Jyrin Johnson

#7 · TE · Sr. · Bowling Green6′4″ · 235 lb · Gonzales, LA

Jyrin Johnson is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Bowling Green.

Johnson shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Came to Bowling Green by way of Texas Southern. First career honor, 2025: All-MAC. One game to point at: 80 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Cincinnati — Week 2, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Toby PayneMarshall · 2025 · 80% season match
Hunter TiptonMiddle Tennessee · 2025 · 78% season match
Christian SimsBowling Green · 2022 · 78% season match
Boden GroenRice · 2023 · 76% season match
Michael TriggBaylor · 2024 · 75% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Bowling Green	37	466	12.6	2	38
Career		37	466	12.6	2	38

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 26-7vs Lafayette	1	22	22.0	0	22
Wk 2	L 20-34@ Cincinnati	7	80	11.4	1	31	Season-high 80 yds
Wk 3	W 23-13vs Liberty	2	36	18.0	0	21
Wk 4	L 17-40@ Louisville	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 5	L 20-35@ Ohio	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 7	W 28-23vs Toledo	3	25	8.3	0	16
Wk 8	L 6-27vs Central Michigan	5	36	7.2	0	17
Wk 9	L 21-24@ Kent State	3	53	17.7	0	29
Wk 10	L 3-28vs Buffalo	5	69	13.8	0	22
Wk 11	L 21-27@ Eastern Michigan	4	36	9.0	1	23
Wk 13	L 16-19vs Akron	3	63	21.0	0	38
Wk 14	W 45-14@ Massachusetts	2	20	10.0	0	10
Total		37	466	12.6	2	38

Signature game

Week 2 · 2025

L 20-34

at Cincinnati

7 rec · 80 yds · 1 TD

With D. Pyne — 274 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.0 · J. Henderson — 38.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Akron · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.08Najm to Johnson: a 38-yard pass.
Week 1 · Lafayette · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.47Drew Pyne pass complete to Jyrin Johnson for 22 yds to the LAF 42 for a
Week 2 · Cincinnati · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Drew Pyne pass complete to Jyrin Johnson for 31 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 10 · Buffalo · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Pyne to Johnson: an 18-yard pass.
Week 9 · Kent State · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.51May to Johnson: a 20-yard pass.
Week 14 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Najm to Johnson: a 10-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 10 · Buffalo · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.19Najm to Johnson: a 22-yard pass.
Week 3 · Liberty · 1st and 15 · Q4 · EPA +2.15Drew Pyne pass complete to Jyrin Johnson for 21 yds to the LIB 35 for a
Week 10 · Buffalo · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.12Najm to Johnson: an 11-yard pass.
Week 13 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Najm to Johnson: a 22-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

37 rec · 466 yds · 2 TD

37 of 37 receptions matched to play-by-play

32 of 62 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

6224% of team targets

Catch rate

60%37 of 62 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

25% of targets (8)

88%catch rate

Air -2.8 · YAC 20.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

47% of targets (15)

40%catch rate

Air 4.9 · YAC 2.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

19% of targets (6)

33%catch rate

Air 14.8 · YAC 6.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

9% of targets (3)

67%catch rate

Air 20.3 · YAC 1.0 avg

60% catch rate on 62 targets · 24% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

28%17 of his 60 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2025Bowling Green4-8HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 65 (#25 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

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

65Quality starter #25 of 156 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (90th percentile). Strength: rec yards (88th percentile). Concern: catch rate (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#82 / 798 · 90th pct

18.3%

Yards / catch#249 / 798 · 69th pct

13.2

EPA / target#387 / 798 · 52nd pct

0.43

TD rate#473 / 798 · 41st pct

1.7%

Catch rate#644 / 798 · 19th pct

58.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#21 / 175 · 88th pct

466

Receptions#23 / 175 · 86th pct

Yards / catch#37 / 175 · 79th pct

12.6

Long catch#71 / 175 · 59th pct

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	41.8	15.0	0.0
Road6g	3.0	35.8	12.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	31.5	14.3	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	46.2	13.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

Pass share

37.7%

281 pass / 465 run

Plays / game

62.2

12 games

Team sack rate

9.0%

323 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

65 · #25 of 156 TEs · 2025

Unranked recruit. Now #25 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #1 of 12 Mid-American TEs

How the All-MAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).