Johnson also played tailback in football for the Sterling Lions JFL when the team won an undefeated city championship.

He was named McDonald's Cage Classic all-tournament, all-section, all-region, and 4th team Sporting News NJCAA All-American.

[1] Johnson was discovered by Globetrotters' general manager, Joe Anzivino, and invited to training camp in Los Angeles in fall 1988.

Johnson was part of the group that visited Pope John Paul II on November 29, 2000, in Rome.

Johnson was a member of the team that participated in the enshrinement ceremony when the Globetrotters were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.