← 1981 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R7 · #187 OVERALL · LB

Eddie Johnson

Drafted by CLE · GM Art Modell/staff · Louisville

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Eddie Johnson across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played148
Games started70
Weighted career AV37
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons10

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1981 · Round 7 · #187

CLE draft credit

GM Art Modell/staff

Team games148
Team starts70
On-team AV42
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Excellent+1.94 contribution3rd of 30 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Excellent pick

Eddie Johnson was Art Modell/staff's 3rd-best of 30 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +1.94. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Art Modell/staff's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
148
on drafting team
Games started
70
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
42
modeled; full weighted AV 37
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Art Modell/staff's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Art Modell/staff pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Eddie Johnson totals +1.94. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-6-4-20+2+4+622. Dixon#22 · Hanford Dixon · aggregate +7.07Dixon +7.168. Camp#68 · Reggie Camp · aggregate +1.96187. Johnson#187 · Eddie Johnson · aggregate +1.94Johnson +1.9115. Baab#115 · Mike Baab · aggregate +1.65104. Brennan#104 · Brian Brennan · aggregate +1.19109. McDonald#109 · Paul McDonald · aggregate +0.89149. Puzzuoli#149 · Dave Puzzuoli · aggregate +0.8696. Bolden#96 · Rickey Bolden · aggregate +0.57162. Whitwell#162 · Mike Whitwell · aggregate +0.4348. Rockins#48 · Chris Rockins · aggregate +0.32158. Nugent#158 · Terry Nugent · aggregate -0.03116. Franks#116 · Elvis Franks · aggregate -0.05145. Stracka#145 · Tim Stracka · aggregate -0.1092. Robinson#92 · Mike Robinson · aggregate -0.183. Banks#3 · Chip Banks · aggregate -0.19176. Belk#176 · Rocky Belk · aggregate -0.23190. Dumont#190 · Jim Dumont · aggregate -0.29122. Contz#122 · Bill Contz · aggregate -0.4018. Rogers#18 · Don Rogers · aggregate -0.40160. Simmons#160 · Ron Simmons · aggregate -0.47134. Cox#134 · Steve Cox · aggregate -0.4987. Walker#87 · Dwight Walker · aggregate -0.5499. Crews#99 · Ron Crews · aggregate -0.5731. Baldwin#31 · Keith Baldwin · aggregate -0.66131. Piepkorn#131 · Dave Piepkorn · aggregate -0.7450. Davis#50 · Bruce Davis · aggregate -0.9354. Crosby#54 · Cleveland Crosby · aggregate -1.1927. White#27 · Charles White · aggregate -2.32White -2.341. Brown#41 · Ron Brown · aggregate -3.12Brown -3.172. Odom#72 · Cliff Odom · aggregate -6.55Odom -6.6

