Deondre Johnson

#11 · WR · Jacksonville State6′8″ · 220 lb · Newburgh, NY · Newburgh Free Academy

Receiving yards438106th of 467 receivers Last gameW 24–0at New Mexico State · Oct 28

Nextvs Sam HoustonSat Nov 7 · 7 pm ET

This week

RecordJacksonville State is 6-2.
From the game thread
“Oh sorry. The Deondre Johnson game.”
Jacksonville State fan, r/CFB game thread · at New Mexico State, Oct 28
Next gamevs Sam Houston · Sat Nov 7 Top receivers have averaged 55 yards against Sam Houston. Johnson averages 55.

Worth knowing

Deondre Johnson spent two seasons at Rutgers before joining Jacksonville State.

His most important play this season

Q3, 7:45 · Jacksonville State down 14Caden Creel finds Deondre Johnson for an 18-yard touchdownGeorgia Southern at Jacksonville State, week 3Q3, 7:45 · Jacksonville State 17, Georgia Southern 24Jacksonville State cut the deficit to 7 in the third quarterJacksonville State cut the deficit to 7 in the third quarterC.Creel pass complete short right to D.Johnson caught at GS03, for 18 yards to the GS00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play Sun Belt Conference

Deondre Johnson

WR · Jacksonville State · #11

Beats you over the top. Transferred to Jacksonville State from Rutgers. The first career honor came in 2025: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 112 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Kennesaw State — Week 6, 2026.

438 receiving yards · 23 catches · 3 receiving TD

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Johnny WilsonFlorida State · 2022 · 58% season match
Lavel DavisVirginia · 2020 · 56% season match
Duce RobinsonFlorida State · 2025 · 50% season match
Michael ClarkMarshall · 2016 · 48% season match
Damien AlfordSyracuse · 2023 · 46% season match

Fans

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

Jacksonville State in the news

WR Quentin Lewis commits to Jacksonville StateOpelika-Auburn News Oct 27
Donor donates $10K to band tripOct 20

Where to follow

The latest game

Against New Mexico State on Oct. 28: 1 catch for 7 yards. In the 8 games drawn here: 23 catches for 438 yards. Jacksonville State has thrown to him 33 times in 213 passes.

First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter

W 24-0 at New Mexico State1 catch, 7 yds
W 27-24 vs Florida International4 catches, 93 yds, 1 TD
W 27-26 at Kennesaw State4 catches, 112 yds
W 23-13 vs Middle Tennessee3 catches, 57 yds, 1 TD
W 31-27 vs Georgia Southern3 catches, 61 yds, 1 TD
L 27-29 at Ohio4 catches, 60 yds
W 49-7 vs Eastern Kentucky2 catches, 22 yds
L 7-33 at North Dakota State2 catches, 26 yds

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Jacksonville State	23	438	19.0	3	42
2025	Jacksonville State	30	724	24.1	6	77
Career		53	1,162	21.9	9	77

Season	Team
2026	Jacksonville State	--	--
2025	Jacksonville State	1	−1
Career		1	−1

Last game (Wk 9): 7 receiving yards, 1 catch.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-33@ North Dakota State	2	26	13.0	0	24
Wk 1	W 49-7vs Eastern Kentucky	2	22	11.0	0	16
Wk 2	L 27-29@ Ohio	4	60	15.0	0	25
Wk 3	W 31-27vs Georgia Southern	3	61	20.3	1	42
Wk 4	W 23-13vs Middle Tennessee	3	57	19.0	1	38
Wk 6	W 27-26@ Kennesaw State	4	112	28.0	0	39	Season-high 112 yds
Wk 7	W 27-24vs Florida International	4	93	23.3	1	36
Wk 9	W 24-0@ New Mexico State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Total		23	438	19.0	3	42

Signature game

Week 7 · 2026

W 27-24

vs Florida International

4 rec · 93 yds · 1 TD

A close one, won by 3 at home.

With C. Creel — 214 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 52.1 · 95 rush yds (19 car) · J. Williams — 4 rec · 18 yds · -3 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Ohio · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.70Creel to Johnson: a 25-yard pass.
Week 6 · Kennesaw State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.60Creel to Johnson: a 39-yard pass.
Week 4 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.09Creel to Johnson: a 38-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Florida International · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.09C.Creel pass complete short middle to D.Johnson caught at Jax ST39, for 23 yards to the Jax ST48 (D.Boykins; J.Taylor)
Week 7 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Creel to Johnson: a 36-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01C.Creel pass complete deep left to D.Johnson caught at Jax St50, for 42 yards to the Jax St50 (C.Gamble), PENALTY GS Pass Interference declined

4 more plays

Week 6 · Kennesaw State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.69Creel to Johnson: a 22-yard pass.
Week 3 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Creel to Johnson: an 18-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Ohio · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Creel to Johnson: an 18-yard pass.
Week 1 · Eastern Kentucky · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.18C.Creel pass complete short right to D.Johnson caught at Jax St49, for 6 yards to the Jax St50 (N.Spruill)

Where he ranks

Rec yards438tied for 106thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions23tied for 208thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch19.032ndAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs3tied for 108thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch42tied for 256thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

109th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Receiving yards4387th in the Conference USA this season.

Receiving touchdowns3tied for 9th in the Conference USA this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

23 rec · 438 yds · 3 TD

23 of 23 receptions matched to play-by-play

33 of 33 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

3316% of team targets

Catch rate

70%23 of 33 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

6% of targets (2)

100%catch rate

Air -1.5 · YAC 3.5 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

30% of targets (10)

40%catch rate

Air 4.2 · YAC 1.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

39% of targets (13)

92%catch rate

Air 14.3 · YAC 5.4 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

24% of targets (8)

62%catch rate

Air 33.8 · YAC 1.4 avg

70% catch rate on 33 targets · 16% of the team's targets · 62% catch rate on 8 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Charles Kelly — 15-7 over that span.

2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy

2026Jacksonville State6-2HC: Charles Kelly · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 59 (#125 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #125 of 465?

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (98th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#10 / 569 · 98th pct

1.10

Explosive rate#10 / 569 · 98th pct

27.3%

Yards / catch#35 / 569 · 94th pct

19.0

TD rate#84 / 569 · 85th pct

9.1%

Catch rate#187 / 569 · 67th pct

69.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#32 / 468 · 93rd pct

19.0

Rec yards#106 / 468 · 77th pct

438

Rec TDs#108 / 468 · 70th pct

Receptions#208 / 468 · 53rd pct

Long catch#256 / 468 · 44th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

96th → 98th percentile

Explosive rate

99th → 98th percentile

Catch rate

14th → 67th percentile

TD rate

18th → 85th percentile

Yards / catch

99th → 94th 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.0	58.2	18.4	0.8
Road4g	2.8	51.2	15.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	61.6	18.5	0.4
Weeks 8+1g	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Kelly

Pass share

43.9%

213 pass / 272 run

Plays / game

60.6

8 games

Team sack rate

3.3%

240 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #9 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›

Deondre Johnson

This week

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

Style of play

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