After stops with 10 NFL teams – and a quick jaunt with the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the now-defunct United Football League – is home.
Monday afternoon, the veteran quarterback inked a deal with the Oakland Raiders, marking his return to the town he grew up in, and rose to prominence as a prep star at Oakland Technical High School.
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“As a kid, you think and dream some things like this, but the reality of it, sometimes you never really know, especially when you come from Oakland, because you don’t really think these things are attainable,” explained Johnson.