Incremental contribution by season

-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+61980 · Elvis Franks · incremental +0.051980 · Paul McDonald · incremental +0.161980 · Ron Crews · incremental -0.901980 · Cleveland Crosby · incremental -1.921980 · Charles White · incremental -2.101980 · Cliff Odom · incremental -10.701981 · Elvis Franks · incremental +0.091981 · Paul McDonald · incremental +0.201981 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +0.531981 · Eddie Johnson · incremental -0.061981 · Mike Robinson · incremental -0.191981 · Charles White · incremental -0.651981 · Steve Cox · incremental -0.691981 · Ron Simmons · incremental -0.811982 · Mike Whitwell · incremental +0.041982 · Elvis Franks · incremental +0.051982 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.161982 · Chip Banks · incremental +0.171982 · Paul McDonald · incremental +0.211982 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +0.411982 · Steve Cox · incremental -0.031982 · Dwight Walker · incremental -0.201982 · Mike Robinson · incremental -0.201982 · Keith Baldwin · incremental -0.311982 · Mike Baab · incremental -0.591982 · Charles White · incremental -0.781983 · Paul McDonald · incremental +0.271983 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.271983 · Dave Puzzuoli · incremental +0.291983 · Mike Baab · incremental +0.431983 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +0.551983 · Mike Whitwell · incremental +0.581983 · Reggie Camp · incremental +0.581983 · Steve Cox · incremental -0.011983 · Tim Stracka · incremental -0.051983 · Bill Contz · incremental -0.071983 · Chip Banks · incremental -0.141983 · Dwight Walker · incremental -0.141983 · Keith Baldwin · incremental -0.241983 · Elvis Franks · incremental -0.271983 · Rocky Belk · incremental -0.391983 · Ron Brown · incremental -4.961984 · Chris Rockins · incremental +0.111984 · Rickey Bolden · incremental +0.141984 · Elvis Franks · incremental +0.141984 · Dave Puzzuoli · incremental +0.301984 · Mike Baab · incremental +0.421984 · Paul McDonald · incremental +0.471984 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.531984 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +0.611984 · Reggie Camp · incremental +0.711984 · Brian Brennan · incremental -0.071984 · Terry Nugent · incremental -0.071984 · Steve Cox · incremental -0.091984 · Tim Stracka · incremental -0.221984 · Charles White · incremental -0.231984 · Chip Banks · incremental -0.311984 · Don Rogers · incremental -0.351984 · Keith Baldwin · incremental -0.401984 · Jim Dumont · incremental -0.481984 · Bill Contz · incremental -0.491984 · Dwight Walker · incremental -0.501984 · Dave Piepkorn · incremental -1.231984 · Bruce Davis · incremental -1.431985 · Bill Contz · incremental +0.011985 · Chip Banks · incremental +0.061985 · Chris Rockins · incremental +0.171985 · Brian Brennan · incremental +0.181985 · Paul McDonald · incremental +0.241985 · Rickey Bolden · incremental +0.281985 · Dave Puzzuoli · incremental +0.311985 · Mike Baab · incremental +0.441985 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.531985 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +0.591985 · Reggie Camp · incremental +0.711985 · Keith Baldwin · incremental -0.051985 · Don Rogers · incremental -0.251986 · Bill Contz · incremental +0.001986 · Chip Banks · incremental +0.061986 · Rickey Bolden · incremental +0.151986 · Chris Rockins · incremental +0.171986 · Dave Puzzuoli · incremental +0.341986 · Brian Brennan · incremental +0.341986 · Mike Baab · incremental +0.491986 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.521986 · Reggie Camp · incremental +0.711986 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +3.601987 · Rickey Bolden · incremental +0.121987 · Chris Rockins · incremental +0.131987 · Dave Puzzuoli · incremental +0.231987 · Reggie Camp · incremental +0.251987 · Brian Brennan · incremental +0.281987 · Mike Baab · incremental +0.371987 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.411987 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +3.581988 · Rickey Bolden · incremental +0.221988 · Brian Brennan · incremental +0.281988 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.381988 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +1.571989 · Rickey Bolden · incremental +0.111989 · Brian Brennan · incremental +0.191989 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.231989 · Hanford Dixon · incremental +0.541990 · Brian Brennan · incremental +0.231990 · Eddie Johnson · incremental +0.231990 · Mike Baab · incremental +0.411991 · Brian Brennan · incremental +0.211991 · Mike Baab · incremental +0.47Crosby -1.9White -2.1Odom -10.7Johnson -0.1Johnson +0.2Johnson +0.3Brown -5.0Johnson +0.5Johnson +0.5Johnson +0.5Dixon +3.6Johnson +0.4Dixon +3.6Johnson +0.4Dixon +1.6Johnson +0.2Johnson +0.219806 players19818 players198212 players198316 players198422 players198513 players198610 players19878 players19884 players19894 players19903 players19912 players
Above expectationBelow expectationEddie JohnsonGM total -2.6Eddie Johnson by season +3.2

How much retained production did Eddie Johnson return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: LBs drafted within ±5 picks of Eddie Johnson since 2010 (18 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-0.50+0.5Model value above slot187. JohnsonEddie Johnson · model value +0.7+0.7188. TrevathanDanny Trevathan · model value +0.5183. MuasauDarius Muasau · model value +0.4188. RodriguezMalcolm Rodriguez · model value +0.3188. LongDavid Long · model value +0.3188. HillJamal Hill · model value +0.1186. SmithD.J. Smith · model value +0.1185. JonesGreg Jones · model value 0190. GoethelTravis Goethel · model value -0.1184. BarnesZaire Barnes · model value -0.1185. HollomanDeVonte Holloman · model value -0.1189. MohamedMike Mohamed · model value -0.1188. WashingtonCornelius Washington · model value -0.2192. ZumwaltJordan Zumwalt · model value -0.2183. EligweUkeme Eligwe · model value -0.2182. BeaversDarrian Beavers · model value -0.3183. BrownCam Brown · model value -0.5185. NiemannNick Niemann · model value -0.5186. MartinJacob Martin · model value -0.9
Eddie JohnsonSlot-similar peers (18)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'82'84'86'88'9001835537001Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (10 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1981CLE1601
1982CLE912
1983CLE1622
1984CLE16168
1985CLE16168
1986CLE16167
1987CLE12117
1988CLE1585
1989CLE1601
1990CLE1601

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