Former Minnesota Vikings receiver Charles Johnson had an ultra-productive game Sunday for the Orlando Apollos to springboard Johnson into the early lead for receiving yards in the new Alliance of American Football.

Johnson had 192 yards receiving for the Apollos in a 37-29 win against the San Antonio Commanders on Sunday. That gives him 11 catches for 252 yards through two weeks, putting him ahead of all other receivers in the new football league by at least 82 yards.

Johnson had his best NFL season with the Vikings before the emergence of Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs. In 2014, Johnson had 31 catches for 475 yards and two touchdowns. He did that playing in 12 games and making six starts. After that, his usage and production dropped.

In 2015, he started four games for the Vikings but caught only nine passes for 127 yards. He followed that up with his final season in Minnesota, catching 20 passes for 232 yards in seven starts.

Last year, Johnson was with the New York Jets during the offseason, but he was cut before the start of the season.

Johnson was a 2013 seventh-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers and spent the first part of that season on their practice squad before the Cleveland Browns claimed him. While he didn’t play a game for the Browns, he garnered the attention of their offensive coordinator at the time, Norv Turner. When Turner became the offensive coordinator for the Vikings in 2014, Johnson signed with them as well.

Over three seasons in Minnesota, he ended up playing in 39 games (17 starts) for the Vikings, pulling in 60 receptions for 834 yards (a 13.9-yard average) and two touchdowns.

Johnson finished third in receiving yards with the Vikings in 2014 (behind Greg Jennings and Cordarrelle Patterson). The following season, Diggs emerged as the Vikings’ top receiver with 720 yards on 52 catches and Johnson was out of the top 10 for catches on the team. In his final season in Minnesota, Johnson was once again dwarfed by Diggs – the Vikings’ leader once again – and Thielen emerged as the No. 2 target among wide receivers with 69 catches for 967 yards.

With Thielen and Diggs in place, and with Turner no longer the coordinator, Johnson wasn’t re-signed in 2017.

On Sunday with the Apollos, Johnson caught two touchdowns and had receptions of 54, 45, 25 and 21 yards. If he continues that sort of production over the coming week in the AAF, he could be a consideration for another NFL team to give him a look, despite him turning 30 later this month.

However, that isn’t likely to happen with Minnesota, whose main need at receiver is at slot, whereas Johnson is a 6-foot-2, 217-pound outside receiver.

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Other former Vikings in the AAF include RB Matt Asiata (six rushes for 8 yards), defensive backs Kendall James (seven tackles) and Jack Tocho (six tackles), and linebacker Shaan Washington (who was with the Vikings during the 2017 offseason and is tied for the AAF lead with three sacks).