Player Dossier

2016-2021

UCF

Brandon Johnson

WR • 6'2" • 195 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Brandon Johnson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Tennessee • UCF
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Player Story

Brandon Johnson built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Tennessee and UCF. The clearest part of Brandon Johnson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9064

Brentwood Academy · Brentwood, TN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Brandon Johnson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tennessee. Brandon Johnson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,512
Receptions
116
Touchdowns
14

Quick Answers

Brandon Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
UCF · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,512
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
Top game
Massachusetts
Recruit profile
4-star · Brentwood Academy · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Pinson Valley · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2021 Receiving yards rank
565 receiving yards · WR 166th (top 17%) · American Athletic 13th (top 8%) · National 183rd (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonTennessee3793043.1
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee1037482173.2
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee813110032.8
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee3231242.4
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee719231056.3
2021 Regular SeasonUCF12385651171.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Tennessee to UCFP4 to P419.6Dec 14, 2020

Brandon Johnson played WR for Tennessee and UCF. Across 6 tracked seasons, Brandon Johnson recorded 1,512 receiving yards, 7 tackles, and 14 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Tennessee paired 482 primary output with 72.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 44.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, UCF.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UTEP

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

13.8

Efficiency

44.4

Usage

11.7

Consistency

28.3

Best Game by takeover score

UTEP

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: 1. UTEP: 51. Florida: 17. Georgia: -2. Auburn: 10. Alabama: 27. South Carolina: 3. Charlotte: 3

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. West Virginia: 1 by 6.7. UTEP: 4 by 85. Florida: 2 by 56.7. Georgia: 2 by 0. Auburn: 1 by 66.7. Alabama: 1 by 100. South Carolina: 1 by 20. Charlotte: 1 by 20

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins21.3 · Games = 3 · +12.1 vs Losses
Losses9.2 · Games = 5 · -12.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UTEP

Best efficiency game

100 vs Alabama

Result
Sat 11/3vs CharlotteW 14-3133303
Sat 10/27@ South CarolinaL 24-27133303
Sat 10/20vs AlabamaL 21-581272727027
Sat 10/13@ AuburnW 30-241101010010
Sat 9/29@ GeorgiaL 12-382-2-1-100
Sat 9/22vs FloridaL 21-472178.58.50011
Sat 9/15vs UTEPW 24-045112.812.80029
Sat 9/1vs West VirginiaL 14-40111101

Player Story

Brandon Johnson story

Brandon Johnson built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a wide receiver from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Tennessee and UCF. The clearest part of Brandon Johnson's career was his receiving role: 116 catches, 1,512 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 tackles and 24 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brandon Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tennessee

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UCF

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonTennessee9377.310.9
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee48272.923.3389
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee11044.411.7-372
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee31808.6-79
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee23172.614.9200
2021 Regular SeasonUCF56579.615.7334

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Massachusetts

Week 4 · W 17-13

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

123

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

123 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs UConn

Week 12 · W 49-17

125

Receiving Yards

99.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

125 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Vanderbilt

Week 13 · L 24-42 · Conference game

107

Receiving Yards

95.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

107 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 3 · W 24-0

51

Receiving Yards

95 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

51 receiving yards with a 85 efficiency score.

#5

vs Tennessee Tech

Week 10 · W 55-0

64

Receiving Yards

87 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

64 receiving yards with a 85.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Tennessee

482 primary output · 72.9 efficiency · 23.3 usage

73.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · UCF

71.4

565 primary · 79.6 efficiency · 15.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Tennessee

56.3

231 primary · 72.6 efficiency · 14.9 usage

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games