Rick Johnson (quarterback)

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1961)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Rick Johnson

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|21}}

| birth_place = Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.

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| number = 16

| status = Retired

| import = yes

| position1 = Quarterback

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| college = Southern Illinois

| NFLDraftedYear = 1984

| NFLDraftedRound = 2

| NFLDraftedPick = 48

| NFLDraftedTeam = Los Angeles Rams

| playing_years1 = 1984–1985

| playing_team1 = Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws

| playing_years2 = 1985–1988

| playing_team2 = Calgary Stampeders

| playing_years3 = 1989

| playing_team3 = Toronto Argonauts

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| CFLAllStar = 1986

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

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31372523/salukis_crush_w_carolina/ |title=Salukis crush W. Carolina |first=Scott |last=Monserud |newspaper=The Southern Illinoisan |location=Carbondale, Illinois |page=17 |date=December 18, 1983 |access-date=May 8, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31372613/salukis_win_national_championship/ |title=Salukis win national championship (cont'd) |first=Scott |last=Monserud |newspaper=The Southern Illinoisan |location=Carbondale, Illinois |page=18 |date=December 18, 1983 |access-date=May 8, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}} He was picked in the second round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.{{Cite web |title=1984 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1984/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002593/|title=Rick Johnson|website=IMDb}} 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.{{Citation|last=Johnson|first=Rick|title=Rustin|date=2001-06-18|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213205/|type=Comedy, Drama|others=Rick Johnson, Meat Loaf, Ashley Johnson, Zachery Ty Bryan|publisher=C-Dub Productions, Dahlia Street Films, Grabba-Bat Productions|access-date=2020-12-02}}