Defensive lineman added to practice squad

Lyndon Johnson spent the past two seasons with Jacksonville

David Boclair | Sep 24, 2019

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As the Tennessee Titans plot their next move with the offensive line, they were forced to move on from a contingency plan at that spot.

The Titans signed defensive lineman Lyndon Johnson to their practice squad Tuesday.

The 6-foot-5, 287-pounder filled an opening created when the Green Bay Packers signed guard Adam Pankey off the practice squad. Tennessee signed Pankey to the practice squad at the start of the preseason after the Packers cut him. He had spent the past two seasons shuttling between Green Bay’s active roster and practice squad.

Johnson entered the NFL in 2018 as an undrafted free agent out of Cincinnati and spent most of the season on Jacksonville’s practice squad. He was promoted the active roster in December, played in three games and registered two tackles.

“Of course doing all the scout team stuff was hard, but you have to wait on your turn,” Johnson told The Florida Times-Union last December. “But the thrill of playing was like a dream come true.”

Johnson played 26 games at Cincinnati after one season at Holmes Community College, where he played football and basketball.

Published Sep 24, 2019

DAVID BOCLAIR

David Boclair has covered the Tennessee Titans for multiple news outlets since 1998. He is award-winning journalist who has covered a wide range of topics in Middle Tennessee as well as Dallas-Fort Worth, where he worked for three different newspapers from 1987-96. As a student journalist at Southern Methodist University he covered the NCAA's decision to impose the so-called death penalty on the school's football program.