Keyshawn Johnson Joseph Keyshawn Johnson ( born July 22 , 1972 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League ( NFL ) for eleven seasons . He played college football for the University of Southern California , and earned All - American honors . The first pick in the 1996 NFL Draft , he played professionally for the New York Jets , Tampa Bay Buccaneers , Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers . He retired from football following the 2006 season , and in 2009 became a television broadcaster for the sports channel ESPN . Keyshawn Johnson was a contestant on the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars , and was the 1st contestant eliminated from the season . Early years . Johnson was born in Los Angeles , California . He attended Palisades High School for his sophomore & junior years and Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles , and played high school football for the Dorsey Dons his senior year . . College career . After playing football for two years at West Los Angeles College , Johnson transferred to University of Southern California , where he played for coach John Robinson ' s USC Trojans football team in 1994 and 1995 . In 1994 he finished with 66 catches for 1 , 362 yards and 9 TD . In 1995 he finished with 102 catches for 1 , 434 yards and 7 TD . As a Trojan , he was twice recognized as a consensus first - team All - America selection . After the 1994 college season , Johnson helped lead the Trojans to a win in the 1995 Cotton Bowl Classic , after which he was named the game ' s Most Valuable Player . The Trojans then played in the 1996 Rose Bowl , during which Johnson caught 12 passes for a Rose Bowl record 216 yards and one touchdown in the Trojans ' 41 – 32 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats . He was named the Player of the Game . He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on December 31 , 2008 . While in college , Johnson appeared on the TV show " Coach " , as a player eligible for draft in the upcoming season . He flatly refused to be recruited to the fictional " Orlando Breakers " team for coach Hayden Fox , stating he would go to Canada to play first . Johnson graduated from USC with a B . A . in social sciences and history in 1997 . Professional career . New York Jets . The New York Jets drafted Johnson with the top overall selection in the 1996 NFL Draft . He was the first wide receiver selected with the number one overall pick since Irving Fryar was chosen by New England in 1984 . While in New York , he played three seasons ( 1997 – 1999 ) under Bill Parcells , who in two seasons would turnaround the Jets from 1 – 15 in 1996 , Johnson ' s rookie year to 9 – 7 in 1997 & 12 – 4 in 1998 & the franchise ' s first ever AFC East Division title . One of his best performances was in a 34 – 24 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in an AFC divisional playoff game after the 1998 season . In that game , Johnson caught nine passes for 121 yards and a touchdown , rushed for 28 yards and a touchdown , recovered a fumble , and intercepted a pass on defense . The Jets however , fell one game short of the Super Bowl after losing the AFC Championship Game the next week to the Denver Broncos 23 – 10 . Johnson wrote an autobiography with ESPN ' s Shelley Smith titled , " Just Give Me the Damn Ball " . The book covered his rookie year experiences . Tampa Bay Buccaneers . Johnson was traded on April 12 , 2000 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for two first round draft choices ( 12th – Shaun Ellis – and 27th – Anthony Becht – overall ) in the 2000 NFL Draft . Soon after Johnson arrived in Tampa Bay , they signed him to a 8 - year , $ 56 million contract extension with the Buccaneers that made him the highest - paid wide receiver in the NFL . At that time he was joining a team that had fallen one game short of the Super Bowl the previous season . In 2002 Johnson went on to win a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers after the arrival of new head coach Jon Gruden , who succeeded Tony Dungy . Johnson had 76 catches for 1 , 088 yards and five touchdowns ; in the playoffs he had eight catches for 125 yards and a touchdown against the Eagles , then had six grabs for 69 yards in the Super Bowl . However , his bitter relationship with Gruden ( illustrated by a video clip of him yelling at Gruden on the sidelines ) led to his de - activation for the final 7 games of the 2003 season . The following offseason , he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys , where he was reunited with Bill Parcells , his coach while he was with the New York Jets . Dallas Cowboys . The Bucs traded him on March 19 , 2004 to the Dallas Cowboys for Joey Galloway , who the Cowboys had also traded two first round picks to acquire . Reunited with his former coach Bill Parcells , Johnson lived up to his advance billing for the Cowboys in 2004 , leading the team in receiving yards and tying for the lead in touchdown catches while taking over a leadership role in the locker room and on the field Carolina Panthers . On March 23 , 2006 , Johnson signed a four - year , $ 14 - million - dollar deal with the Carolina Panthers . Of this , he was guaranteed a five million dollar signing bonus . He was expected to play opposite Steve Smith as the number two receiver . During the Carolina Panthers ' Monday Night Football game against the Buccaneers on November 13 , 2006 , Johnson became the first player in