Kenny Johnson

#2 · WR · Sr. · Texas Tech6′1″ · 200 lb · York, PA · Dallastown

Receiving yards54855th of 467 receivers Last gameW 34–26vs Arizona · Oct 31

Nextvs West VirginiaSat Nov 7 · 9:30 pm ET

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This week

RecordTexas Tech is 7-1, No. 13 in the AP poll (week 10).
From the game thread
“I wish James Franklin had never pulled Kenny Johnson’s offer”
Penn State fan, r/CFB game thread · vs Arizona, Oct 31
Next gamevs West Virginia · Sat Nov 7 Top receivers have averaged 131 yards against West Virginia. Johnson averages 68.

What’s being said

6 stories in the last 60 days, from 5 outlets.

Stories per week. W and L: the team’s results.

Cincinnati Bearcats edge rusher Brian Simms III (17) and Cincinnati Bearcats cornerback Kenny Worthy (8) tackle Texas Tech Red Raiders wide receiver Kenny Johnson (2) in the first quarter of the Big 12 game between Cincinnati Bearcats and Texas Tech at

The Galveston County Daily News +1 Oct 24

All 7 stories this season

Worth knowing

Kenny Johnson spent three seasons at Pittsburgh before this one.

His most important play this season

Q3, 2:33 · Texas Tech down 6, takes the leadThomas Castellanos finds Kenny Johnson for a 27-yard touchdownArizona at Texas Tech, week 9Q3, 2:33 · Texas Tech 24, Arizona 23Go-ahead score for Texas Tech in the third quarterGo-ahead score for Texas Tech in the third quarterT.Castellanos pass complete deep left to K.Johnson caught at ARI02, for 27 yards to the ARI00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 12, middle 7, right 16.

Kenny Johnson

WR · Texas Tech · #2

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Kenny Johnson takes over from Reginald Virgil at Texas Tech.

548receiving yards35catches2receiving TD

TEAM RECEIVING YARDS LEADER

548

Team leader in receiving yards (548).

Read the story so far

Kenny Johnson lines up at WR for Texas Tech.

On the field, the headline is 548 rec yds, with 35 rec.

Kenny Johnson inherited the WR job from Reginald Virgil (3-star).

The number to watch: 548 — team receiving yards leader.

WR successionleap of faith

Inherited fromReginald Virgil 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Style of play

Play style

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Tre'Quan SmithUCF · 2016 · 89% season match
Germie BernardAlabama · 2024 · 87% season match
Mike MatthewsTennessee · 2025 · 86% season match
Hudson ClementIllinois · 2025 · 85% season match
Gary Givens IIINorthern Illinois · 2025 · 83% season match

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Texas Tech	35	548	15.7	2	45
2025	Pittsburgh	47	658	14.0	5	42
2024	Pittsburgh	46	537	11.7	3	46
2023	Pittsburgh	15	122	8.1	1	34
Career		143	1,865	13.0	11	46

Season	Team
2026	Texas Tech	--	--	--	148	--
2025	Pittsburgh	2	3	159	179	1
2024	Pittsburgh	6	26	459	65	--
2023	Pittsburgh	10	72	347	--	--
Career		18	101	965	392	1

Last game (Wk 9): 49 receiving yards, 4 catches, 1 receiving TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 33-10vs Abilene Christian	4	76	19.0	0	31
Wk 2	W 35-24@ Oregon State	5	41	8.2	0	17
Wk 3	W 28-26vs No. 22 Houston	4	113	28.3	1	35
Wk 4	W 49-14vs Sam Houston	3	60	20.0	0	35
Wk 5	W 29-7@ Colorado	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 7	W 53-25vs Arizona State	7	120	17.1	0	45	Season-high 120 yds
Wk 8	L 24-37@ Cincinnati	7	81	11.6	0	28
Wk 9	W 34-26vs No. 22 Arizona	4	49	12.3	1	27
Total		35	548	15.7	2	45

The latest game

Oct. 31 · W 34-26 vs Arizona, play by play

4 catches for 49 yards and a touchdown. Texas Tech threw to him on 9 of its 25 passes. He was 1 of 3 on third and fourth down.

