Lions sign Tyrell Johnson, release Erik Coleman
The Lions made a switch at safety on Tuesday by signing Tyrell Johnson and cutting ties with Erik Coleman.
- Born: 1982/05/06
- Age: 30
- Height: 5-10
- Weight: 207
- Seasons: 8
- Place of birth: Sacramento, CA
- Drafted by: the New York Jets in 2004 (5th round)
| Sacks | Interceptions | Tackles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | G | Sacks | YdsL | Int | Yds | IntTD | Solo | Ast | Total |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| 2001 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| 2002 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 58 | 28 | 86 | |
| 2003 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 34 | 90 | |
| 2004 | Jets | 16 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 73 | 27 | 100 |
| 2005 | Jets | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 37 | 121 |
| 2006 | Jets | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 31 | 101 |
| 2007 | Jets | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | 51 |
| 2008 | Falcons | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 80 | 15 | 95 |
| 2009 | Falcons | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 34 | 116 |
| 2010 | Falcons | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 2011 | Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | Lions | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15 | 47 |
| Career Total | 123 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 98 | 0 | 467 | 186 | 653 | |
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