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

12%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

29

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

39

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

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

2020 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 72.6 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

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

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Multi-stop career journey

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

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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2020 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

33

Efficiency

72.6

Usage

14.9

Consistency

61.7

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 73. Missouri: 17. Georgia: 28. Kentucky: 37. Arkansas: 24. Auburn: 12. Florida: 40

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. South Carolina: 3 by 100. Missouri: 3 by 37.8. Georgia: 3 by 62.2. Kentucky: 4 by 61.7. Arkansas: 1 by 100. Auburn: 1 by 80. Florida: 4 by 66.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins45 · Games = 2 · +16.8 vs Losses
Losses28.2 · Games = 5 · -16.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

100 vs Arkansas

Result
Sat 12/5vs FloridaL 19-314401010015
Sun 11/22@ AuburnL 17-301121212012
Sun 11/8@ ArkansasL 13-241242424024
Sat 10/17vs KentuckyL 7-344379.39.30025
Sat 10/10@ GeorgiaL 21-443289.39.30012
Sat 10/3vs MissouriW 35-123175.75.7009
Sat 9/26@ South CarolinaW 31-2737324.324.30033

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

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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

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#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