Brandon Edward Johnson

Senior wide receiver for UCF. 2021: 38 catches, 565 receiving yards, 11 TD.

WR · UCF · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 195 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 58 · #128 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceUCF 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OT recruit

No. 271 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for UCF. 2021: 38 catches, 565 receiving yards, 11 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at UCF, 1,512 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 125 yds vs UConn.UConn · W 49-172021

20163 games

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Brentwood Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#271 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

3 coaches

2016–2017

Scott Frost

UCF

2018–2020

Josh Heupel

UCF

era →

2021

Gus Malzahn

UCF

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Frost, Josh Heupel, and Gus Malzahn. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2019Tennessee8-5HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2021UCF9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

58Quality starter #128 of 468?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (97th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Rec TDs#14 / 557 · 97th pct

Rec yards#166 / 557 · 70th pct

565

Yards / catch#164 / 557 · 70th pct

14.9

Receptions#184 / 557 · 66th pct

Long catch#257 / 557 · 53rd pct

Fumbles lost#89 / 223 · 36th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.7	52.6	14.4	0.9
Road5g	2.4	39.4	18.8	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	42.7	12.4	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	51.5	20.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #128 of 468 WRs

Former four-star. Now #128 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UCF	38	565	14.9	11	--
2020	Tennessee	19	231	12.2	0	--
2019	Tennessee	2	31	15.5	0	--
2018	Tennessee	13	110	8.5	0	--
2017	Tennessee	37	482	13.0	1	--
2016	Tennessee	7	93	13.3	0	--
Career		116	1,512	13.0	12	--

Season	Team
2021	UCF	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Tennessee	--	--	--	24	1
2018	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
2016	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	--	24	1

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · SMU · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.01Mikey Keene pass complete to Brandon Johnson for 36 yds to the SMU 26 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UConn · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.76Ryan O'Keefe pass complete to Brandon Johnson for 49 yds for a TD (Daniel Obarski KICK)
Week 10 · Tulane · 2&17 · Q4 · EPA +3.53Brandon Johnson 23 Yd pass from Mikey Keene (Daniel Obarski Kick)
Week 7 · Cincinnati · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Mikey Keene pass complete to Brandon Johnson for 16 yds for a TD, (Daniel Obarski KICK)
Week 10 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.38Mikey Keene pass complete to Brandon Johnson for 50 yds to the Tulan 25 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Temple · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.04Brandon Johnson 18 Yd pass from Mikey Keene (Daniel Obarski Kick)
Week 1 · Boise State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.91Dillon Gabriel pass complete to Brandon Johnson for 11 yds for a TD, (Daniel Obarski KICK)
Week 13 · South Florida · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Mikey Keene pass complete to Brandon Johnson for 7 yds for a TD, (Daniel Obarski KICK)
Week 5 · Navy · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Mikey Keene pass complete to Brandon Johnson for 23 yds for a TD (Daniel Obarski KICK)
Week 12 · UConn · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Mikey Keene pass complete to Brandon Johnson for 29 yds to the UConn 27 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 36-31vs Boise State	5	47	9.4	1	12
Wk 2	W 63-14vs Bethune-Cookman	7	81	11.6	1	22
Wk 3	L 35-42@ Louisville	3	23	7.7	1	14
Wk 5	L 30-34@ Navy	4	79	19.8	2	23	2 TD catches
Wk 6	W 20-16vs East Carolina	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 7	L 21-56@ Cincinnati	1	16	16.0	1	16
Wk 8	W 24-7vs Memphis	3	25	8.3	1	11
Wk 9	W 49-7@ Temple	3	43	14.3	1	18
Wk 10	W 14-10vs Tulane	2	73	36.5	1	50
Wk 11	L 28-55@ SMU	1	36	36.0	0	36
Wk 12	W 49-17vs UConn	7	125	17.9	1	49	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 13	W 17-13vs South Florida	1	7	7.0	1	7
Total		38	565	16.2	11	50

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Brandon Edward Johnson

20163 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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