Garrett Johnson

#9 · WR · Kentucky5′11″ · 175 lb · Winter Garden, FL · West Orange

Garrett Johnson: WR · Kentucky · #9.

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Garrett Johnson

WR · Kentucky · #9

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Fourth year in the same receiving corps at Kentucky. A game that shows it: 111 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Missouri — Week 6, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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

Kentucky in the news

Court denies NCAA's request to block Afari Jr.Oct 30
QB target flips to UCLAYahoo Sports Oct 24
CFP approves 24-team playoff format for 2027Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Kentucky	48	539	11.2	2	64
2016	Kentucky	39	585	15.0	5	75
2015	Kentucky	46	694	15.1	2	39
2014	Kentucky	22	271	12.3	2	60
Career		155	2,089	13.5	11	75

Season	Team
2017	Kentucky	2	12	--
2016	Kentucky	--	--	--
2015	Kentucky	1	--	--
2014	Kentucky	--	--	17
Career		3	12	17

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17@ Southern Miss	2	22	11.0	0	14
Wk 2	W 27-16vs Eastern Kentucky	2	42	21.0	0	30
Wk 3	W 23-13@ South Carolina	4	41	10.3	0	14
Wk 4	L 27-28vs No. 20 Florida	4	56	14.0	1	27
Wk 5	W 24-20vs Eastern Michigan	8	61	7.6	0	16
Wk 6	W 40-34vs Missouri	7	111	15.9	1	64	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 8	L 7-45@ Mississippi State	5	36	7.2	0	12
Wk 9	W 29-26vs Tennessee	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 10	L 34-37vs Ole Miss	3	17	5.7	0	11
Wk 11	W 44-21@ Vanderbilt	6	76	12.7	0	32
Wk 12	L 13-42@ No. 7 Georgia	4	36	9.0	0	18
Bowl	L 23-24vs No. 20 Northwestern	2	39	19.5	0	25
Total		48	539	11.2	2	64

Signature game

Week 6 · 2017

W 40-34

vs Missouri

7 rec · 111 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Missouri at home in a shootout.

With S. Johnson — 298 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 67.5 · 44 rush yds (11 car) · L. Bowden Jr. — 3 rec · 49 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Missouri · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.19Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 64 yds for a TD, (Austin MacGinnis KICK)
Week 1 · Northwestern · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 25 yds to the Nwest 33 for a
Week 9 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.90Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 3 yds Garrett Johnson fumbled, forced by Kendal Vickers, recovered by Tenn Rashaan Gaulden
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.86Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 32 yds to the Vandy 19 for a
Week 3 · South Carolina · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 13 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 4 · Florida · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 9 yds for a TD, (Austin MacGinnis KICK)

4 more plays

Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.71Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 25 yds to the Vandy 22 for a
Week 2 · Eastern Kentucky · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 12 yds to the EKent 34 for a
Week 10 · Ole Miss · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −2.40Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 4 yds to the Miss 23 KENTUCKY Penalty, personal foul (Tavin Richardson) to the Miss 38
Week 4 · Florida · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Stephen Johnson pass complete to Garrett Johnson for 11 yds to the Fla 36 for a FLORIDA Penalty, roughing passer (15 Yards) to the Fla 49 for a

Teams and coaches

4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 24-26 over that span.

2014Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced

2015Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced

2016Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2017Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (84th percentile). Concern: yards / catch (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#114 / 709 · 84th pct

78.7%

EPA / target#161 / 709 · 77th pct

0.69

Explosive rate#437 / 709 · 38th pct

9.8%

Yards / catch#449 / 709 · 37th pct

11.2

TD rate#453 / 709 · 36th pct

3.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#108 / 539 · 80th pct

Long catch#145 / 539 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#182 / 539 · 66th pct

539

Rush yards#145 / 283 · 48th pct

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#279 / 539 · 40th pct

Yards / catch#400 / 539 · 26th pct

11.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

56th → 77th percentile

Explosive rate

48th → 38th percentile

Catch rate

60th → 84th percentile

TD rate

64th → 36th percentile

Yards / catch

47th → 37th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.2	48.2	11.0	0.3
Road5g	4.2	42.2	10.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	53.1	14.2	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	33.4	7.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2017 season

Head Coach

Mark Stoops

Pass share

40.7%

329 pass / 480 run

Plays / game

62.2

13 games

Team sack rate

8.2%

376 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

48 catches and 2 carries in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Garrett Johnson

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

48 catches and 2 carries in 12 games

Four seasons at Kentucky

2014 10 games