Cornelius Johnson

Former wide receiver at Michigan. 2023: 47 catches, 604 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Michigan · Sr. · #6

6′3″ · 208 lb · Greenwich, CT

CFB Index 56 · #153 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceLos Angeles — drafted 2024, Rd 7, Pick 33, #253 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 177 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Michigan. 2023: 47 catches, 604 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2019.
Drafted round 7 by the Los Angeles in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan, 2,045 receiving yards — drafted at #253 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 160 yds at Ohio State.Ohio State · W 45-232022

20193 games

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Brunswick School

2024

Drafted by Los Angelesround 7, pick 253

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#177 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #253

Los Angeles · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

#253Rd 7 · Pick 33

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 51-11 over that span.

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #153 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (84th percentile). Strength: rush yards (84th percentile). Concern: td rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#102 / 639 · 84th pct

93.3%

EPA / target#167 / 639 · 74th pct

0.96

Explosive rate#186 / 639 · 71st pct

17.8%

Yards / catch#225 / 639 · 65th pct

13.5

TD rate#510 / 639 · 20th pct

2.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#44 / 294 · 84th pct

Receptions#122 / 566 · 78th pct

Rec yards#149 / 566 · 74th pct

604

Long catch#250 / 566 · 55th pct

Yards / catch#286 / 566 · 49th pct

12.9

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#375 / 566 · 23rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

83rd → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

42nd → 71st percentile

Catch rate

36th → 84th percentile

TD rate

93rd → 20th percentile

Yards / catch

84th → 65th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.1	43.5	13.9	0.1
Road6g	3.7	42.7	13.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.0	49.2	16.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	35.0	10.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #153 of 497 WRs

Former four-star. Now #153 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Michigan	47	604	12.9	1	--
2022	Michigan	32	499	15.6	6	--
2021	Michigan	40	627	15.7	3	--
2020	Michigan	16	254	15.9	3	--
2019	Michigan	4	61	15.2	1	--
Career		139	2,045	14.7	14	--

Season	Team
2023	Michigan	3	40	--	--	--
2022	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Michigan	3	30	--	--	--
2020	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		6	70	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 30–24

vs Ohio State

4 rec · 33 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With J. McCarthy — 148 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · T. Doman — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 71 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.84J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 50 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 1 · East Carolina · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.15J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 16 yds to the ECU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Iowa · 4&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.63J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 10 yds to the IOWA 26 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.30J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 49 yds to the MINN 5 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Purdue · 2&27 · Q2 · EPA +2.19J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 16 yds to the PUR 29
Week 6 · Minnesota · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.10J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 17 yds to the MICH 45 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ohio State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.06J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 19 yds to the MICH 49 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.98J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 23 yds to the PUR 43 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Nebraska · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +1.73J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 12 yds to the NEB 46
Week 5 · Nebraska · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.69J.J. McCarthy pass complete to Cornelius Johnson for 20 yds to the NEB 30 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-3vs East Carolina	5	71	14.2	0	20
Wk 2	W 35-7vs UNLV	5	82	16.4	0	26
Wk 3	W 31-6vs Bowling Green	3	71	23.7	1	50
Wk 5	W 45-7@ Nebraska	2	32	16.0	0	20
Wk 6	W 52-10@ Minnesota	3	86	28.7	0	49	Season-high 86 yds
Wk 7	W 52-7vs Indiana	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 8	W 49-0@ Michigan State	3	26	8.7	0	11
Wk 10	W 41-13vs Purdue	2	39	19.5	0	23
Wk 11	W 24-15@ Penn State	2	24	12.0	0	13
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Maryland	3	24	8.0	0	10
Wk 13	W 30-24vs Ohio State	4	33	8.3	0	19
Wk 14	W 26-0@ Iowa	9	64	7.1	0	14
Bowl	W 27-20vs Alabama	2	12	6.0	0	12
Bowl	W 34-13vs Washington	3	25	8.3	0	10
Total		47	604	13.7	1	50

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Cornelius Johnson

20193 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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