#13

Kisean Johnson

Former wide receiver at Western Kentucky. 2024: 75 catches, 925 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Western Kentucky · Sr. · #13

6′1″ · 216 lb · Birmingham, AL

CFB Index 77 · #40 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceWestern Kentucky 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

OT recruit

No. 77 nationally · Joined Western Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Western Kentucky. 2024: 75 catches, 925 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Kentucky in 2023.
Transferred from Alabama State to Western Kentucky in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Western Kentucky, 925 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2023

Signed with Western Kentucky3-star out of Dodge City C.C.

202414 games

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#77 national

CFB

College

Western Kentucky

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2024)

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Western Kentucky8-6HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

77All-Conference level #40 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (95th percentile). Strength: rec yards (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#216 / 610 · 65th pct

8.0%

Yards / catch#253 / 610 · 59th pct

12.5

Explosive rate#327 / 610 · 46th pct

13.6%

EPA / target#413 / 610 · 32nd pct

0.71

Catch rate#423 / 610 · 31st pct

85.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#24 / 541 · 95th pct

Rec yards#38 / 541 · 93rd pct

925

Rec TDs#49 / 541 · 90th pct

Long catch#244 / 541 · 54th pct

Rush yards#138 / 299 · 53rd pct

Yards / catch#314 / 541 · 41st pct

12.3

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.5	71.5	13.5	0.2
Road8g	5.2	62.0	12.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	77.7	12.5	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	4.6	54.4	13.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #40 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #40 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Western Kentucky	75	925	12.3	7	--
Career		75	925	12.3	7	--

Season	Team
2024	Western Kentucky	3	14	--	--	--
Career		3	14	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 31–0

vs Eastern Kentucky

14 rush yds (2 car)

Dominant 31-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.

With T. Finley — 351 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.4 · 13 rush yds (3 car) · L. Carneiro — 29 LONG · 100 PCT · 7 PTS

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · New Mexico State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Dalvin Smith pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 51 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 15 · Jacksonville State · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.50Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 25 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 4 · Toledo · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 44 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 13 · Liberty · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA -3.27Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 3 yds Kisean Johnson fumbled, recovered by LIB Bryce Dixon B. Dixon return for 0 yds
Week 13 · Liberty · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.04Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 16 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 3 · Middle Tennessee · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Dalvin Smith pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 36 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 13 · Liberty · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.83Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 11 yds to the LIB 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Eastern Kentucky · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.66TJ Finley pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 42 yds to the EKU 24 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boston College · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 11 yds to the BC 35 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Middle Tennessee · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Kisean Johnson for 6 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-63@ Alabama	2	15	7.5	0	13
Wk 2	W 31-0vs Eastern Kentucky	6	119	19.8	0	42
Wk 3	W 49-21@ Middle Tennessee	8	129	16.1	2	36	Season-high 129 yds
Wk 4	W 26-21vs Toledo	6	73	12.2	1	44
Wk 5	L 20-21@ Boston College	7	56	8.0	1	16
Wk 7	W 44-17vs UTEP	5	82	16.4	0	20
Wk 8	W 31-14@ Sam Houston	3	19	6.3	0	10
Wk 10	W 31-14vs Kennesaw State	4	64	16.0	0	44
Wk 11	W 41-28@ New Mexico State	5	88	17.6	1	51
Wk 12	L 7-12vs Louisiana Tech	4	40	10.0	0	19
Wk 13	L 21-38@ Liberty	7	94	13.4	1	32
Wk 14	W 19-17vs Jacksonville State	8	51	6.4	0	14
Wk 15	L 12-52@ Jacksonville State	1	25	25.0	1	25
Bowl	L 17-27@ James Madison	9	70	7.8	0	36
Total		75	925	13.0	7	51

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