Keagan Johnson

#6 · WR · Sr. · New Mexico6′0″ · 199 lb · Omaha, NE

Keagan Johnson is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at New Mexico.

Johnson wins underneath on volume and route precision. The five seasons span three programs and three head coaches: Kirk Ferentz, Chris Klieman and Jason Eck. First career honor, 2025: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 158 receiving yards and 6 receptions against UNLV — Week 10, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Chauncey MagwoodPurdue · 2026 · 89% season match
Jaden AlexisSouth Florida · 2023 · 88% season match
Johntay Cook IISyracuse · 2025 · 83% season match
Quian WilliamsBuffalo · 2022 · 82% season match
John Paul RichardsonTCU · 2024 · 81% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	New Mexico	59	754	12.8	3	80
2024	Kansas State	29	359	12.4	1	35
2023	Kansas State	24	227	9.5	2	20
2022	Iowa	2	11	5.5	0	7
2021	Iowa	18	352	19.6	2	49
Career		132	1,703	12.9	8	80

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico	2	9	--
2024	Kansas State	1	8	--
2023	Kansas State	8	26	19
2022	Iowa	--	--	--
2021	Iowa	3	8	--
Career		14	51	19

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	L 17-34@ No. 14 Michigan	7	38	5.4	0	14
Wk 2	W 32-22vs Idaho State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 5	W 38-20vs New Mexico State	5	117	23.4	1	48
Wk 6	L 28-35@ San José State	11	145	13.2	0	24	145-yard receiving day
Wk 7	L 25-41@ Boise State	5	38	7.6	1	21
Wk 8	W 24-22vs Nevada	5	26	5.2	0	10
Wk 9	W 33-14vs Utah State	3	25	8.3	0	16
Wk 10	W 40-35@ UNLV	6	158	26.3	1	80	Season-high 158 yds
Wk 12	W 20-17vs Colorado State	5	65	13.0	0	25
Wk 13	W 20-3@ Air Force	4	55	13.8	0	20
Wk 14	W 23-17vs San Diego State	3	37	12.3	0	17
Bowl	L 17-20vs Minnesota	4	42	10.5	0	16
Total		59	754	12.8	3	80

Signature game

Week 10 · 2025

W 40-35

at UNLV

6 rec · 158 yds · 1 TD

Edged out UNLV on the road in a shootout.

With J. Layne — 342 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.0 · D. Bankston — 5 rec · 122 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · UNLV · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +6.65Layne to Johnson: an 80-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · New Mexico State · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.78Jack Layne pass complete to Keagan Johnson for 48 yds to the NMSU 32 for a
Week 5 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.31Jack Layne pass complete to Keagan Johnson for 19 yds to the NMSU 46 for a
Week 5 · New Mexico State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Michael Buckley pass complete to Keagan Johnson for 41 yds for a TD
Week 13 · Air Force · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.23Layne to Johnson: a 20-yard pass.
Week 6 · San José State · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Jack Layne pass complete to Keagan Johnson for 24 yds to the SJSU 49 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · UNLV · 3rd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.65Layne to Johnson: a 19-yard pass.
Week 10 · UNLV · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.41Layne to Johnson: a 25-yard pass.
Week 12 · Colorado State · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.39Layne to Johnson: an 8-yard pass.
Week 12 · Colorado State · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.39Layne to Johnson: a 19-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

59 rec · 754 yds · 3 TD

53 of 59 receptions matched to play-by-play

36 of 88 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

8828% of team targets

Catch rate

60%53 of 88 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

3% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 11.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

42% of targets (15)

53%catch rate

Air 4.1 · YAC 1.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

36% of targets (13)

62%catch rate

Air 16.2 · YAC 1.2 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

19% of targets (7)

43%catch rate

Air 27.1 · YAC 0.0 avg

60% catch rate on 88 targets · 28% of the team's targets · 43% catch rate on 7 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

34%30 of his 87 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2024Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2025New Mexico9-4HC: Jason Eck · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 67 (#93 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

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

67Quality starter #93 of 485 · 2025?

Ascending12 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: long catch (95th percentile). Strength: receptions (87th percentile). Concern: catch rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#331 / 798 · 59th pct

11.5%

Yards / catch#354 / 798 · 56th pct

11.9

TD rate#497 / 798 · 38th pct

1.1%

EPA / target#552 / 798 · 31st pct

0.29

Catch rate#614 / 798 · 23rd pct

59.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#24 / 558 · 95th pct

Receptions#69 / 558 · 87th pct

Rec yards#84 / 558 · 85th pct

754

Rec TDs#205 / 558 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#287 / 558 · 48th pct

12.8

Rush yards#160 / 287 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

65th → 31st percentile

Explosive rate

39th → 59th percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 23rd percentile

TD rate

24th → 38th percentile

Yards / catch

57th → 56th percentile

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	3.7	46.3	11.7	0.2
Road5g	6.6	86.8	13.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	64.7	11.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	61.0	13.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

Pass share

43.3%

350 pass / 459 run

Plays / game

62.2

13 games

Team sack rate

8.7%

380 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

67 · #93 of 485 WRs · 2025

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #7 of 41 Mountain West WRs

How the All-Mountain West base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).