{"id":755477,"date":"2026-02-16T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755477\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:00:01","slug":"tre-johnson-the-former-nfl-offensive-lineman-who-became-a-high-school-history-teacher-dies-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755477\/","title":{"rendered":"Tre\u2019 Johnson, the former NFL offensive lineman who became a high school history teacher, dies at 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Tre\u2019 Johnson, the former standout Washington offensive lineman who went on to become a Maryland high school history teacher, died Sunday. He was 54.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s wife, Irene, <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EYEZEDITING\/posts\/pfbid0w8rTJwYSazZHU19AMHWRCVfaMtyzsnVk1QdMB5WMSPhL5TSYciR23MtNZcbNTi9Ql?rdid=O7JgPj2PAysCuQbC#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced the death in a Facebook post<\/a>, saying he died during a short family trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my husband, Tre\u2019 Johnson, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly &#8230; during a brief family trip,\u201d she wrote. \u201cHis four children, Chloe, EJ, EZ and Eden, extended family, friends, and I are devastated and in shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After starring at Temple, Johnson was drafted by Washington 31st overall in 1994. He played for Washington through 2000, spent 2001 with Cleveland and returned to Washington for a final year in 2002. The 6-foot-2, 328-pound guard was a Pro Bowl selection in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>After football, he became a history teacher at the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. His wife said recent health issues had forced him to take a leave of absence.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NFL: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Tre\u2019 Johnson, the former standout Washington offensive lineman who went on to become a Maryland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7864,4935,4947,7,379,1002,1868,5757,108088,6,498,16175,6370,5763,101104,9,2084],"class_list":{"0":"post-755477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-dc-wire","9":"tag-district-of-columbia","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-inc","13":"tag-maryland","14":"tag-maryland-terrapins","15":"tag-md-state-wire","16":"tag-meta-platforms","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-football","19":"tag-notable-deaths","20":"tag-pa-state-wire","21":"tag-pennsylvania","22":"tag-send-to-apple-news","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-virginia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116079025226213110","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}