5th Round Draft Choice Johnson Out for the Season

Rookie defensive tackle Antonio Johnson, who was the teams fifth-round draft choice, will have season-ending surgery on his left knee within the next week. “We felt he had a chance to help us,” coach Jeff Fisher said Saturday. “It’s an unfortunate [situation] … There will be no issues as far as returning for the offseason program.”  Johnson injured his ACL in his left knee during a drill Wednesday and did not practice on Thursday or Friday.  The 6-foot-3, 310-pound tackle out of Mississippi State in April, was looked at as a player who could help improve the teams poor rushing defense that last season allowed 144.6 yards per game.