C.J. Johnson

#5 · WR · Jr. · East Carolina6′2″ · 222 lb · Greenville, NC

C.J. Johnson: WR · East Carolina · #5.

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C.J. Johnson

WR · East Carolina · Jr · #5

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Four seasons in the East Carolina receiving corps to date. First career honor, 2022: All-AAC. On tape: 197 receiving yards and 7 receptions against South Florida, Week 5, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	East Carolina	67	1,016	15.2	10	74
2021	East Carolina	35	520	14.9	1	60
2020	East Carolina	19	405	21.3	6	75
2019	East Carolina	54	908	16.8	4	75
Career		175	2,849	16.3	21	75

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-21vs No. 13 NC State	6	90	15.0	1	39
Wk 2	W 39-21vs Old Dominion	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 3	W 49-10vs Campbell	5	91	18.2	1	33
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Navy	3	31	10.3	0	16
Wk 5	W 48-28vs South Florida	7	197	28.1	4	74	Season-high 197 yds
Wk 6	L 9-24@ Tulane	3	51	17.0	1	24
Wk 7	W 47-45vs Memphis	4	46	11.5	0	35
Wk 8	W 34-13vs UCF	11	140	12.7	1	39	140-yard receiving day
Wk 9	W 27-24@ BYU	4	45	11.3	0	26
Wk 11	L 25-27@ Cincinnati	7	123	17.6	1	72
Wk 12	L 3-42vs Houston	3	48	16.0	0	35
Wk 13	W 49-46@ Temple	6	60	10.0	0	20
Bowl	W 53-29vs Coastal Carolina	7	83	11.9	1	16
Total		67	1016	15.2	10	74

Signature game

Week 8 · 2022

W 34-13

vs UCF

11 rec · 140 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against UCF.

With H. Ahlers — 311 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.3 · K. Mitchell — 105 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +6.93C.J. Johnson 72 Yd pass from Holton Ahlers
Week 5 · South Florida · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +6.40H.Ahlers pass complete to ECU 40. Catch made by C.Johnson at ECU 40. Gain of 60 yards. ECU for 60 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 5 · South Florida · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +6.10H.Ahlers pass complete to ECU 26. Catch made by C.Johnson at ECU 26. Gain of 74 yards. C.Johnson for 74 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 11 · Cincinnati · 4th and 12 · Q4 · EPA +3.66Holton Ahlers pass complete to C.J. Johnson for 13 yds to the Cincy 43 for a
Week 7 · Memphis · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +3.43Holton Ahlers pass complete to C.J. Johnson for 35 yds to the Memph 32 for a
Week 3 · Campbell · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.39C.J. Johnson 21 Yd pass from Holton Ahlers

4 more plays

Week 1 · NC State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Holton Ahlers pass complete to C.J. Johnson for 39 yds for a TD, (Owen Daffer KICK)
Week 8 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Holton Ahlers pass complete to C.J. Johnson for 39 yds for a TD, (Andrew Conrad KICK)
Week 6 · Tulane · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.12Holton Ahlers pass complete to C.J. Johnson for 24 yds for a TD, (Owen Daffer PAT MISSED)
Week 8 · UCF · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Holton Ahlers pass complete to C.J. Johnson for 25 yds to the UCF 33 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Mike Houston — 22-24 over that span.

2019East Carolina4-8HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 85 (#24 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

85All-Conference level #24 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (88th percentile). Strength: catch rate (86th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#73 / 636 · 88th pct

22.2%

Catch rate#85 / 636 · 86th pct

90.5%

EPA / target#115 / 636 · 82nd pct

0.97

TD rate#162 / 636 · 74th pct

9.5%

Yards / catch#190 / 636 · 70th pct

13.8

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#13 / 550 · 97th pct

Rec yards#30 / 550 · 95th pct

1016

Receptions#40 / 550 · 93rd pct

Long catch#61 / 550 · 88th pct

Yards / catch#145 / 550 · 73rd pct

15.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

62nd → 82nd percentile

Explosive rate

72nd → 88th percentile

Catch rate

26th → 86th percentile

TD rate

16th → 74th percentile

Yards / catch

75th → 70th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.7	65.3	13.5	0.4
Road4g	5.0	69.8	14.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.5	75.0	15.4	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	6.2	83.2	13.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Mike Houston

Pass share

53.7%

482 pass / 415 run

Plays / game

69.0

13 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

505 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

85 · #24 of 488 WRs · 2022

C.J. Johnson

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at East Carolina

2022 13 games