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Is Keyshawn Johnson a NFL Hall of Famer?

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Joseph Keyshawn Johnson is a former professional football player from the United States who played wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons.

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Keyshawn Johnson is not in the Hall of Fame. He retired from football after the 2006 season and worked as a television broadcaster for ESPN for seven years.

Keyshawn Johnson was an All-American in college football at the University of Southern California.

He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, and Carolina Panthers in his career. He was the most recent of three wide receivers to be selected first overall in NFL history.

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Credit: David Dee Delgado/Reuters

Johnson finished his NFL career with 814 receptions, tying him for 17th all-time with Henry Ellard. His 10,571 yards receiving rank him 24th all-time in NFL history.

In reaching 600 career receptions in 118 games, he tied Herman Moore for the second fewest games needed in NFL history, and he became one of only three players in league history to do so in fewer than 120 games.

He caught 512 passes in his first 100 games, ranking fourth among players in their first 100 games. When he registered 1,000-yard receiving seasons in 2001 and 2002, he became the first player in Buccaneers history.


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