Glynn Johnson Jr

Senior wide receiver for New Mexico State. 2025: 27 catches, 335 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · New Mexico State · Sr.

6′0″ · 190 lb · Lake Charles, LA

CFB Index 39 · #316 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to New Mexico State for 2026

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

TD rate: 92nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

-4

rushing yards · 2025

-2 per carry · 27 catches

Best game: 157 rec yds, at Louisiana Tech

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for New Mexico State. 2025: 27 catches, 335 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to New Mexico State in 2021.

His career, year by year

Glynn Johnson Jr

WR · New Mexico State · Sr

Moves the chains on third down. Glynn Johnson Jr has been at New Mexico State through three head coaches in four seasons. The receipt on tape: 157 rec yds, 7 receptions against Louisiana Tech, Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #316 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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

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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 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).

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%

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #316 of 485 WRs

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 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

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	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 19–3

vs Bryant

-2 rush yds (1 car)

With M. Dean — 46 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 54 LONG · L. Fife — 227 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 6.6 · 1 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Bryant · 3&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 · 2&13 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 32 yds to the LT 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 1&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 · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.80Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 40 yds to the NMSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · UTEP · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.71(10:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 A.Damante pass complete short right to #0 P.Johnson III caught at NMSU37, for 12 yards to the NMSU47 (#5 S.Barnes), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Sam Houston · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 4 yds for a TD (Ryan Hawk KICK)
Week 2 · Tulsa · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.96Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 10 yds to the TLSA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Middle Tennessee · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +1.84(03:25) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 A.Damante pass complete short left to #0 P.Johnson III caught at NMSU36, for 10 yards to the NMSU36 (#2 D.McDonald), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.35Logan Fife pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 15 yds to the NMSU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.22(05:37) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 L.Fife pass complete short right to #0 P.Johnson III caught at NMSU20, for 14 yards to the NMSU39 (#94 N.Robinson), 1ST DOWN. #0 P.Johnson III injured on the play

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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	9.7	3	40

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

Glynn Johnson Jr

20214 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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