Rick Johnson (quarterback)

Rick Johnson (born January 2, 1961) is a former all-star quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Rick Johnson

No. 16
Date of birth	(1961-01-21) January 21, 1961 (age 64)
Place of birth	Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
Status	Retired
CFL status	International
Position(s)	QB
US college	Southern Illinois
NFL draft	1984 / round: 2 / pick: 48
Drafted by	Los Angeles Rams
Career history
As player
1984–1985	Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws
1985–1988	Calgary Stampeders
1989	Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1986

Johnson played college football for the Southern Illinois Salukis, where he was starting quarterback on the team that won the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.^[1][2] He was picked in the second round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.^[3] He played in the United States Football League for the Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws in 1984. He moved to Canada in 1985, and played for the Calgary Stampeders. He was a CFL All-Star in 1986.

After retiring from football, Johnson became an actor and movie director. He starred in the 1995 thriller film Point of Betrayal as a man trying to drive his mother insane in order to take her money away. Johnson also had a small role in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire as a client that a slick sports agent attempts to hug.^[4] He directed the 2001 comedy-drama film Rustin, also co-starring in the film as a former professional football player working as a sheriff in a fictional Alabama town named Rustin.^[5]