Jyrin Johnson

Senior tight end for Bowling Green. 2025: 37 catches, 466 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Bowling Green · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 235 lb · Gonzales, LA

CFB Index 65 · #25 of 156 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Bowling Green for 2026

How he plays

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment.

Explosive rate: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

466

receiving yards · 2025

37 catches · 2 TD · 12.6 per catch

Best game: 7 rec, 80 yds, 1 TD, at Cincinnati

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Bowling Green. 2025: 37 catches, 466 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Transferred from Texas Southern to Bowling Green in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jyrin Johnson

TE · Bowling Green · Sr · #7

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. He got to Bowling Green by way of Texas Southern. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-MAC. One game to point at: 80 rec yds, 7 receptions against Cincinnati — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #25 of 156?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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

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

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #25 of 156 TEs

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 estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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	Bowling Green	37	466	12.6	2	--
Career		37	466	12.6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 28–23

vs Toledo

3 rec · 25 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With J. Henderson — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG · C. Pettaway — 6 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Akron · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.08(13:46) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 H.Najm pass complete short right to #7 J.Johnson caught at BGSU24, for 38 yards to the Akron37 (#4 J.Anderson), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Lafayette · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.47Drew Pyne pass complete to Jyrin Johnson for 22 yds to the LAF 42 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Cincinnati · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Drew Pyne pass complete to Jyrin Johnson for 31 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 10 · Buffalo · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.75(14:01) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 D.Pyne pass complete short left to #7 J.Johnson caught at BGSU46, for 18 yards to the BGSU46 (#9 K.Bradley), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Kent State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.51(13:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 B.May pass complete deep middle to #7 J.Johnson caught at KSU34, for 20 yards to the KSU34 (#31 D.Jackson III), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Massachusetts · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.36(10:25) Shotgun #10 H.Najm pass complete short left to #7 J.Johnson caught at BGSU40, for 10 yards to the UMass47 (#38 Z.Daniel), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Buffalo · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.19(10:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 H.Najm pass complete deep left to #7 J.Johnson caught at UB30, for 22 yards to the UB28 (#16 J.Keough), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Liberty · 1&15 · Q4 · EPA +2.15Drew Pyne pass complete to Jyrin Johnson for 21 yds to the LIB 35 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Buffalo · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.12(10:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 H.Najm pass complete short right to #7 J.Johnson caught at BGSU45, for 11 yards to the BGSU50 (#3 O.Bridges), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Akron · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.92(01:41) Shotgun #10 H.Najm pass complete short right to #7 J.Johnson caught at BGSU31, for 22 yards to the Akron44 (#18 D.Johnson), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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	13.7	2	38

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

Jyrin Johnson

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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