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Johnnie Morton

Retired

San Francisco 49ers · WR

Johnnie Morton recorded 180 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 12 rostered seasons with San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions.

▶Best highlights

48.4

rec yds/gm

2.2

rush yds/gm

4

playoff games

180

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Johnnie Morton's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1996
CHICAGOBEARS
DETROITLIONS
SEP 22, 1996

Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Sep 22, 1996

7 rec · 174 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
1999
DETROITLIONS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
JAN 2, 2000

Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Jan 2, 2000

10 rec · 128 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Regular Season
1997
DETROITLIONS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
DEC 7, 1997

Detroit Lions vs Miami Dolphins

Regular Season · Dec 7, 1997

9 rec · 171 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1998
DETROITLIONS
CHICAGOBEARS
OCT 4, 1998

Detroit Lions vs Chicago Bears

Regular Season · Oct 4, 1998

2 rec · 138 rec yds · 1 rec TD

Regular Season
1995
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
DETROITLIONS
DEC 17, 1995

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Dec 17, 1995

4 rec · 80 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Johnnie Morton's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 174 receiving yards

Regular Season
1996
CHICAGOBEARS
DETROITLIONS
SEP 22, 1996

Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Sep 22, 1996

7 rec · 174 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Career highs: 10 receptions · 2 receiving touchdowns

Regular Season
1999
DETROITLIONS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
JAN 2, 2000

Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Jan 2, 2000

10 rec · 128 rec yds · 2 rec TD

Career high: 15 targets

Regular Season
2001
DETROITLIONS
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 18, 2001

Detroit Lions vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 18, 2001

7 rec · 153 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career high: 2 receptions of 40+ yards

Regular Season
1999
DETROITLIONS
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 14, 1999

Detroit Lions vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 14, 1999

4 rec · 110 rec yds · 0 rec TD

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Johnnie Morton's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1989–1998

01
DETMORTON—Johnnie Morton
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1999–2008

02
DETMORTON—Johnnie Morton
DETHANSON4Jason Hanson
DETWILLIAMS11Roy Williams

A painful rebuild reaches rock bottom

Detroit Lions · From Barry's exit to 0–16

Sanders retired abruptly and years of poor roster construction culminated in the league's first 0–16 season.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

03
KCMORTON—Johnnie Morton
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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Franchise era

1999–2010

04
SFMORTON—Johnnie Morton
SFOWENS81Terrell Owens
SFGARCIA5Jeff Garcia

Brief Owens–Garcia fireworks precede a rebuild

San Francisco 49ers · The long reset

An explosive early-2000s offense supplied one last playoff comeback before instability took over and Willis became the next defensive foundation.

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Career accomplishments

12 NFL seasons180 career games404 career rushing yards624 career receptions8,719 career receiving yards43 career receiving touchdowns10 career solo tacklesDrafted by: DETDraft pick: 21Jersey: 844 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 4, 1994Most recent: Dec 18, 2005

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