Johnnie Dixon

Senior wide receiver for Ohio State. 2018: 42 catches, 669 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Ohio State · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 198 lb · West Palm Beach, FL

Ohio State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 77 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ohio State. 2018: 42 catches, 669 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ohio State, 1,146 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 129 yds vs Northwestern.Northwestern · W 45-242018

2014

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Dwyer

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#77 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

1 coach

2014–2018

Urban Meyer

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Urban Meyer.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Urban Meyer — 62-7 over that span.

2014Ohio State14-1HC: Urban Meyer · Run-heavy

2015Ohio State12-1HC: Urban Meyer · Run-heavy

2016Ohio State11-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ohio State12-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning

2018Ohio State13-1HC: Urban Meyer · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (89th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#50 / 550 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#118 / 550 · 78th pct

15.9

Rec yards#127 / 550 · 77th pct

669

Long catch#147 / 550 · 73rd pct

Receptions#170 / 550 · 68th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	3.1	52.2	15.6	0.8
Road4g	3.5	49.8	13.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.4	31.6	11.6	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	83.2	20.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Ohio State	42	669	15.9	8	--
2017	Ohio State	18	422	23.4	8	--
2016	Ohio State	6	26	4.3	0	--
2015	Ohio State	1	29	29.0	0	--
2014	Ohio State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		67	1,146	17.1	16	--

Season	Team
2018	Ohio State	--	--	240	--	--
2017	Ohio State	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Ohio State	1	5	--	--	--
2015	Ohio State	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Ohio State	4	20	--	--	--
Career		5	25	240	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 62–39

vs Michigan

1 rec · 31 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 23-point win at home against Michigan.

With P. Campbell — 78 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · D. Haskins — 318 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 34 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week