Rick Johnson (gridiron football)
Rick Johnson is a former all-star quarterback in the Canadian Football League.
Johnson played college football for the Southern Illinois Salukis, where he was starting quarterback on the team that won the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. He played in the United States Football League for the Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws in 1984. He moved to Canada in 1985, and played for the Calgary Stampeders. He was a CFL All-Star in 1986.
After retiring from football, Johnson became an actor and movie director. He directed the film Rustin. Johson had a small role in the movie Jerry Maguire as the client that Bob Sugar attempts to hug. He also appears in Point of Betrayal.
