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Heisman / Players / Tez Johnson /Oregon

Tez Johnson

WR · Oregon · Sr · #15

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

NOW IN NFLTampa Bay — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 19, #235 overall

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 2nd NFL season

#235Rd 7 · Pick 19
Tampa BayEntering 2nd NFL season

WR · OREGON · BIG TEN

Tez Johnson

  • 4
  • #15
  • 5-10 | 160 lb
  • Pinson, AL

CFB Zeitgeist WR Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#93

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 1 · 2-deep

R03 · Backup

Backup. On the two-deep, pushing for snaps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2021

2021

Troy · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2022

Troy · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2023

Oregon · WR

2024

Oregon · WR

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

NFL Draft 2025 · Rd 7, Pick 19 · #235 overall · Tampa Bay

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2021–2024
7352021
8582022
1,1822023
8982024

+22%

Modest growth (22%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1467 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2021–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
R7 &middot; #235
Tampa Bay &middot; 2025

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#29 in market ▼ from #23 · 5 books

+35002.8% implied▲ tightened from +6600

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class4
Jersey15
Measurements5-10 | 160 lb
HometownPinson, AL
Primary teamOregon

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1467 recruit
Composite rating 0.8417 HighSchool
Signed with Hudson Valley 2020
Origin Pinson Valley Pinson, AL, USA
Class Profile Context
2020 3-star | 0.8417 No. 1467 recruit | HighSchool | Hudson Valley

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Oregon 2023
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Dec 29, 2022
Season Move Context
2023 Troy -> Oregon 3-star | 0.8800 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#93Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#70Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Hudson Valley

Composite

0.8417

#1467 national

NFL Draft

2025 · Rd 7, Pick 19

#235 overall · Tampa Bay

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Tez Johnson

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Tez Johnson

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Tez Johnson already has 5 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #93 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 10.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 1 portal move

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 83 10 rec TD | #9/1110 (99th pct)
Receiving yards 898 10.8 per catch | #40/1107 (96th pct)
Scrimmage yards 897 Total offensive yardage | #40/1107 (96th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Target magnet | All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.

Target magnetAll-purpose weapon

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
83 99th
YDS
898 96th
YPR
10.8 39th
TD
10 99th

Rushing

CAR
1 35th
YDS
-1 18th
YPC
-1.0 16th
TD
0 81st

Returns

PR YDS
155 87th
PR AVG
10.3 69th
RET TD
1 89th

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced
2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning
2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced
2024Oregon13-1HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2024Oregon8389810.810--
2023Oregon861,18213.710--
2022Troy5685815.34--
2021Troy6773511.04--
Career4 loaded seasons2923,67312.628--
SeasonTeam
2024Oregon1-1--1551
2023Oregon------190--
2022Troy511--59--
2021Troy235--63--
Career4 loaded seasons845--4671
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 10.4% 20.7% pass-game share | #80/1137 (93rd pct)
Return yards 155 1 return TD
Touchdowns 11 Across offense and returns | #12/1111 (99th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 83 #9/1110 99th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 898 #40/1107 96th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 10 #12/1111 99th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 10.8 #672/1106 39th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt return yards 155 #31/224 87th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 20.7% #80/1137 93rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 1 #264/407 35th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards -1 #328/397 18th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry -1.0 #333/393 16th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 52 #244/1105 78th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Punt returns 15 #39/237 84th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Returns Punt return avg 10.3 #70/222 69th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Punt return TD 1 #4/27 89th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 15.3% #43/1137 96th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 13.6% #78/1137 93rd pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 11.1% #78/1137 93rd pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Role share 10.4% #81/1137 93rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 8.6% #122/1137 89th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 8.4% #156/1137 86th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.2% #374/1137 67th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/302 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

Pass share

44.9%

436 pass / 534 run

Plays / game

64.7

15 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.8%

250 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches
2021
Bryan McClendon
Oregon
2022
Dan Lanning
Oregon
era →
2023
Dan Lanning
Oregon
2024
Dan Lanning
Oregon

Coaching transition mid-career: Bryan McClendon → Dan Lanning. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownPinson, AL
Height5'10"
Weight160 lb
Class4
PositionWR
Jersey15

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 entries
🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM

All-Conf 1st team (2024)

All-Big Ten

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

5 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2024 All-Big Ten all_conference Oregon | Big Ten RS
2024 All-Big Ten all_conference Oregon | Big Ten WR
2024 All-Big Ten all_conference Big Ten OTHE
2022 All-Sun Belt all_conference Troy | Sun Belt WR
2021 All-Sun Belt all_conference Troy | Sun Belt WR

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Oregon WR4 #93 #70 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Big Ten
2023 Oregon WR4 #129 #111 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Pac-12
2022 Troy WR4 #252 #268 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt
2021 Troy WR4 #948 #1265 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Sun Belt

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Oregon Big Ten WR 4 No. 15 | 5-10 | 160 lb | Pinson, AL
2023 Oregon Pac-12 WR 4 No. 15 | 5-10 | 160 lb | Pinson, AL
2022 Troy Sun Belt WR 4 No. 15 | 5-10 | 160 lb | Pinson, AL
2021 Troy Sun Belt WR 4 No. 15 | 5-10 | 160 lb | Pinson, AL