Buddy Johnson
LB
#59
Experience: 5 years
Height: 6-2
Age: 27
Weight: 240 lbs
College: Texas A&M
2025 SEASON
- Solo8
- SCK0
- FF0
- INT--
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indianapolis Colts | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2025 | Dallas Cowboys | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL | 33 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
Buddy Johnson joins the Raiders for his fifth NFL season after entering the league as a fourth-round pick (140th overall) by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2021 NFL Draft. The 6-2, 240-pound linebacker has played in 33 games over his career with the Steelers (2021), Dallas Cowboys (2023-25) and Indianapolis Colts (2025), totaling four tackles and one tackle for loss on defense as well as 23 total tackles on special teams. Johnson started the season on the Cowboys' practice squad and was elevated for one game before being signed to the Indianapolis Colts active roster in Week 5, where he played in 12 games. The Dallas, Texas, native played four seasons at Texas A&M (2017-20), where he was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award after leading the team in tackles (86), tackles for loss (8.5) and forced fumbles (2), while his 4.0 sacks total on the year was good for second among Aggies.