Keeon Johnson

Wide receiver for Virginia. 2016: 49 catches, 476 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Virginia · #8

6′3″ · Kannapolis, NC

Virginia 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 717 nationally · Signed with Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Virginia. 2016: 49 catches, 476 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Virginia, 787 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 73 yds at UConn.UConn · L 10-132016

2013

Signed with Virginia3-star out of A.L. Brown

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#717 national

CFB

College

Virginia

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Mike London

Virginia

2016

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike London → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Virginia5-7HC: Mike London · Balanced

2015Virginia4-8HC: Mike London · Balanced

2016Virginia2-10HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (11th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#118 / 524 · 77th pct

Rec yards#214 / 524 · 59th pct

476

Rec TDs#199 / 524 · 56th pct

Long catch#413 / 524 · 20th pct

Yards / catch#467 / 524 · 11th pct

9.7

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.2	39.7	9.1	0.3
Road6g	4.0	39.7	9.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.2	50.8	10.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	28.5	8.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Virginia	49	476	9.7	3	--
2015	Virginia	13	173	13.3	1	--
2014	Virginia	13	138	10.6	0	--
Career		75	787	10.5	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2016

W 34–20

at Duke

5 rec · 46 yds

With N. Conte — 48 AVG · 65 LONG · 7 NO · K. Benkert — 336 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 74.9 · -23 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-37vs Richmond	5	46	9.2	1	15
Wk 2	L 26-44@ Oregon	6	40	6.7	1	9
Wk 3	L 10-13@ UConn	6	73	12.2	0	34	Season-high 73 yds
Wk 4	W 49-35vs Central Michigan	4	59	14.8	1	32
Wk 5	W 34-20@ Duke	5	46	9.2	0	29
Wk 7	L 31-45vs Pittsburgh	5	41	8.2	0	19
Wk 8	L 14-35vs North Carolina	3	18	6.0	0	9
Wk 9	L 25-32vs Louisville	5	62	12.4	0	30
Wk 10	L 20-27@ Wake Forest	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 11	L 14-34vs Miami	3	12	4.0	0	6
Wk 12	L 17-31@ Georgia Tech	3	57	19.0	0	24
Wk 13	L 10-52@ Virginia Tech	3	17	5.7	0	9
Total		49	476	9.4	3	34

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