Malcolm Johnson Jr.

Former wide receiver at Bowling Green. 2024: 49 catches, 573 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Bowling Green · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 195 lb · Bryans Road, MD

CFB Index 55 · #169 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceBowling Green 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 214 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Bowling Green. 2024: 49 catches, 573 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2020.
Transferred from Auburn to Bowling Green in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Bowling Green, 772 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Auburn4-star out of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes

202413 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#214 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Scot Loeffler

Bowling Green

Played his entire career under Scot Loeffler.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Auburn6-5HC: Kevin Steele · Balanced

2021Auburn6-7HC: Bryan Harsin · Balanced

2022Auburn5-7HC: Cadillac Williams · Run-heavy

2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy

2024Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Quality starter #169 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#316 / 610 · 48th pct

0.86

TD rate#330 / 610 · 46th pct

5.3%

Yards / catch#368 / 610 · 40th pct

11.2

Catch rate#447 / 610 · 27th pct

84.2%

Explosive rate#468 / 610 · 23rd pct

8.8%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#121 / 541 · 77th pct

Rec yards#173 / 541 · 68th pct

573

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Long catch#256 / 541 · 52nd pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#370 / 541 · 30th pct

11.7

Rush yards#282 / 299 · 5th pct

-4

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.3	45.0	16.5	0.3
Road6g	4.3	43.0	10.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.7	42.4	13.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	46.0	14.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #169 of 466 WRs

Former four-star. Now #169 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Bowling Green	49	573	11.7	3	--
2023	Auburn	6	89	14.8	0	--
2022	Auburn	2	28	14.0	0	--
2021	Auburn	6	82	13.7	1	--
2020	Auburn	--	--	--	--	--
Career		63	772	12.3	4	--

Season	Team
2024	Bowling Green	1	-4	--	--	--
2023	Auburn	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Auburn	1	3	--	--	--
2021	Auburn	3	25	--	--	--
2020	Auburn	--	--	--	--	--
Career		5	24	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 41–17

vs Fordham

3 rec · 33 yds

Dominant 24-point win at home against Fordham.

With J. Pegues — 10 rush yds (1 car) · J. Henderson — 29 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Arkansas State · 4&20 · Q1 · EPA +6.90Baron May pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 43 yds for a TD (Zach Long KICK)
Week 8 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.84Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 50 yds for a TD (Zach Long KICK)
Week 2 · Penn State · 3&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 15 yds for a TD (Jackson Kleather KICK)
Week 1 · Arkansas State · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 26 yds to the ARST 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Toledo · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.06Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 16 yds to the TOL 41 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Fordham · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.42Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Central Michigan · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.14Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 20 yds to the CMU 13 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Miami (OH) · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +1.89Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 10 yds to the M-OH 48 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Penn State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.66Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 6 yds to the PSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Penn State · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.66Connor Bazelak pass complete to Malcolm Johnson Jr. for 6 yds to the BGSU 39 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week