Glynn Johnson Jr

WR · Sr. · New Mexico State6′0″ · 190 lb · Lake Charles, LA · Lake Charles College Prep

Glynn Johnson Jr is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at New Mexico State.

Johnson moves the chains on third down. Played for three head coaches at New Mexico State: Doug Martin, Jerry Kill and Tony Sanchez. On tape: 157 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Louisiana Tech, Week 3, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Artis ColeUL Monroe · 2024 · 91% season match
Jesse Prewitt IIICentral Michigan · 2023 · 89% season match
Jack HesteraCharlotte · 2023 · 87% season match
George Johnson IIIMassachusetts · 2023 · 84% season match
Rico ArnoldMassachusetts · 2021 · 83% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	New Mexico State	27	335	12.4	3	40
2024	New Mexico State	19	346	18.2	2	54
2023	New Mexico State	2	13	6.5	0	7
2021	New Mexico State	12	101	8.4	1	34
Career		60	795	13.2	6	54

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico State	2	−4
2024	New Mexico State	6	5
2023	New Mexico State	1	15
2021	New Mexico State	--	--
Career		9	16

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 19-3vs Bryant	2	24	12.0	1	24
Wk 2	W 21-14vs Tulsa	4	30	7.5	0	12
Wk 3	L 14-49@ Louisiana Tech	7	157	22.4	1	40	Season-high 157 yds
Wk 6	W 37-10vs Sam Houston	1	4	4.0	1	4
Wk 9	L 17-24vs Missouri State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 10	L 16-35@ Western Kentucky	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 11	L 21-24vs Kennesaw State	2	22	11.0	0	12
Wk 12	L 9-42@ No. 21 Tennessee	2	18	9.0	0	14
Wk 13	W 34-31@ UTEP	4	47	11.8	0	22
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Middle Tennessee	3	21	7.0	0	10
Total		27	335	12.4	3	40

Signature game

Week 3 · 2025

L 14-49

at Louisiana Tech

7 rec · 157 yds · 1 TD

With M. Dean — 38.4 yards per punt · 7 punts · 1 inside the 20 · L. Fife — 281 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 40.1

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Bryant · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.96Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 24 yds for a TD (Ryan Hawk PAT BLOCKED)
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 32 yds to the LT 46 for a
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 38 yds for a TD (Ryan Hawk KICK)
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 40 yds to the NMSU 45 for a
Week 13 · UTEP · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.71Damante to Johnson III: a 12-yard pass.
Week 6 · Sam Houston · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 4 yds for a TD (Ryan Hawk KICK)

4 more plays

Week 2 · Tulsa · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.96Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 10 yds to the TLSA 45 for a
Week 14 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.84Damante to Johnson III: a 10-yard pass.
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.35Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 15 yds to the NMSU 41 for a
Week 12 · Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.22Fife to Johnson III: a 14-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

27 rec · 335 yds · 3 TD

All 27 box-score receptions covered (play-by-play lists 29)

19 of 44 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4411% of team targets

Catch rate

66%29 of 44 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

37% of targets (7)

86%catch rate

Air -2.9 · YAC 11.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

32% of targets (6)

83%catch rate

Air 5.0 · YAC 2.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

32% of targets (6)

33%catch rate

Air 13.7 · YAC 2.5 avg

66% catch rate on 44 targets · 11% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

30%12 of his 40 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2021New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Pass-leaning

2023New Mexico State10-5HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024New Mexico State3-9HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2025New Mexico State4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 39 (#316 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

39Below cohort / limited sample #316 of 485 · 2025?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (92nd percentile). Concern: rush yards (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#59 / 798 · 92nd pct

7.5%

EPA / target#230 / 798 · 71st pct

0.55

Explosive rate#275 / 798 · 65th pct

12.5%

Yards / catch#320 / 798 · 60th pct

12.4

Catch rate#414 / 798 · 48th pct

67.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#309 / 558 · 44th pct

12.4

Receptions#320 / 558 · 41st pct

Rec yards#328 / 558 · 41st pct

335

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Long catch#378 / 558 · 31st pct

Rush yards#260 / 287 · 9th pct

-4

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	17.5	7.6	0.3
Road4g	3.5	57.5	12.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.5	53.8	11.5	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	20.0	8.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

57.4%

472 pass / 350 run

Plays / game

68.5

12 games

Team sack rate

6.3%

556 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

27 catches, 2 carries and 1 pass attempt in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

39 · #316 of 485 WRs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #316 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #27 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: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).

Starter

The No. 1,581 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Conference USA as a senior.