Former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson will also call it a career soon.
According to 610 Sports, Johnson plans to sign a one-day contract and retire as a member of the Chiefs, just as his former teammate Jamaal Charles did yesterday. After a very brief stint with the Oakland Raiders at the beginning of the 2018 season, Johnson will retire with the organization that he spent the majority of his career with.
Johnson joined the Chiefs in the 2005 NFL draft as a first-round pick out of the University of Texas. He’ll retire as the Chiefs franchise leader with 1,151 tackles in 13 seasons in Kansas City. This might not be the end for Johnson and the Chiefs organization, though. Andy Reid has previously left the door open for his return as a coach.
“I’m going to put a little two cents in for Derrick because he’s one of my favorite guys that I’ve ever coached,” Reid said of Johnson at the 2018 NFL combine, shortly after the Chiefs allowed him to walk in free agency. “What a career he has had in Kansas City. I’m pulling for him, that maybe something happens for him in the future. If it doesn’t I told him to just come back and he can start his coaching career.”
