RaJae Johnson

Senior wide receiver for Troy. 2022: 36 catches, 713 receiving yards, 7 TD.

WR · Troy · Sr.

6′4″ · 220 lb · Saint Louis, MO

CFB Index 63 · #114 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceTroy 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 18 nationally · Joined UAB

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Troy. 2022: 36 catches, 713 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to UAB in 2019.
Transferred from UAB to Troy in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Troy, 1,127 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 134 yds vs Coastal Carolina.Coastal Carolina · W 45-262022

2019

Signed with UAB4-star out of College of San Mateo

202213 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#18 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020–2021

Chip Lindsey

Troy

2022

Jon Sumrall

Troy

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chip Lindsey → Jon Sumrall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

63Quality starter #114 of 488?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (96th percentile). Strength: rec tds (89th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Yards / catch#22 / 550 · 96th pct

19.8

Rec TDs#46 / 550 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 84th pct

Rec yards#103 / 550 · 81st pct

713

Long catch#111 / 550 · 79th pct

Receptions#228 / 550 · 58th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.4	50.7	17.4	0.7
Road6g	3.2	59.7	19.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	43.4	17.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	68.2	20.3	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

our read surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-2% yards per catch, top-5% TD rate.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #114 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #114 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Troy	36	713	19.8	7	--
2021	UAB	23	394	17.1	1	--
2020	UAB	2	20	10.0	0	--
Career		61	1,127	18.5	8	--

Season	Team
2022	Troy	--	--	14	--	--
2021	UAB	2	-1	--	--	--
2020	UAB	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	-1	14	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2022

W 10–6

at South Alabama

4 rec · 56 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With M. Rivers — 42 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 54 LONG · G. Watson — 54 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.4 · -3 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Coastal Carolina · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +6.95Gunnar Watson pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 67 yds for a TD (Brooks Buce KICK)
Week 2 · Alabama A&M · 4&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.62RaJae' Johnson 12 Yd pass from Gunnar Watson (Brooks Buce Kick)
Week 7 · Texas State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.39Jarret Doege pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 23 yds for a TD, (Brooks Buce KICK)
Week 14 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Gunnar Watson pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 36 yds for a TD (Brooks Buce KICK)
Week 13 · Arkansas State · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.96Gunnar Watson pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 21 yds for a TD, (Brooks Buce KICK)
Week 1 · Ole Miss · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Gunnar Watson pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 3 yds for a TD, (Brooks Buce KICK)
Week 2 · Alabama A&M · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Gunnar Watson pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 22 yds to the AlaAM 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UTSA · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.87Gunnar Watson pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 12 yds for a TD, (Gunnar Watson pass to Clayton Ollendieck for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 13 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.85Gunnar Watson pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 56 yds to the ArkSt 7 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Alabama A&M · 1&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Gunnar Watson pass complete to RaJae' Johnson for 24 yds to the AlaAM 41 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-28@ Ole Miss	3	32	10.7	1	22
Wk 2	W 38-17vs Alabama A&M	4	80	20.0	1	24
Wk 3	L 28-32@ App State	2	57	28.5	0	48
Wk 4	W 16-7vs Marshall	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 5	W 34-27@ Western Kentucky	2	33	16.5	0	20
Wk 7	W 17-14vs Texas State	3	57	19.0	1	29
Wk 8	W 10-6@ South Alabama	4	56	14.0	0	18
Wk 10	W 23-17@ Louisiana	5	79	15.8	0	35
Wk 11	W 10-9vs Army	2	28	14.0	0	19
Wk 12	W 34-16vs UL Monroe	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 13	W 48-19@ Arkansas State	3	101	33.7	1	56
Wk 14	W 45-26vs Coastal Carolina	4	134	33.5	2	67	Season-high 134 yds
Bowl	W 18-12vs UTSA	2	41	20.5	1	29
Total		36	713	18.6	7	67

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