Johnny Stanton

Johnny Stanton (born September 7, 1994) is an American football fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UNLV Rebels.

Johnny Stanton
No. 43 – Cleveland Browns
Position:Fullback
Personal information
Born: (1994-09-07) September 7, 1994
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school:Santa Margarita Catholic
(Rancho Santa Margarita, California)
College:UNLV
Undrafted:2018
Career history
Roster status:Reserve/Futures
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Early life and high school

Stanton grew up in Rancho Santa Margarita, California and attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School. As a junior, he passed for 2,439 yards with 13 touchdowns and rushed for 1,428 yards and 21 touchdowns and was named first team All-Area by the Los Angeles Times.[1] Stanton completed 59 of 88 passes for 949 yards with 11 touchdowns while rushing for 386 yards and eight touchdowns on 47 carries before he suffered a season ending knee injury five games into his senior year.[2]

College career

Stanton began his collegiate career at Nebraska, redshirting his true freshman season. He spent his redshirt freshman season as the third string quarterback, attempting one pass which was completed for six yards. Stanton left Nebraska at the end of the school year and transferred to Saddleback College. In his only season season with the Gauchos, Stanton completed 293-of-465 passes for 3,471 yards and 27 touchdowns and also led the team in rushing with 747 yards and 12 touchdowns.[3] He committed to transfer to UNLV for his final two seasons of eligibility over offers from Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.[4]

Stanton was named the Rebels' starting quarterback going into his first season with the team and completed 50-of-107 passes for 676 yards, six touchdowns and six interceptions while also rushing 231 yards and a touchdown. He suffered a season-ending injury in the fourth game of the season.[5] As a redshirt senior, he played fullback as well as on defense and special teams and also started three games at quarterback. Stanton finished the season with 724 passing yards with four touchdown passes and two interceptions while also rushing for 96 yards and two touchdowns and recorded nine tackles on defense and blocked a punt and returned one punt for 19 yards on special teams.[6]

Professional career

Minnesota Vikings

Stanton was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent on May 7, 2018, after participating in a rookie minicamp with the team.[7][8] He was placed on season-ending injured reserve on August 21, 2018, where he stayed until he was waived on January 25, 2019.[9][10] He was re-signed by the Vikings to their practice squad on November 26, 2019.[11] Stanton was released on December 10, 2019.[12]

Cleveland Browns

Stanton signed a reserve/futures contract with the Cleveland Browns on January 28, 2020.[13] He was waived at the end of training camp on September 5, 2020,[14] and re-signed to the team's practice squad the next day.[15] Stanton was elevated to the active roster on November 21 for the team's week 11 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, and reverted to the practice squad after the game.[16]

Stanton was signed to the Browns' reserve/futures list on January 18, 2021.[17]

References
  1. Wagner, Brett (February 6, 2013). "Beck: Stanton has the 'it' factor". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  2. Henderson, Martin (September 22, 2012). "Eagles QB Stanton Requires Surgery on Knee". Patch.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  3. "Former Husker Johnny Stanton, back in FBS, named starting QB". Omaha World-Herald. August 31, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. Brewer, Ray (December 16, 2015). "Quarterback Johnny Stanton could fix UNLV's problems, expected to sign today". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  5. "Rebels' backup QB battle nearing conclusion". Las Vegas Sun. August 18, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  6. Patsko, Scott (January 31, 2020). "Could fullback Johnny Stanton be the Browns' version of Taysom Hill?". Cleveland.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  7. "Ex-Rebel QB Johnny Stanton invited to Vikings' rookie minicamp". Las Vegas Review-Journal. April 30, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  8. "Vikings give undrafted receiver Chad Beebe a chance". Star Tribune. May 7, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  9. "Vikings' Johnny Stanton: Placed on IR". CBSSports.com. RotoWire. August 21, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  10. Williams, Charean (January 25, 2019). "Vikings waive Johnny Stanton from IR". Profootballtalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  11. "Vikings Sign Cameron Smith to Active Roster". Vikings.com. November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  12. Ratke, Kyle (December 10, 2019). "Vikings release FB Johnny Stanton from practice squad". Vikings Wire. USA Today. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  13. Risdon, Jeff (January 28, 2020). "Browns sign FB Johnny Stanton to reserve/future contract". Browns Wire. USA Today. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  14. Gribble, Andrew (September 5, 2020). "Browns announce initial 53-man roster heading into 2020 season". ClevelandBrowns.com. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  15. Smith, Pete (September 6, 2020). "Cleveland Browns Practice Squad". SI.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  16. "Browns make roster moves". ClevelandBrowns.com. November 21, 2020.
  17. "Browns sign 14 players". ClevelandBrowns.com. January 18, 2021.
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