Player Dossier

2014-2015

Cincinnati

Johnny Holton

WR • 6'2" • Miami, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Johnny Holton reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

70

High-end production for a receiver

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Johnny Holton built his college career from 2014 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Miami, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Johnny Holton's career was his receiving role: 46...

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Johnny Holton, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Johnny Holton reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
892
Receptions
46
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Johnny Holton quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · WR
Career Receiving Yards
892
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 20 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Top game
Miami
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
461 receiving yards · WR 247th (top 26%) · American Athletic 26th (top 15%) · National 272nd (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2014 PostseasonCincinnati13-0071.5
2014 Regular SeasonCincinnati1329431571.5
2015 Regular SeasonCincinnati717461573.1

Related Context

Johnny Holton played WR for Cincinnati. Across 2 tracked seasons, Johnny Holton recorded 892 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 461 primary output with 97.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 97.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCF

Win 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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2015 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

65.9

Efficiency

97.6

Usage

9

Consistency

64.6

Best Game by takeover score

UCF

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama A&M: 81. Temple: 36. Miami (OH): 50. Memphis: 25. UConn: 62. UCF: 146. Houston: 61

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. Alabama A&M: 3 by 100. Temple: 2 by 100. Miami (OH): 3 by 100. Memphis: 2 by 83.3. UConn: 2 by 100. UCF: 3 by 100. Houston: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins84.8 · Games = 4 · +44.1 vs Losses
Losses40.7 · Games = 3 · -44.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

UCF

Best efficiency game

100 vs Houston

Result
Sat 11/7@ HoustonL 30-3326130.530.50065
Sat 10/31vs UCF100 receiving yards · 2+ TDW 52-7314648.748.70278
Sat 10/24vs UConnW 37-132623131133
Thu 9/24@ MemphisL 46-5322512.512.50016
Sat 9/19@ Miami (OH)W 37-3335016.716.70027
Sun 9/13vs TempleL 26-342361818020
Sun 9/6vs Alabama A&M2+ TDW 52-103812727247

Player Story

Johnny Holton story

Johnny Holton built his college career from 2014 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Miami, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Johnny Holton's career was his receiving role: 46 catches, 892 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Cincinnati. 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 942 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati.

The arc is straightforward: Johnny Holton 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

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    Cincinnati

    2014-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 PostseasonCincinnati4318711.3
2014 Regular SeasonCincinnati4318711.30
2015 Regular SeasonCincinnati46197.6930

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Miami

Week 7 · L 34-55

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

83

Receiving Yards

84.6 takeover

83 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs UCF

Week 9 · W 52-7 · Conference game

146

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

146 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Toledo

Week 3 · W 58-34

68

Receiving Yards

72.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

68 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Alabama A&M

Week 1 · W 52-10

81

Receiving Yards

64.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

81 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Miami (OH)

Week 3 · W 37-33

50

Receiving Yards

59.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

50 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Cincinnati

461 primary output · 97.6 efficiency · 9 usage

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#2

2014 Postseason · Cincinnati

71.5

431 primary · 87 efficiency · 11.3 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Cincinnati

71.5

431 primary · 87 efficiency · 11.3 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games