Rashad Johnson leaves Crimson Tide radio team for NFL job
By Keith Farner
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Rashad Johnson, a former All-SEC player at Alabama who worked on the radio team for 4 seasons, is on his way to the NFL.
Johnson was hired as an assistant coach by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after he was one of the team’s Bill Walsh Coaching Fellows during training camp. The Crimson Tide Sports Network, where he previously worked as a sideline reporter, wished him well in the new role.
Congratulations to @rashadjohnson on his new coaching job with the @Buccaneers. Thank you for 4 great seasons as our CTSN sideline reporter! We wish you and your family well with this great new opportunity! #RollTide
— Crimson Tide Sports Network (@UA_CTSN) August 31, 2022
Johnson at Alabama was a back-to-back first-team All-SEC player (2007-08), and later a third-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals.
Johnson had an eight-year NFL career, and spent his first 7 seasons with the Cardinals (2009-15) and one with the Tennessee Titans (2016). During his career, Johnson played in 114 games, starting 58, and tallied 384 total tackles, 15 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries, and 2 forced fumbles, according to the Bucs.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
