Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2016Illinois
Ainslie Johnson
TE • 6'2" • Anaheim, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Ainslie Johnson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Ainslie Johnson built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a tight end from Anaheim, CA wearing No. 80, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Ainslie Johnson's career was his receiving role: 7...
Read the storyAinslie Johnson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Ainslie Johnson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 88
- Receptions
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Ainslie Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 88
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 5 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Latest roster
- No. 80 · Class 2016
- 2016 Receiving yards rank
- 86 receiving yards · TE 132nd (top 43%) · Big Ten 102nd (top 50%) · National 960th (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 6 | 86 | 2 | 56.4 |
Related Context
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Ainslie Johnson played TE for Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ainslie Johnson recorded 88 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Illinois paired 86 primary output with 58.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 58.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2016 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
4
Receiving Yards / G
21.5
Efficiency
58.9
Usage
9.9
Consistency
33.7
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 21. Western Michigan: 64. Purdue: 0. Michigan State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 2 by 70. Western Michigan: 3 by 100. Michigan State: 1 by 6.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 1 · -27.3 vs Losses
Losses28.3 · Games = 3 · +27.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
100 vs Western Michigan
Player Story
Ainslie Johnson story
Ainslie Johnson built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a tight end from Anaheim, CA wearing No. 80, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Ainslie Johnson's career was his receiving role: 7 catches, 88 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 5 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ainslie Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2015-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 13.3 | 7.1 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 86 | 58.9 | 9.9 | 84 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 3 · L 10-34
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
78.1 takeover
64 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs North Carolina
Week 2 · L 23-48
21
Receiving Yards
47.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 1 · W 52-3
2
Receiving Yards
45.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
2 receiving yards with a 13.3 efficiency score.
#4
vs Michigan State
Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game
1
Receiving Yards
11.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
1 receiving yards with a 6.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Purdue
Week 6 · L 31-34 · Conference game
0
Receiving Yards
— takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
86 primary output · 58.9 efficiency · 9.9 usage
56.4
#2
2015 Regular Season · Illinois
34.8
2 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 7.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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