Back in 1994, the Green Bay Packers selected two running backs in the NFL Draft. One of them, Dorsey Levens, would go on to have a noteworthy career, helping Green Bay win Super Bowl XXXI and earning himself a spot in the Packers Hall of Fame. The other, LeShon Johnson, was not so fortunate.
The Packers used their second pick in the 1994 NFL Draft, a third round selection (84th overall), to select Johnson out of the University of Northern Illinois. He only played a year-and-a-half with Green Bay before heading off to play for the Arizona Cardinals.
In 1998, though, his career was derailed by a cancer diagnosis. While he attempted a comeback in 1999 with the New York Giants, he rarely saw the field for them and was out of the NFL by 2000.
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