Keyshawn Johnson named best college football player to wear number 3
Former 1995 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year Keyshawn Johnson was listed as the best player to wear the number 3. Keyshawn Johnson dominated the college scene. In two seasons at USC he had 2,358 yards receiving, 12 touchdowns, and 148 catches. In his USC career Keyshawn Johnson had 17 100-yard receiving games during, including a then-NCAA record of 12 in a single season.
Keyshawn Johnson was named unanimous All-American in 1995, and finished seventh in Heisman voting that season. Johnson won back-to-back bowl game MVP awards in his two seasons at USC, the 1995 Cotton Bowl MVP and the 1996 Rose Bowl MVP.
Johnson ended up being the No. 1 overall pick in the 1996 NFL draft, being taken by the New York Jets in a draft that featured Hall Of Famers Ray Lewis, Brian Dawkins, and Jonathan Ogden.
Keyshawn Johnson didn't end up in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame, but he was still inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame and the Cotton Bowl Hall Of Fame. He was also inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 2012. He finished his football career with a Super Bowl championship on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002) and was selected to the Pro Bowl three times due to many 1,000-yard receiving seasons.
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