Former wide receiver at Buffalo. 2024: 19 catches, 215 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′3″ · 217 lb · Powder Springs, GA
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1310 nationally · Signed with Boston College
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former wide receiver at Buffalo. 2024: 19 catches, 215 receiving yards, 2 TD.
Taji Johnson
Moves the chains on third down. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 50 rec yds, 5 receptions against Western Michigan — Week 8, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Buffalo, 334 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Maurice Linguist.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (17th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 41.0 | 21.2 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 18.4 | 10.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 23.0 | 17.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.7 | 33.3 | 9.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Buffalo | 19 | 215 | 11.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 30 | 334 | 11.1 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Buffalo | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | -- | -- | 27 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | -- | 29 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 30–13
vs Lafayette
2 rec · 39 yds · 1 TD
With E. Duane — 42 AVG · 58 LONG · 5 NO · C. Ogbonna — 195 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 14.8 · 20 rush yds (5 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-13vs Lafayette | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-3vs Massachusetts | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 34 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-20@ Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-47@ UConn | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | L 41-48vs Western Michigan | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 1 | 18 | Season-high 50 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 16-47@ Ohio | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-20@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Bowl | W 26-7@ Liberty | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Total | 19 | 215 | 14.6 | 2 | 34 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Andre Johnson’s 2022 season.
Matches Andre on
Differs from Andre on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Brian Jenkins Jr.’s path through Alabama A&M.
Brian Jenkins Jr.
Geoffrey Wall
Benjamin Omayebu
K.J. Franklin
Matches Brian on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Trace Bruckler's senior season at New Mexico (2024).
Matches Trace on
Differs from Trace on
Player DNA