#15

Tez Johnson

Former wide receiver at Oregon. 2024: 83 catches, 898 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Oregon · Sr. · #15

5′10″ · 160 lb · Pinson, AL

CFB Index 82 · #25 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTampa Bay — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 19, #235 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1467 nationally · Signed with Hudson Valley

Statement game11 rec · 181 yds · 1 TDvs Penn State (FBS) · W 45-37

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Oregon. 2024: 83 catches, 898 receiving yards, 10 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Hudson Valley in 2020.
Transferred from Troy to Oregon in 2023.
Drafted round 7 by the Tampa Bay in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Oregon, 3,884 receiving yards — drafted at #235 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 181 yds vs Penn State.Penn State · W 45-372024

202011 games

Signed with Hudson Valley3-star out of Pinson Valley

202112 games

All-Sun Beltthird

202213 games

All-Sun Belt

202313 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

All-Big Tensecond

2025

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 7, pick 235

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1467 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #235

Tampa Bay · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

7 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Mario Cristobal

Oregon

2021

Bryan McClendon

Oregon

era →

2022–2024

Dan Lanning

Oregon

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon, and Dan Lanning. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 2nd NFL season

#235Rd 7 · Pick 19

Tampa BayEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Troy5-6HC: Chip Lindsey · Pass-leaning

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced

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

2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

2024Oregon13-1HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #25 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (98th percentile). Strength: rec tds (97th percentile). Concern: rush yards (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#131 / 610 · 79th pct

9.9%

Catch rate#226 / 610 · 63rd pct

92.6%

EPA / target#242 / 610 · 60th pct

0.95

Explosive rate#381 / 610 · 38th pct

12.3%

Yards / catch#398 / 610 · 35th pct

10.9

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#13 / 541 · 98th pct

Rec TDs#13 / 541 · 97th pct

Rec yards#43 / 541 · 92nd pct

898

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Long catch#229 / 541 · 56th pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#435 / 541 · 19th pct

10.8

Rush yards#268 / 299 · 10th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

78th → 60th percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 38th percentile

Catch rate

85th → 63rd percentile

TD rate

87th → 79th percentile

Yards / catch

65th → 35th percentile

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	7.1	73.8	9.7	0.9
Road4g	6.5	77.0	11.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.9	71.7	8.4	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	79.2	13.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #25 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #25 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Oregon	83	898	10.8	10	--
2023	Oregon	86	1,182	13.7	10	--
2022	Troy	56	858	15.3	4	--
2021	Troy	67	735	11.0	4	--
2020	Troy	18	211	11.7	0	--
Career		310	3,884	12.5	28	--

Season	Team
2024	Oregon	1	-1	--	155	1
2023	Oregon	--	--	--	190	--
2022	Troy	5	11	--	59	--
2021	Troy	2	35	--	63	--
2020	Troy	1	5	12	85	--
Career		9	50	12	552	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2024

W 32–31

vs Ohio State

7 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Ohio State at home in a shootout.

With D. Gabriel — 341 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 32 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · E. Stewart — 7 rec · 149 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Ohio State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +5.70Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 48 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 5 · UCLA · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +5.42Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 52 yds for a TD (Kenyon Sadiq pass to Terrance Ferguson for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 15 · Penn State · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.62Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 48 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 9 · Illinois · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.78Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 31 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)
Week 15 · Penn State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.16Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 16 yds to the PSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ohio State · 4&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.12Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 12 yds to the OSU 24 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Idaho · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.10Tez Johnson 12 Yd pass from Dillon Gabriel (Atticus Sappington Kick)
Week 5 · UCLA · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 12 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington PAT MISSED)
Week 15 · Penn State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.87Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 24 yds to the PSU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Michigan State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Tez Johnson for 2 yds for a TD (Atticus Sappington KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-14vs Idaho	12	81	6.8	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 37-34vs Boise State	3	-1	-0.3	0	3
Wk 3	W 49-14@ Oregon State	7	110	15.7	0	27
Wk 5	W 34-13@ UCLA	11	121	11.0	2	52	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 31-10vs Michigan State	10	84	8.4	1	17
Wk 7	W 32-31vs Ohio State	7	75	10.7	1	48
Wk 8	W 35-0@ Purdue	7	66	9.4	1	16
Wk 9	W 38-9vs Illinois	6	102	17.0	1	31
Wk 10	W 38-17@ Michigan	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 14	W 49-21vs Washington	3	36	12.0	1	17
Wk 15	W 45-37vs Penn State	11	181	16.5	1	48	Season-high 181 yds
Bowl	L 21-41vs Ohio State	5	32	6.4	0	12
Total		83	898	10.4	10	52