Player Dossier

2023-2025

Pittsburgh

Kenny Johnson

WR • 6'1" • 205 lbs • York, PA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

0

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

10

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

2324242525

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Kenny Johnson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from York, PA wearing No. 2, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Kenny Johnson's career was his receiving role: 108...

Read the story

Kenny Johnson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Kenny Johnson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,317
Receptions
108
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

Kenny Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,317
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
NC State
High school pipeline
Dallastown Area · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
658 receiving yards · WR 120th (top 11%) · ACC 18th (top 7%) · National 123rd (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1115122328
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh13217065.6
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1344520365.6
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh13-0075.5
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1347658775.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Pittsburgh to Texas TechP4 to P479.8Jan 7, 2026

Kenny Johnson played WR for Pittsburgh. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kenny Johnson recorded 101 rushing yards, 1,317 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 658 primary output with 81.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 81.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

50.6

Efficiency

81.7

Usage

17.9

Consistency

60.7

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

12345678910111213

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 0. Duquesne: 47. Central Michigan: 18. West Virginia: 21. Louisville: 51. Boston College: 115. Florida State: 42. Syracuse: 59. NC State: 112. Stanford: 71. Notre Dame: 27. Georgia Tech: 91. Miami: 4

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.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duquesne: 4 by 78.3. Central Michigan: 1 by 100. West Virginia: 3 by 46.7. Louisville: 3 by 100. Boston College: 9 by 85.2. Florida State: 1 by 100. Syracuse: 4 by 98.3. NC State: 7 by 100. Stanford: 4 by 100. Notre Dame: 4 by 45. Georgia Tech: 6 by 100. Miami: 1 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins69.4 · Games = 8 · +48.8 vs Losses
Losses20.6 · Games = 5 · -48.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Georgia Tech

Result
Sat 12/27@ East CarolinaL 17-23-6
Sat 11/29vs MiamiL 7-38144404
Sun 11/23@ Georgia TechW 42-2869115.215.20131
Sat 11/15vs Notre DameL 15-374276.86.80017
Sat 11/1@ StanfordW 35-2047117.817.80125
Sat 10/25vs NC State100 receiving yardsW 53-3471121616126
Sat 10/18@ SyracuseW 30-1345913.614.80024
Sat 10/11@ Florida StateW 34-311424242042
Sat 10/4vs Boston College100 receiving yards · High volumeW 48-7911512.812.80121
Sat 9/27vs LouisvilleL 27-343511717034
Sat 9/13@ West VirginiaL 24-313217707
Sat 9/6vs Central MichiganW 45-171181818018
Sat 8/30vs DuquesneW 61-944711.811.80120

Player Story

Kenny Johnson story

Kenny Johnson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from York, PA wearing No. 2, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Kenny Johnson's career was his receiving role: 108 catches, 1,317 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns, and 101 rushing yards across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh. 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 101 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 1,209 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.

The arc is straightforward: Kenny 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

    Pittsburgh

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh12241.211.1
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh53773.116.9415
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh53773.116.90
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh65881.717.9121
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh65881.717.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 55 NC State

Week 9 · W 53-34 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

112

Receiving Yards

93.6 takeover

112 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 35 Georgia Tech

Week 13 · W 42-28 · Conference game

91

Receiving Yards

93 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

91 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 97 Boston College

Week 6 · W 48-7 · Conference game

115

Receiving Yards

93 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

115 receiving yards with a 85.2 efficiency score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 1 · W 55-24

105

Receiving Yards

89.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Louisville

Week 7 · W 38-21 · Conference game

49

Receiving Yards

85.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

658 primary output · 81.7 efficiency · 17.9 usage

75.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

75.5

658 primary · 81.7 efficiency · 17.9 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

65.6

537 primary · 73.1 efficiency · 16.9 usage

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

2

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games