KeeSean Johnson

Former wide receiver at Fresno State. 2018: 95 catches, 1,340 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Fresno State · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 198 lb · Palo Alto, CA

Arizona — drafted 2019, Rd 6, Pick 1, #174 overall

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3049 nationally · Signed with Fresno State

Statement game10 rec · 142 yds · 3 TDvs Air Force (FBS) · L 21-31

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Fresno State. 2018: 95 catches, 1,340 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Fresno State in 2014.
Drafted round 6 by the Arizona in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Fresno State, 3,463 receiving yards — drafted at #174 overall by Arizona.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 173 yds vs San José State.San José State · W 31-132018

2014

Signed with Fresno State2-star out of Palo Alto

2019

Drafted by Arizonaround 6, pick 174

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3049 national

CFB

College

Fresno State

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #174

Arizona · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

3 coaches

2015

Tim DeRuyter

Fresno State

2016

Eric Kiesau

Fresno State

era →

2017–2018

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Tim DeRuyter, Eric Kiesau, and Jeff Tedford. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 8th NFL season

#174Rd 6 · Pick 1

ArizonaEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Fresno State3-9HC: Tim DeRuyter · Balanced

2016Fresno State1-11HC: Eric Kiesau · Balanced

2017Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Run-leaning

2018Fresno State12-2HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#4 / 550 · 99th pct

Rec yards#7 / 550 · 99th pct

1340

Rec TDs#50 / 550 · 89th pct

Yards / catch#201 / 550 · 63rd pct

14.1

Rush yards#134 / 277 · 51st pct

Long catch#308 / 550 · 43rd pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#91 / 223 · 37th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.3	103	16.4	0.4
Road7g	7.3	88.6	12.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.7	77.6	14.0	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	7.9	114	14.4	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Fresno State	95	1,340	14.1	8	--
2017	Fresno State	77	1,013	13.2	8	--
2016	Fresno State	66	773	11.7	6	--
2015	Fresno State	37	337	9.1	2	--
Career		275	3,463	12.6	24	--

Season	Team
2018	Fresno State	4	14	--	--	--
2017	Fresno State	1	--	--	21	--
2016	Fresno State	3	13	227	36	--
2015	Fresno State	--	--	--	7	--
Career		8	27	227	64	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2018

W 19–16

at Boise State

6 rec · 40 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With B. Cusick — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 48 LONG · M. McMaryion — 170 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 40 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 79-13vs Idaho	6	118	19.7	0	44
Wk 2	L 14-21@ Minnesota	6	89	14.8	1	45
Wk 3	W 38-14@ UCLA	8	85	10.6	0	24
Wk 5	W 49-27vs Toledo	6	102	17.0	2	39	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 21-3@ Nevada	7	65	9.3	1	27
Wk 7	W 27-3vs Wyoming	5	51	10.2	0	25
Wk 8	W 38-7@ New Mexico	8	149	18.6	2	34	2 TD catches
Wk 9	W 50-20vs Hawai'i	8	102	12.8	0	36
Wk 10	W 48-3@ UNLV	8	97	12.1	0	23
Wk 11	L 17-24@ Boise State	8	95	11.9	1	38
Wk 12	W 23-14vs San Diego State	10	141	14.1	0	38	141-yard receiving day
Wk 13	W 31-13vs San José State	7	173	24.7	1	45	Season-high 173 yds
Wk 14	W 19-16@ Boise State	6	40	6.7	0	32
Bowl	W 31-20vs Arizona State	2	33	16.5	0	26
Total		95	1340	14.2	8	45

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

KeeSean Johnson

2014

2019

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

Heisman trajectory

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