Player Dossier

2019-2025

Akron

Michael Johnson Jr.

QB • 6'3" • 213 lbs • San Jose, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Michael Johnson Jr. is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

5

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

3

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

16

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Penn State • Florida Atlantic • Syracuse • Akron
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Player Story

Michael Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a quarterback from San Jose, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with Akron, Florida Atlantic, Penn State, and Syracuse. The clearest part of...

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Michael Johnson Jr., QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic. Michael Johnson Jr. is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
267
Passing yards
93
Rushing yards
174
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Michael Johnson Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Akron · QB
Career Total Offense
267
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Top game
Massachusetts
High school pipeline
Conway · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2025 Total offense rank
104 total offense · QB 294th (top 71%) · Mid-American 67th (top 43%) · National 753rd (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State00000-
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic10000100
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic91400140749.9
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse12331-8050.6
2025 Regular SeasonAkron71046242155.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Syracuse to AkronP4 to G5/FCS83.3May 1, 2025

Michael Johnson Jr. played QB for Penn State, Florida Atlantic, Syracuse, and Akron. Across 5 tracked seasons, Michael Johnson Jr. recorded 93 passing yards, 174 rushing yards, and 5 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Florida Atlantic.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Florida Atlantic paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 54.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Florida Atlantic, Syracuse, Akron.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Win with 23 yards of offense and 100 efficiency. It landed in the 85.7th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Akron

Games

7

Primary Metric / G

14.9

Efficiency

54.1

Usage

15.9

Consistency

58.4

Best Game by takeover score

Massachusetts

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 21. Nebraska: 0. UAB: 2. Duquesne: 21. Toledo: 34. Central Michigan: 3. Massachusetts: 23

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. Wyoming: 4 by 52.5. Nebraska: 9 by 58.3. UAB: 2 by 10. Duquesne: 8 by 42.5. Toledo: 24 by 44.3. Central Michigan: 2 by 70.8. Massachusetts: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins15.7 · Games = 3 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses14.3 · Games = 4 · -1.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Massachusetts

Best efficiency game

100 vs Massachusetts

Result
Wed 11/5vs MassachusettsW 44-101123100.000100
Sat 10/4vs Central MichiganW 28-22223100.01070.8
Sat 9/27@ ToledoL 3-457132853.80044.31160.50010
Sat 9/20vs DuquesneW 51-70500.00042.5321709
Sun 9/14@ UABL 28-311022105
Sat 9/6@ NebraskaL 0-68228100.00058.37-8-1.10017
Thu 8/28vs WyomingL 0-1052.54215.3006

Player Story

Michael Johnson Jr. story

Michael Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2025 as a quarterback from San Jose, CA wearing No. 15, spending time with Akron, Florida Atlantic, Penn State, and Syracuse. The clearest part of Michael Johnson Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 174 rushing yards, 54 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 5 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Florida Atlantic. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 93 passing yards, 5 receiving yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron, Florida Atlantic, Penn State, and Syracuse.

The arc is straightforward: Michael Johnson Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Penn State

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida Atlantic

    2022-2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Syracuse

    2024

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    Akron

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic14048.28.3140
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse2363.210.3-117
2025 Regular SeasonAkron10454.115.981

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 136 Massachusetts

Week 11 · W 44-10 · Conference game

Win with 23 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

23

Total Offense

83.8 takeover

23 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#2

@ No. 48 Toledo

Week 5 · L 3-45 · Conference game

34

Total Offense

72.1 takeover

Loss with 34 yards of offense and 44.3 efficiency.

34 total offense with 44.3 efficiency.

#3

@ UAB

Week 10 · L 42-45 · Conference game

38

Total Offense

67 takeover

Loss with 38 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

38 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#4

@ Charlotte

Week 9 · W 38-16 · Conference game

45

Total Offense

63.4 takeover

Win with 45 yards of offense and 47.5 efficiency.

45 total offense with 47.5 efficiency.

#5

vs Holy Cross

Week 5 · W 42-14

23

Total Offense

62 takeover

Win with 23 yards of offense and 63.2 efficiency.

23 total offense with 63.2 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2025 Regular Season · Akron

55.5

104 primary · 54.1 efficiency · 15.9 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Syracuse

50.6

23 primary · 63.2 efficiency · 10.3 usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

6

Above avg efficiency