4 of 9 targets caught
2 moved the chains
1 of 3 on 3rd and 4th down

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
2nd & 1incomplete
1st & 10incomplete
Second quarterbegan up 7-3
3rd & 18incomplete1
1st & 10incomplete
2nd & 107
Third quarterbegan down 17-10
1st & 1011 1st down
2nd & 74
4th & 227 TD2
Fourth quarterbegan up 24-23
3rd & 12incomplete3
FinalW 34-26

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

1
Incomplete on 3rd and 18. Second quarter, up 7-3.
2
27-yard touchdown on 4th and 2. Third quarter, made it 24-23.
3
Incomplete on 3rd and 12. Fourth quarter, up 27-23.

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 3 · 2026

W 28-26

vs Houston

4 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD

A close one, won by 2 at home.

With W. Hammond — 257 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.5 · 30 rush yds (5 car) · W. Karoll — 58.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Houston · 3rd and 18 · Q4 · EPA +4.08Hammond to Johnson: a 27-yard pass.
Week 9 · Arizona · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +3.91Castellanos to Johnson: a 27-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Houston · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.58Hammond to Johnson: a 23-yard pass.
Week 3 · Houston · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.45Hammond to Johnson: a 28-yard pass.
Week 7 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Hammond to Johnson: a 45-yard pass.
Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Hammond to Johnson: a 31-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 3 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Hammond to Johnson: a 35-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Arizona State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.43Hammond to Johnson: a 15-yard pass.
Week 4 · Sam Houston · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.07Hammond to Johnson: a 35-yard pass.
Week 8 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +1.98Hammond to Johnson: a 10-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards548tied for 55thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions35tied for 90thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch15.7tied for 106thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs2tied for 171stAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch45tied for 220thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

55th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches3525th among current FBS players over the whole career (143).

Receiving yards54832nd among current FBS players over the whole career (1,865).

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -18 to +16 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

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

35 rec · 548 yds · 2 TD

35 of 35 receptions matched to play-by-play

59 of 59 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5926% of team targets

Catch rate

59%35 of 59 targets

Short · 0–9 air yds

46% of targets (27)

70%catch rate

Air 5.7 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

25% of targets (15)

53%catch rate

Air 13.1 · YAC 5.4 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

29% of targets (17)

47%catch rate

Air 29.2 · YAC 2.8 avg

59% catch rate on 59 targets · 26% of the team's targets · 47% catch rate on 17 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2026Texas Tech7-1HC: Joey McGuire · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 68 (#65 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

68Quality starter #65 of 465?

11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (82nd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (80th percentile). Concern: td rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#103 / 569 · 82nd pct

16.9%

Yards / catch#112 / 569 · 80th pct

15.7

EPA / target#182 / 569 · 68th pct

0.56

Catch rate#414 / 569 · 27th pct

59.3%

TD rate#440 / 569 · 23rd pct

1.7%

Box-score rates (6)

Rec yards#55 / 468 · 88th pct

548

Fumbles lost#1 / 126 · 81st pct

Receptions#90 / 468 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#106 / 468 · 77th pct

15.7

Rec TDs#171 / 468 · 54th pct

Long catch#220 / 468 · 52nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

79th → 68th percentile

Explosive rate

55th → 82nd percentile

Catch rate

20th → 27th percentile

TD rate

54th → 23rd percentile

Yards / catch

76th → 80th percentile

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).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.4	83.6	19.3	0.4
Road3g	4.3	43.3	9.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	69.7	16.8	0.2
Weeks 8+2g	5.5	65.0	11.9	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

Pass share

43.2%

236 pass / 310 run

Plays / game

68.2

8 games

Team sack rate

4.2%

260 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

35 catches in 8 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

68 · #65 of 465 WRs

Kenny Johnson

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news in the last 60 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

35 catches in 8 games

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2026 8 games

Kenny Johnson

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

23% of the catches, 31% of the yards, 20% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news in the last 60 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

35 catches in 8 games

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2026 8 games