Josh Johnson was drafted in 2008. But after 15 seasons and stints in the United Football League (UFL), XFL, and Alliance of American Football (AAF), he made his first NFL playoff appearance Sunday afternoon.
That’s when the journeyman became the fourth quarterback to take snaps for the San Francisco 49ers this season, entering in the first quarter of an NFC Conference Championship showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles. He entered in relief of Brock Purdy, the rookie who’d been the final pick of last spring’s NFL Draft and who had started the season as the team’s third-string passer.