NFL history to score a touchdown on Monday Night Football with four different teams ( Jets , Buccaneers , Cowboys and Panthers ) . Johnson was fined $ 5 , 000 in December 2006 for throwing his helmet in rage during a 27 – 24 loss to the Eagles . Johnson was released from the Panthers on May 1 , 2007 , after just one season with the team . He posted 70 receptions for 815 yards and four touchdowns in Carolina . Retirement . On May 23 , 2007 , Johnson announced he was retiring from the NFL , reportedly turning down offers by several teams , including the Tennessee Titans . Titans ' Head Coach Jeff Fisher , who became friends with Johnson while he played at USC , said he thought Johnson ' s numbers and production spoke for themselves : " He still played at a high - level last year . He takes very good care of himself , " Fisher said . " He hasn ' t had any injuries per season . Anytime you get a chance to bring an experienced veteran in to add to your roster then it ' s a good thing . " On the same day , Johnson announced he would be working as an analyst for ESPN . On February 5 , 2008 , CBS4 Miami reported that Bill Parcells reached out to Johnson . Parcells reportedly told him if he was to come out of retirement there would be a spot on the Miami Dolphins roster for him . His all - around game has earned him selection to the Pro Bowl three times – 1998 and 1999 with the N . Y . Jets and 2001 with Tampa Bay . Johnson finished his career with 814 receptions , tying him at 17th all - time with Henry Ellard for career NFL receptions . His 10 , 571 yards receiving is the 24th highest total in NFL history . In reaching the 600 career receptions plateau in 118 games , he tied Herman Moore for the second fewest number of games needed in NFL history to reach that mark , and he became one of only three players in league history ( Moore and Marvin Harrison ) to reach 600 receptions in fewer than 120 games . He caught 512 passes in his first 100 games to rank as the fourth most receptions in a player ' s first 100 games . The other three are : Marvin Harrison ( 591 ) , Sterling Sharpe ( 524 ) and Lionel Taylor ( 516 ) . To achieve this production , he has averaged 74 . 8 catches - per - season over his first nine seasons , and caught a pass in every one of his 135 games played over this span . This accomplishment was the second longest streak among active receivers ( Harrison , 139 ) and the third longest streak to begin a career among all players ( Marshall Faulk , 158 and Harrison , 139 ) at that time . For his career , Johnson recorded 60 or more catches in ten of his eleven NFL seasons . In 2001 and 2002 , he became the first player in Buccaneers history to record consecutive 1 , 000 - yard receiving seasons when he registered 1 , 266 yards in 2001 and 1 , 098 in 2002 . A durable player , Johnson missed only three of a possible 145 career games – including playoffs – due to injury . He also has 4 children , Keyshawn Jr , Maia , London , and Vance . In 2012 , Keyshawn Johnson starred in Jägermeister ' s critically acclaimed A Stronger Bond television and digital campaign created by the award - winning advertising agency Mistress . In 2013 , Johnson was announced to be a contestant on the 17th season of " Dancing with the Stars " . He is paired with professional dancer Sharna Burgess . On the Sept . 23 show he was the first celebrity voted out . Analyst on ESPN . Johnson was part of the 2007 NFL Draft broadcasting team with Chris Berman , Mel Kiper Jr . and Chris Mortensen that aired on ESPN . He became an ESPN analyst for " Sunday NFL Countdown " , and " Monday Night Countdown " . Within the confines of " Sunday NFL Countdown " and " Monday Night Countdown , Johnson invented a segment called " C ' mon Man ! " which allows each panel member to pick a moment in the last NFL week " revolving around either the play on the field or unprofessional behavior off it " that one might consider , on some level , either inexcusable or downright laughable . Each member verbalizes what their gripe may be , while highlights of the moment that they are illustrating run around it , and then ends with the panel member stating with disdain , " C ' mon man ! " . He has also been an analyst on several ESPN telecasts , including pre - game shows on Sundays and Monday nights , and some radio work as well . He was also an analyst on the ESPN Who ' s Now competition . He sometimes hosts Jim Rome Is Burning while Jim Rome is away . On January 23 , 2011 , Johnson was not on Sunday NFL Countdown for Championship weekend because his mother unexpectedly died . A & E interior - design series . In November 2008 , Johnson was contracted for a weekend TV Series called " Keyshawn Johnson : Tackling Design " . The show was on A & E in July 2009 and showcases Johnson ' s knowledge of interior design to help other people redecorate their homes . Investment business . Johnson co - founded First Picks Management in 2005 as a vehicle to pursue his business interests in the food service , hotel , and real estate industries as well as venture capital investing . He recruited Harvard Business School MBAs , Glenn and Clarence Mah , as well as his public relations and marketing agent , Ingrid Roberts , to co - lead the organization . Johnson and his management team partnered with National Football League and National Basketball Association athletes , including Warrick Dunn , Dennis Northcutt , Terence Newman , and Joe Smith in developing the investment company . nn =