#81

Justin Johnson

Senior tight end for Mississippi State. 2018: 18 catches, 250 receiving yards, 1 TD.

TE · Mississippi State · Sr. · #81

6′3″ · 245 lb · Birmingham, AL

Mississippi State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 764 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Mississippi State. 2018: 18 catches, 250 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Mississippi State, 369 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20154 games

Signed with Mississippi State3-star out of Hoover

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#764 national

CFB

College

Mississippi State

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2017

Dan Mullen

Mississippi State

2018

Joe Moorhead

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2016Mississippi State6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2017Mississippi State9-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Mississippi State8-5HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (19th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#28 / 109 · 75th pct

13.9

Long catch#49 / 109 · 54th pct

Rec yards#54 / 109 · 51st pct

250

Receptions#62 / 109 · 43rd pct

Rec TDs#79 / 109 · 19th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.5	29.5	22.1	0.2
Road5g	1.8	14.6	7.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	20.7	15.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	25.2	15.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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	Mississippi State	18	250	13.9	1	--
2017	Mississippi State	8	44	5.5	1	--
2016	Mississippi State	5	34	6.8	0	--
2015	Mississippi State	5	41	8.2	1	--
Career		36	369	10.2	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2018

W 23–9

vs Auburn

2 rec · 10 yds

With N. Fitzgerald — 69 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · 195 rush yds (28 car) · 2 TD · T. Day — 40 AVG · 48 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin	1	34	34.0	0	34
Wk 2	W 31-10@ Kansas State	2	37	18.5	0	32
Wk 3	W 56-10vs Louisiana	1	25	25.0	0	25
Wk 4	L 7-28@ Kentucky	2	13	6.5	0	9
Wk 6	W 23-9vs Auburn	2	10	5.0	0	7
Wk 8	L 3-19@ LSU	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 9	W 28-13vs Texas A&M	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 10	W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech	1	37	37.0	0	37
Wk 11	L 0-24@ Alabama	2	14	7.0	0	7
Wk 12	W 52-6vs Arkansas	3	59	19.7	1	34	Season-high 59 yds
Bowl	L 22-27@ Iowa	2	5	2.5	0	3
Total		18	250	15.6	1	37

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