Larry Johnson - Former Kansas City Chiefs Pro Bowl Running Back
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🗓️ 29 January 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
For two seasons in Kansas City, Larry Johnson was the best running back in the NFL. In 2003, he was selected by the Chiefs in the first round with pick number 27. In 2005, he took over as the starter and rushed for over 1,700 yards. A year later, in 2006, he set an NFL record with 416 carries and rushed for a Chiefs record 1,789 yards.
He would play seven full seasons in Kansas City and then finish his career with stints in Cincinnati, Washington and Miami before retiring after the 2011 season.
During his career, Larry got caught up in multiple legal issues and entered a downward spiral post-NFL career and it wasn't until a few years ago when Johnson started his journey back to God.
On this episode of the podcast, Larry Johnson shares his story of redemption and how God brought him out of his lowest moments and back to being a man his daughter can be proud of. This is a very transparent look at a guy who had it all in the NFL for a few years and after the pull of the world was winning, the grace of the Lord ultimately ended up bringing him the victory.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.8 | Welcome everyone to Sports Spectrum. I'm Jason Romano. Welcome, everyone, to Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:21.8 | I'm Jason Romano. |
| 0:23.0 | Today on the show, we bring to you an interview with someone who, you might remember, NFL |
| 0:30.8 | running back, longtime Kansas City Chiefs running back, Larry Johnson. |
| 0:35.2 | Larry played in the NFL from 2003 to 2011. His first seven seasons |
| 0:40.4 | were with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was actually selected in the first round by the Chiefs in the |
| 0:45.3 | 2003 NFL draft, 27th pick overall. That's why he wore the number 27, I think. In college, he was |
| 0:52.5 | really good, his senior year at Penn State. |
| 0:55.4 | He was a 2002 Heisman Trophy finalist, rushed for over 2,000 yards, had 20 touchdowns |
| 1:00.6 | in his senior year, and thus led him into the NFL. |
| 1:04.2 | After a couple of years sitting behind Priest Holmes, he got his shot, and he took advantage |
| 1:08.4 | of it. |
| 1:08.7 | He had back-to-back 1,700-yard rushing seasons in 2005 and 2006. |
| 1:14.9 | He was a first team all pro in 2006 and set an NFL record, which may never be broken |
| 1:21.0 | when you think along the lines of the way running backs are used today. |
| 1:24.9 | In 2006, Larry Johnson carried the ball 416 times. That is an NFL record. And like I said, |
| 1:31.3 | I don't think it's going to ever be broken, to be quite honest with you. That same year, he rushed for |
| 1:35.0 | 1789 yards, still a Kansas City Chiefs record that stands today for the most rushing yards |
| 1:41.4 | in a season. That's a lot of the stuff on the field. |
| 1:44.8 | But Larry has had his ups and downs away from the field. |
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