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Lonnie Johnson

Retired

Kansas City Chiefs · TE

Lonnie Johnson recorded 86 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 6 rostered seasons with Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills.

▶Best highlights

18.5

rec yds/gm

0.1

rush yds/gm

4

playoff games

86

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Lonnie Johnson's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1995
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
BUFFALOBILLS
OCT 15, 1995

Seattle Seahawks vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Oct 15, 1995

7 rec · 74 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1997
NEW YORKJETS
BUFFALOBILLS
NOV 30, 1997

New York Jets vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Nov 30, 1997

4 rec · 81 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1996
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 20, 1996

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 20, 1996

6 rec · 90 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Regular Season
1995
ATLANTAFALCONS
BUFFALOBILLS
NOV 12, 1995

Atlanta Falcons vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Nov 12, 1995

4 rec · 86 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Regular Season
1997
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
BUFFALOBILLS
SEP 21, 1997

Indianapolis Colts vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Sep 21, 1997

3 rec · 25 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Lonnie Johnson's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 90 receiving yards

Regular Season
1996
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
OCT 20, 1996

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Oct 20, 1996

6 rec · 90 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career highs: 7 receptions · 12 targets

Regular Season
1995
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
BUFFALOBILLS
OCT 15, 1995

Seattle Seahawks vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Oct 15, 1995

7 rec · 74 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career high: 1 receiving touchdown

Regular Season
1999
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
DEC 26, 1999

Kansas City Chiefs vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Dec 26, 1999

3 rec · 18 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Lonnie Johnson's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1996

01
BUFJOHNSON—Lonnie Johnson
BUFKELLY12Jim Kelly
BUFTHOMAS34Thurman Thomas

Four consecutive AFC championships

Buffalo Bills · The K-Gun years

Kelly's no-huddle offense and a defense led by Smith reached four straight Super Bowls, an achievement defined equally by dominance and heartbreak.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

02
BUFJOHNSON—Lonnie Johnson
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

03
KCJOHNSON—Lonnie Johnson
KCGONZALEZ88Tony Gonzalez
KCHOLMES31Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Career accomplishments

6 NFL seasons86 career games6 career rushing yards163 career receptions1,587 career receiving yards6 career receiving touchdowns6 career solo tacklesJersey: 834 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 4, 1994Most recent: Jan 2, 2000

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history