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In 2003 Started all 16 games for second time in three years with Bucs ... Threw for career-high 26 touchdowns last season ... Also threw career-high 21 interceptions ... was offensive catalyst in Tampa Bay?s first Super Bowl championship... Named the Buccaneers? Most Valuable Player en route to earning his second trip to the Pro Bowl (2002 with Tampa Bay and 1999 with the Washington Redskins)... Became just the 23rd quarterback in NFL history to lead his club to a World Championship... Exemplary team leader who has the second-highest winning percentage among active signal callers... Owns a 51-28 record (.646) as a starter in the regular season, trailing only Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre... Marks the second-highest winning percentage among active passers... Is among the league?s Top 10 in the following offensive categories over the past seven NFL seasons (1996-2002) ? Winning Percentage (2nd), Total Wins (5th), INT. percentage (5th), Completion Percentage (6th), TD passes (7th) and Passer Rating (9th)... Productive signal-caller who exhibits pinpoint accuracy, good velocity and an excellent touch... Displays tremendous leadership ability and a ferocious work ethic... One of the most accurate passers in NFL history... Career completion percentage of 61.7% ranks fifth all-time... Became the first quarterback in club history to lead the NFC in passing (92.9) in 2002... His 84.6 quarterback rating ranks 11th all-time in league history... Also ranks sixth among Super Bowl winning quarterbacks with an 84.6 quarterback rating... Established a club record with 22 TD passes in 13 games in 2002... Enters third season with Tampa Bay after playing seven seasons with the Minnesota Vikings (1992-98) and two seasons with the Redskins (1999-2000)... Calm, poised veteran signal caller who was the Buccaneers? first major acquisition in 2001... Career totals include 1,747 completions, 2,831 attempts, 19,428 yards, 114 touchdowns and 74 interceptions... Has played in 95 regular season games with 79 starts... Has also started in seven postseason games, including the Super Bowl XXXVII win over the Oakland Raiders... Completed 125-of-224 passes for 1,403 yards with seven TDs and 12 INTs in the postseason... In just two seasons (2001 and 2002) with Tampa Bay (29 games), has moved into fifth place on the club?s all-time passing list with 6,455 yards... Is just 572 yards shy of 20,000 passing yards... Has eclipsed 3,000 yards passing four times in the past six seasons... Has been selected NFC Offensive Player of the Week six times in his career... In 2002, became the first offensive player in club history to earn a pair of NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors in the same season.
College Career
A four-year letterman for Florida State... Played in nine games during the 1991 season... As a senior, completed 37-of-61 passes (60.7 percent) for 462 yards and five TDs and rushed for 52 yards on 10 carries... Began the 1990 season as the Seminoles? starting QB but was replaced by Casey Weldon in the sixth game... Finished the season with a career-high 1,136 yards, completing 109-of-163 passes (66.9 percent) with eight TDs... In addition to football, played on the Seminole basketball team as a freshman in 1987-88, starting 11 games... Earned a degree in physical education.
Personal Bio
Married to Nikki, couple has a son Max... Was an all-American QB at Owen High in Black Mountain, North Carolina... Also an all-state basketball player and was a high school teammate of former NBA center Brad Dougherty... Lettered four times each in football and basketball... Once bowled a 278 in a charity league for leukemia... Was an all-American QB at Owen High in Black Mountain, North Carolina... Also an all-state basketball player and was a high school teammate of former NBA center Brad Dougherty... Lettered four times each in football and basketball... Once bowled a 278 in a charity league for leukemia... Wife, Nikki, was all-region volleyball player at the University of South Florida from 1985-89 and ended her career as the school?s all-time leader in kills and digs... The couple has two sons Max and Jake... Was honored with a pep rally and parade in his hometown of Black Mountain after the Super Bowl win... His high school renamed their football field Brad Johnson Stadium... Personal website can be found at Bradjohnson14.com... Established the inaugural Brad Johnson Football Camp for youth ages 8-18 in 2002... Brad and several of his teammates visited MacDill Air Force base following the September 11th attacks to show support for the troops... Won the 989 Sports Quarterback Challenge in 2003... Was very active in the Washington, D.C. community... Involved with Brad?s Buddies, which involved the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Children?s Miracle Network and Gillete Children?s Hospital... Was also active in Toys for Tots and took part in the United Way Hometown Huddle with a visit to the National Children?s Center... Born James Bradley Johnson on September 13, 1968 in Marietta, Georgia. | 