Player Dossier

2013-2017

Kansas

Ben Johnson

TE • 6'5" • 245 lbs • Basehor, KS, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

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

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

15

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

11

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Player Story

Ben Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a tight end from Basehor, KS wearing No. 84, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Ben Johnson's career was his receiving role: 61 catches, 670...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8033

Helena · Helena, AL

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Ben Johnson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kansas. Ben Johnson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
670
Receptions
61
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Ben Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · TE
Career Receiving Yards
670
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Kansas
Top game
Texas Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Helena · Georgia Southern
High school pipeline
Helena · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 84 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
363 receiving yards · TE 29th (top 9%) · Big 12 36th (top 23%) · National 353rd (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonKansas0-00-
2014 Regular SeasonKansas5880048.3
2015 Regular SeasonKansas813115045.7
2016 Regular SeasonKansas610112128.8
2017 Regular SeasonKansas1130363167.7

Related Context

Ben Johnson played TE for Kansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ben Johnson recorded 670 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Kansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Kansas paired 363 primary output with 70.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 68.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

16

Efficiency

68.7

Usage

8.5

Consistency

74.3

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 9. West Virginia: 17. Texas Tech: 25. Iowa State: 10. Kansas State: 19

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. Central Michigan: 2 by 30. West Virginia: 1 by 100. Texas Tech: 2 by 83.3. Iowa State: 1 by 66.7. Kansas State: 2 by 63.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins9.5 · Games = 2 · -10.8 vs Losses
Losses20.3 · Games = 3 · +10.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

100 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 11/29@ Kansas StateL 13-512199.59.50014
Sat 11/8vs Iowa StateW 34-141101010010
Sat 10/18@ Texas TechL 21-3422512.512.50014
Sat 10/4@ West VirginiaL 14-331171717017
Sat 9/20vs Central MichiganW 24-10294.54.5008

Player Story

Ben Johnson story

Ben Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a tight end from Basehor, KS wearing No. 84, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Ben Johnson's career was his receiving role: 61 catches, 670 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ben Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kansas

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonKansas0
2014 Regular SeasonKansas8068.78.580
2015 Regular SeasonKansas11554.67.635
2016 Regular SeasonKansas11244.47-3
2017 Regular SeasonKansas36370.615.5251

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas Tech

Week 5 · L 19-55 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

86

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

86 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Southeast Missouri State

Week 1 · W 38-16

90

Receiving Yards

81.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Texas Tech

Week 8 · L 21-34 · Conference game

25

Receiving Yards

72.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#4

@ TCU

Week 11 · L 17-23 · Conference game

30

Receiving Yards

72.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

30 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Texas Tech

Week 6 · L 19-65 · Conference game

55

Receiving Yards

68.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Kansas

363 primary output · 70.6 efficiency · 15.5 usage

67.7

#2

2014 Regular Season · Kansas

48.3

80 primary · 68.7 efficiency · 8.5 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Kansas

45.7

115 primary · 54.6 efficiency · 7.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games