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RB Gartrell Johnson: Chargers Waive Fourth-Rounder
by Adam Caplan of ScoutNFLNetwork.com, September 14, 2009 at 7:36pm ET

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The San Diego Chargers have signed DE Andre Coleman to the active roster, the team announced Monday. To make room for Coleman on the roster, the team waived rookie RB Gartrell Johnson.

Coleman (6-3, 287), who has been on the team’s practice squad, will be eligible to play in tonight’s ESPN Monday Night Football season opener against the Raiders. He wears No. 78. Coleman spent the 2007 and ’08 seasons on the team’s practice squad and has yet to appear in a regular season game. The move became important because starting DE Jacques Cesaire (calf-questionable) was limited in practice last week.

Johnson was a fourth-round choice by the Chargers in this year’s NFL Draft out of Colorado State University.

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Gartrell Johnson
Ht: 5-11 Wt: 218
Position: RB
Date of Birth: 06/21/1986
Experience: R
High School: Miami Springs HS
(Miami Springs, FL)
College: Colorado State


Biography:
The San Diego Chargers selected Colorado State RB Gartrell Johnson in the fourth round (No. 134 overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.

Johnson, a Miami, Fla. native, had an outstanding career at CSU, rushing for 2,814 yards and 24 touchdowns in four-plus seasons for the Rams. As a senior, he went for 1,514 yards and 12 touchdowns, including a 285-yard performance in his final collegiate start in the 2008 New Mexico Bowl. A first-team All-Mountain West Conference choice in 2008, Johnson earned New Mexico Bowl Offensive Player of the Game honors for his effort in the Rams’ 40-35 win over Fresno State.