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**Charlie Johnson**
	No. 74 Indianapolis Colts
	Offensive tackle
Personal information
	Date of birth: May 2, 1984 (age 25)
	Place of birth: Durant, Oklahoma
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Weight: 305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
	College: Oklahoma State
	NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 6 / Pick: 199
	Debuted in 2006 for the Indianapolis Colts
Career history
	As player:; Indianapolis Colts (2006-present);
Career highlights and awards
	N/A;
Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2009
Games played	52
Games started	33
Fumbles Recovered	1
Stats at NFL.com

Charlie Johnson (born May 2, 1984) is an American football offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts. Johnson attended Sherman High School in Sherman, Texas along with as Colts' punter Hunter Smith. At Oklahoma State, he was converted from a tight end to an offensive tackle.

[edit] NFL career

Charlie Johnson was selected with the Indianapolis Colts' sixth-round pick in the 2006 NFL draft. As a rookie, he started one game, filling in for the injured right tackle Ryan Diem against Tennessee in week 13, and, additionally, filled in for Diem for a portion of Super Bowl XLI.

Due to the retirement of stalwart LT Tarik Glenn, Johnson had an opportunity to win the starting left tackle job during his second season, but was beaten out by rookie Tony Ugoh. Injuries to Ugoh and Diem, however, led to Johnson starting 10 of 16 games at LT and RT, respectively. Johnson's performance during the 2007 was widely viewed by fans as a disappointment (the 2007 season marked the first time in five years that the colts finished out of the top 5 in least sacks allowed), considering the competence he had shown as a rookie.

In Johnson's third season, he was moved to left guard in order to compensate for the loss of injured starter Ryan Lilja. Johnson started all 16 games, 12 at LG and 4 at LT, and was one of only two starting OL (the other being Ryan Diem) to play in every game that season.

The following year, Johnson beat out underachieving starter Tony Ugoh for the starting LT position during training camp. Through 6 games, Johnson has demonstrated solid improvement at his position, in contrast to previous years' performances.

[edit] External links

The Official Website of the Indianapolis Colts

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