Senior quarterback for Akron. 2025: 62 passing yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
6′3″ · 213 lb · San Jose, CA
The numbers
passing yards · 2025
1 TD · 0 INT · 2.7 per attempt
Best game: 3 pass yds, 1 TD, vs Central Michigan
His career numbers, season by seasonMichael Johnson Jr.
Four head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. The receipt on tape: 28 pass yds, 6 rush yds against Toledo, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Joe Moorhead.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 12.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 23.0 | 0.0 | 23.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Akron | 12 | 23 | 52.2% | 62 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 89.2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Syracuse | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 153.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 14 | 27 | 51.9% | 93 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Akron | 27 | 42 | 1.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Syracuse | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 23 | 140 | 6.1 | 7 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 54 | 174 | 3.2 | 7 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 51–7
vs Duquesne
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-10vs Wyoming | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-68@ Nebraska | 2/2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31@ UAB | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 51-7vs Duquesne | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-45@ Toledo | 7/13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 7.3 | Season-high 28 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 28-22vs Central Michigan | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 99.6 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-10vs Massachusetts | 1/1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 80.8 | |
| Total | 12/23 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 38.3 |
2026 Outlook
Akron
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · Akron
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Akron · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #121 · 2026 recruiting class #132