Player Dossier

2017-2022

Louisville

Josh Johnson

WR • 5'11" • 187 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Josh Johnson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

18

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Louisville
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky

Player Story

Josh Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Josh Johnson's career was his receiving role: 24...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8706

Woodward Academy · Atlanta, GA

Committed To
Louisville
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
1994
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 13
Overall
No. 13
NFL Team
New Orleans Saints

Josh Johnson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Louisville. Josh Johnson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
229
Receptions
24
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Josh Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · WR
Career Receiving Yards
229
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 14 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Louisville
Top game
Eastern Kentucky
Recruit profile
3-star · Woodward Academy · Louisville
High school pipeline
Woodward Academy · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
1994 · Round 1 · Pick 13 · New Orleans Saints
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonLouisville2352045.8
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville0-00-
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville1112054.3
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville1440063.6
2021 PostseasonLouisville10-0053.1
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville1016125153.1
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville0-00-

Related Context

Josh Johnson played WR for Louisville. Across 6 tracked seasons, Josh Johnson recorded 229 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Louisville paired 40 primary output with 66.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 48.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky

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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2021 Postseason · Louisville

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

12.5

Efficiency

48.5

Usage

10.1

Consistency

30

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Air Force: 0. Ole Miss: 40. Eastern Kentucky: 41. UCF: 9. Florida State: 17. Wake Forest: 2. Virginia: 1. Boston College: 7. Clemson: 0. Kentucky: 8

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. Ole Miss: 6 by 44.4. Eastern Kentucky: 2 by 100. UCF: 1 by 60. Florida State: 4 by 28.3. Virginia: 1 by 6.7. Boston College: 1 by 46.7. Kentucky: 1 by 53.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins18.5 · Games = 4 · +10 vs Losses
Losses8.5 · Games = 6 · -10 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Kentucky

Best efficiency game

100 vs Eastern Kentucky

Result
Tue 12/28vs Air ForceL 28-31
Sun 11/28vs KentuckyL 21-52188818
Sat 11/6vs ClemsonL 24-30
Sat 10/23vs Boston CollegeW 28-14177707
Sat 10/9vs VirginiaL 33-34111101
Sat 10/2@ Wake ForestL 34-3702002
Sat 9/25@ Florida StateW 31-234174.34.3007
Fri 9/17vs UCFW 42-35199909
Sat 9/11vs Eastern KentuckyW 30-324120.520.50021
Tue 9/7@ Ole MissL 24-436406.76.70013

Player Story

Josh Johnson story

Josh Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a wide receiver from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Josh Johnson's career was his receiving role: 24 catches, 229 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle and 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josh 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.

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    Louisville

    2017-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonLouisville5263.47
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville0-52
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville12808.312
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville4066.716.728
2021 PostseasonLouisville12548.510.185
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville12548.510.10
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville0-125

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Kentucky

Week 2 · W 30-3

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

41

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

41 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Kent State

Week 4 · W 42-3

48

Receiving Yards

76.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

48 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Ole Miss

Week 1 · L 24-43

40

Receiving Yards

76.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 44.4 efficiency score.

#4

vs Syracuse

Week 12 · W 30-0 · Conference game

40

Receiving Yards

74.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Notre Dame

Week 1 · L 17-35

12

Receiving Yards

69.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

12 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Louisville

40 primary output · 66.7 efficiency · 16.7 usage

63.6

#2

2019 Regular Season · Louisville

54.3

12 primary · 80 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Louisville

53.1

125 primary · 48.5 efficiency · 10.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games