Player Career

Max Johnson Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Max Johnson story

Max Johnson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a quarterback from Watkinsville, GA wearing No. 14, spending time with LSU, North Carolina, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Max Johnson's career was his passing role: 6,361 passing yards, 49 touchdown passes, 890 attempts, and 211 rushing yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with LSU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 211 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU, North Carolina, and Texas A&M.

The arc is straightforward: Max Johnson 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

    LSU

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas A&M

    2022-2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    North Carolina

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonLSU1,18863.724.8
2021 Regular SeasonLSU2,77455.320.11,586
2022 Regular SeasonTexas A&M57565.322.3-2,199
2023 Regular SeasonTexas A&M1,47957.718.3904
2024 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina8147.514.6-1,398
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina47567.122.3394

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026North Carolina to Georgia SouthernP4 to G5/FCS25.2Jan 10, 2026
2024Texas A&M to North CarolinaP4 to P486.1Nov 26, 2023
2022LSU to Texas A&MP4 to P492.6Dec 8, 2021

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UCLA

Week 1 · L 27-38

Loss with 346 yards of offense and 55.5 efficiency.

346

Total Offense

81.8 takeover

346 total offense with 55.5 efficiency.

#2

vs Arkansas

Week 4 · W 23-21 · Conference game

190

Total Offense

81.8 takeover

Win with 190 yards of offense and 60.6 efficiency.

190 total offense with 60.6 efficiency.

#3

vs Ole Miss

Week 16 · W 53-48 · Conference game

480

Total Offense

78.2 takeover

Win with 480 yards of offense and 62.1 efficiency.

480 total offense with 62.1 efficiency.

#4

vs Auburn

Week 5 · L 19-24 · Conference game

335

Total Offense

77.4 takeover

Loss with 335 yards of offense and 54.2 efficiency.

335 total offense with 54.2 efficiency.

#5

vs No. 34 Clemson

Week 6 · L 10-38 · Conference game

223

Total Offense

72.6 takeover

Loss with 223 yards of offense and 56 efficiency.

223 total offense with 56 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · LSU

2,774 primary output · 55.3 efficiency · 20.1 usage

67.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Texas A&M

55.5

1,479 primary · 57.7 efficiency · 18.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Texas A&M

53.1

575 primary · 65.3 efficiency · 22.3 usage

Milestones

9

250+ passing yards

6

300+ total offense

9

3+ TD games

13

Above avg efficiency