1. Terry "Tank" Johnson was born on December 7,1981 and is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys and Cincinnati Bengals.
32 Facts About Tank Johnson
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Tank Johnson was selected by the Bears in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft.
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Tank Johnson's father moved him to Arizona when he was six years old.
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Tank Johnson attended McClintock High School in Tempe, Arizona, where he had a B-plus grade average.
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Tank Johnson appeared in 10 games as a backup, making 4 tackles.
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Tank Johnson missed the fifth game against UCLA with a sore knee.
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Tank Johnson registered 25 tackles, 5 sacks, one interception and one forced fumble.
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Tank Johnson contributed to a defense that ranked 11th in the nation with 97.7 rushing yards allowed per game.
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Tank Johnson posted 35 tackles, 10 sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
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Tank Johnson finished his college career with 23 starts out of 35 games, collecting 64 tackles, 15 sacks, one interception, 2 passes defensed, 2 forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
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Tank Johnson was selected by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft.
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Tank Johnson had 8 tackles and 2 sacks against the Baltimore Ravens.
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In 2006, Tank Johnson saw more action due to the loss of injured Tommie Harris, allowing him to start 10 games, as the team reached Super Bowl XLI.
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Tank Johnson posted 38 tackles, 3.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
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On January 23,2007, two days after the Bears won the NFC Championship Game, Tank Johnson was forced to appear in Circuit court to request permission to leave the State of Illinois to travel to Miami, Florida to play in Super Bowl XLI stemming from an arrest on gun charges late in 2006.
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On May 16,2007, Tank Johnson met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to determine punishment for his off-the-field transgressions, with Goodell eventually imposing an eight-game suspension, with the possibility of a reduction to six games if Tank Johnson followed certain requirements for violating the NFL player conduct policy.
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Tank Johnson was forced to miss the first eight games, suspended by the league for violating probation on a gun charge.
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Tank Johnson finished the season with 10 tackles, two sacks, one quarterback pressure, one pass defensed and one forced fumble.
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Tank Johnson posted 45 tackles, one sack, nine quarterback pressures, three passes defensed and one forced fumble.
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Tank Johnson started 13 games, making 29 tackles and two sacks.
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On March 8,2010, Tank Johnson was signed by the Bengals to a 4-year deal as an unrestricted free agent.
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Tank Johnson started in seven games, registering 10 tackles.
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In November 2005, Tank Johnson was arrested at the Excalibur nightclub in Chicago for possession of a handgun in his sport utility vehicle.
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Tank Johnson received 18 months probation and was ordered to undergo 40 hours of community service.
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Tank Johnson was charged with violation to probation and possessing unlicensed weapons.
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On December 30,2006, Tank Johnson contacted Gurnee Police Department to file harassment charges.
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On February 8,2007, Tank Johnson entered a guilty plea in Cook County's Courthouse in Skokie for violating his probation.
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Tank Johnson's attorney claimed that since Johnson was a resident of Arizona, he did not have to abide by the gun registration laws of Illinois.
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Tank Johnson entered a plea of not guilty on 10 counts of possessing a weapon without the proper state-required ID.
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Tank Johnson was sentenced to 45 days in jail, which was served concurrently with a four-month sentence he was already serving in the Cook County Jail for violating his probation; to donate $2,500 to the Gurnee Police Department and $2,500 to the Gurnee Exchange Club's child abuse prevention program.
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Tank Johnson was suspected of driving while impaired "to the slightest degree", but was released without being booked or charged.
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Almost a week after Tank Johnson was waived, the results from a blood test conducted on Tank Johnson when he was pulled over confirmed his blood alcohol content was under the legal limit.