Lane Johnson is an American football playing offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Eagles fourth overall in the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma. Lane is regarded as one of the league’s top offensive tackles and highest-paid offensive lineman player in 2019 in NHL history. Johnson is a two-time Pro Bowler (2018, 2019) and was included on first-team All-Pro during the 2017 season when he played a vital role in an offensive line that made Philadelphia’s Super Bowl LII winner.
Lane Johnson is best famous as an American professional football player playing for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League as an offensive tackle player. Since his draft in the 4th round of the 2013 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. He is also widely famous to have played football for Oklahoma college from 2009 to 2012.
Johnson attended Kilgore College, a junior college in east Texas, and played quarterback and tight end for the Kilgore Rangers football team. After his freshman year, he transferred to the University of Oklahoma, where he played for the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 2009 to 2012. Johnson was born in Groveton, Texas, the USA on May 8, 1990. His nationality is American and belongs to White ethnicity. His religion is Christianity and his zodiac is Taurus. He is the son of David Johnson(father) and Ray Ann Johnson. His siblings and childhood life is still under review. He attended Groveton High School, where he played football and competed in track. In football, he was named All-district.In track & field, Johnson earned a fourth-place finish in the shot put event at the 2008 UIL 1A State Championships, with a top-throw of 15.21 meters (49 ft 7 in).
Johnson started his football career since his time at Oklahoma College in 2009. His professional career began after he was picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft. On July 20, 2013, the Eagles signed Johnson to a four-year, $19.85 million contract with a signing bonus of $12.81 million. He made his first career start and professional regular-season debut in the Philadelphia Eagles' season-opening 33-27 victory at the Washington Redskins helped the Philadelphia Eagles finish first in the NFC East with a 10-6 record. Johnson was suspended for the first four games of the 2014 season as he was tested PED(positive performance-enhancing drugs) test. Johnson was graded as the second-best right tackle in the remaining games of the season and was ranked the 13th overall offensive linemen by Pro Football Focus. Pro Football Focus ranked Johnson tenth best right tackle in 2015 with an overall grade of +14.5.
On January 29, 2016, Johnson signed a six-year, $63 million extensions with $35.5 million guaranteed making him the highest-paid right tackle in the NFL. Unfortunately, he was again suspended for the ten games of having to use PED. Johnson returned to the team for their Week 16 game against the New York Giants on December 22, 2016. Pro Football Focus gave Johnson a run-blocking grade of 86.7 and he was ranked sixth among all right tackles. Johnson remained the Eagles' starting right tackle in 2017. He suffered a concussion during a Week 5 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. He started 15 games to help the Eagles achieve a 13-3 record and go from worst to first, finishing atop the NFC East division after finishing last in 2016.
He was ranked the top right tackle and received a $250,000 bonus for making the 2017 Pro Bowl. He was ranked 95th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018. On November 29, 2019, Johnson signed a four-year, $72 million contract extension with the Eagles with $54.595 million guaranteed, making him the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL.
Lane Johnson is a married man. He married his longtime lover, Chelsea Goodman in January 2013. The duo first met each other when they attended the NFL Draft the same time and they met at Oklahoma where Chelsea was a high jumper. They have two children together, a boy, David Jace Johnson(2013) and a girl(2016), Journey Layne. Lane's spouse's father is John Goodman, who played defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1980-1985. The couple is happily living together today.
The NHL offensive lineman, Lane Johnson has a net worth of $8 million as of 2019. His exact average salary is yet to be determined. His major source of income is his football career. He is a long-time player for Philadelphia Eagles where he had signed a six-year, $63 million extensions with $35.5 million guaranteed on January 29, 2016. He again earned a contract a four-year, $72 million contract extension with the Eagles with $54.595 million guaranteed, making him the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL. He also earns from the several endorsements. Further information regarding his cars and houses are still under review.
The longtime Philadelphia Eagles' offensive tackle, Johnson has a monstrous height of 6feet and 6inches tall. The same goes for his heavy boulder weight of 317 lbs. He has a bald head and brown eyes color. He is now 27 years old and even with such weight, he is very agile in his game. He has a straight sexual orientation. Further information regarding his body measurements, dress, and shoe sizes are currently under review.