#23

Quay Johnson

Wide receiver for East Carolina. 2017: 47 catches, 464 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · East Carolina · #23

5′10″ · 184 lb · Knightdale, NC

East Carolina 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2418 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

Statement game14 rec · 115 yds · 1 TDat Houston (FBS) · L 27-52

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for East Carolina. 2017: 47 catches, 464 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to East Carolina in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at East Carolina, 1,215 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds at Houston.Houston · L 27-522017

20146 games

Signed with East Carolina2-star out of Knightdale

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2418 national

CFB

College

East Carolina

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2015

Ruffin McNeill

East Carolina

2016–2017

Scottie Montgomery

East Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014East Carolina8-5HC: Ruffin McNeill · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2015East Carolina5-7HC: Ruffin McNeill · Balanced

2016East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (14th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#113 / 539 · 78th pct

Rec yards#232 / 539 · 57th pct

464

Rec TDs#204 / 539 · 55th pct

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rush yards#201 / 283 · 26th pct

Long catch#449 / 539 · 16th pct

Yards / catch#463 / 539 · 14th pct

9.9

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	37.3	13.6	0.3
Road4g	7.0	60.0	8.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	39.9	13.1	0.1
Weeks 8+3g	7.3	61.7	8.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	East Carolina	47	464	9.9	3	--
2016	East Carolina	57	560	9.8	3	--
2015	East Carolina	16	134	8.4	1	--
2014	East Carolina	9	57	6.3	0	--
Career		129	1,215	9.4	7	--

Season	Team
2017	East Carolina	3	3	11	-2	--
2016	East Carolina	4	9	214	17	--
2015	East Carolina	1	4	544	171	--
2014	East Carolina	2	20	36	--	--
Career		10	36	805	186	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs James Madison	3	28	9.3	0	16
Wk 2	L 20-56@ West Virginia	4	30	7.5	0	18
Wk 3	L 17-64vs Virginia Tech	1	27	27.0	0	27
Wk 4	W 41-38@ UConn	6	60	10.0	0	22
Wk 5	L 31-61vs South Florida	4	48	12.0	0	21
Wk 6	L 10-34vs Temple	3	51	17.0	1	31
Wk 7	L 21-63@ UCF	4	35	8.8	0	15
Wk 8	W 33-17vs BYU	5	51	10.2	1	14
Wk 10	L 27-52@ Houston	14	115	8.2	1	21	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 11	L 24-31vs Tulane	3	19	6.3	0	20
Total		47	464	11.6	3	31

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