Juwan Johnson - New Orleans Saints tight end on going from smoking weed to following Jesus Christ
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Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
New Orleans Saints tight end Jawan Johnson joins the show for an inspiring conversation about faith, growth, and leadership in the NFL. He opens up about how his relationship with Christ has shaped the way he approaches football and shares how his wife helped turned him back from a life of lies to following Jesus. Don’t miss this encouraging and honest conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, I don't play for the fame, I play for the king |
| 0:04.0 | Yeah, every step on the field let the heavens ring |
| 0:07.0 | Got Jesus in my heart so I run with a purpose |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah, this is sports spectrum |
| 0:13.0 | Faith on the surface, uh, I don't play for the crowd, I play for the king |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, every rap, every drill I give every day from the locker room prayers to the lights that gleam. |
| 0:23.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.6 | We raise his name, uh, welcome to the team, huh, uh, uh, uh, here's your host. |
| 0:31.6 | Former NFL Provo running back in Chicago Bears legend. |
| 0:35.6 | Matt Forte. |
| 0:36.6 | Uh, uh, uh, what? running back in Chicago Bears legend. Matt Forte. |
| 0:44.7 | Father, thank you for this platform. |
| 0:45.9 | Thank you for Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:52.9 | Thank you for the ability to glorify your name and use the platform of sports to be able to do it. |
| 1:12.2 | Lord, may you give us peace, patience, and wisdom to do this podcast. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. All right. Three, two, one. What's up, y'all? Thanks for tuning in to Sports Spectrum. You already know I'm at Forte. I got my dog right here. Joanne Johnson, tight in of the New Orleans Saints. And man, we're going to go everywhere with this conversation because we're in |
| 1:17.5 | person. We're here at PEO conference. And first, I want to just talk about this year. You had |
| 1:22.8 | you just finished your six year in LA and had had your best year yeah being this year so how |
| 1:29.1 | does that feel coming out of that because i know the work it takes that goes in beforehand yeah |
| 1:34.5 | to have a successful season but what does it feeling like when you basically reap what you |
| 1:39.4 | sold for sure um again thank you for having me on the podcast. I think this is great. |
| 1:45.5 | I love everything, what y'all doing. |
| 1:48.2 | I would say in terms of the year, it wasn't so much of a athletic and statistical. |
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