Player Dossier

2021-2025

Tulsa

CJ Johnson II

WR • 5'11" • 180 lbs • French Camp, MS, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

33

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northwestern • Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Howard

CJ Johnson II, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northwestern. CJ Johnson II reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
226
Receptions
21
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

CJ Johnson II quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · WR
Career Receiving Yards
226
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
Top game
Howard
High school pipeline
Campolindo · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
50 receiving yards · WR 785th (top 72%) · American Athletic 135th (top 59%) · National 1,347th (top 62%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1-00100
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1223058.8
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern2432048.1
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern911121061.6
2025 Regular SeasonTulsa3450142

Related Context

CJ Johnson II played WR for Northwestern and Tulsa. Across 5 tracked seasons, CJ Johnson II recorded 2 rushing yards, 226 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Northwestern paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 68.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Tulsa.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Navy

Loss 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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2025 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

16.7

Efficiency

68.9

Usage

6

Consistency

37.9

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 9. Navy: 34. Oklahoma State: 7

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. Abilene Christian: 1 by 60. Navy: 2 by 100. Oklahoma State: 1 by 46.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins8 · Games = 2 · -26 vs Losses
Losses34 · Games = 1 · +26 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Navy

Best efficiency game

100 vs Navy

Result
Fri 9/19@ Oklahoma StateW 19-12177707
Sun 9/14vs NavyL 23-422346.717118
Sun 8/31vs Abilene ChristianW 35-7199909

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Northwestern

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tulsa

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern2376.711.823
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern3253.313.89
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern12166.27.289
2025 Regular SeasonTulsa5068.96-71

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Howard

Week 6 · W 23-20

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

24

Receiving Yards

76.8 takeover

24 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 46 Navy

Week 3 · L 23-42 · Conference game

34

Receiving Yards

76.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Illinois

Week 14 · L 28-38 · Conference game

39

Receiving Yards

73.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

39 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 13 · L 3-41 · Conference game

23

Receiving Yards

72 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

23 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs Ohio State

Week 12 · L 7-31 · Conference game

23

Receiving Yards

58.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

23 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Northwestern

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Regular Season · Northwestern

61.6

121 primary · 66.2 efficiency · 7.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

58.8

23 primary · 76.7 efficiency · 11.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games