Dontae Johnson is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on December 1, 1991 in Pennington, New Jersey, United States. Dontae Johnson (born December 1 1991) is an American football cornerback with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played in the NCAA football tournament in the NCAA Division at NC State and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of 2014’s NFL Draft. He was also a player with The Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs as well as the Los Angeles Chargers.
On May 15th on the 15th of May, 2014 on May 15, 2014, the San Francisco 49ers signed Johnson to a 4-year, $2.62 million contract , which includes the signing bonus of $400,544.
Coming out of NC State, Johnson was projected by some NFL draft experts to be a third or fourth round pick, while others projected him to be selected in the fifth or sixth round. He received an invitation to the NFL combine and completed all of the required combine and positional drills. On March 24, 2014, he chose to participate at NC State’s pro day, but opted to only perform positional drills for NFL team representatives and scouts. Johnson was ranked the 25th best cornerback prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com.
On November 8, 2015, Johnson received his first start of the season and recorded a season-high six solo tackles and two pass deflections during a 17–16 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. On January 3, 2016, he earned a season-high seven combined tackles and defended a pass in the 49ers’ 19–16 defeat of the St. Louis Rams. He finished the 2015 season with a total of 32 combined tackles (29 solo) and five pass deflections in three starts and 16 games. The San Francisco 49ers opted to fire Tomsula after they finished with a 5–11 record in 2015.
Johnson competed against Chris Culliver, Tramaine Brock, Perrish Cox, Chris Cook, Kenneth Acker, and Darryl Morris throughout training camp in 2014 to be selected as the cornerback starting position. The head of the team Jim Harbaugh named Johnson the fifth cornerback on the depth chart after veteran Tramaine Brock Chris Culliver, Perrish Cox and Chris Cook.
