== Professional career == Despite all his success in college, he was selected in the sixth round of the 2001 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2001 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2001/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played 3 years for the Bengals. He appeared in 32 games and made a total of 30 tackles most of which were on special teams.
After spending the 2008 CFL season with the Toronto Argonauts, Johnson was traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for linebacker Zeke Moreno on February 19, 2009. He was traded to the Montreal Alouettes in September 2009.<ref name="Tait">{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/blue-make-yet-another-move-at-qb-60187182.html|title=Blue make yet another move at QB|last=Tait|first=Ed|date=2009-09-22|work=Winnipeg Free Press|accessdate=2009-09-23}}</ref>
==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2001 !! CIN | 7 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2002 !! CIN | 12 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2003 !! CIN | 13 || 1 || '''21''' || '''13''' || '''8''' || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 32 !! 1 !! 30 !! 18 !! 12 !! 0.0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}
== Personal life== He is the brother of Teyo Johnson, a former wide receiver of the CFL's Calgary Stampeders.
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=johnsria001&defensesort=7 Stats Crew profile] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090122122230/http://argonauts.ca/index.php/roster/show/id/390 Argonauts.ca page]}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094420/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JOHNSRIA01 DatabaseFootball.com stats]}} *{{cite news |url=https://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=21548&writer=0 |title=Johnson Fled North to Escape Personal Life |accessdate=November 17, 2007 |last=O'Connor |first=Joe |date=November 16, 2007 |publisher=National Post}}
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