Johnny Holton

WR · Cincinnati 2015 · #3

Last confirmed: Cincinnati, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′2″ · Miami, FL

Johnny Holton: WR · Cincinnati · #3.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Donovan Peoples-JonesMichigan · 2019 · 94% season match
Van JeffersonFlorida · 2018 · 92% season match
Chris MooreCincinnati · 2014 · 66% season match
Mack HollinsNorth Carolina · 2015 · 54% season match
Edgar PoeArmy · 2015 · 46% season match

Johnny Holton

WR · Cincinnati · #3

Beats you over the top. This is his second year in the same receiving corps at Cincinnati. On tape: 146 receiving yards and 3 receptions against UCF, Week 9, 2015.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Cincinnati in the news

$1M Sorsby lawsuit pendingFront Office Sports Oct 22

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Cincinnati	17	461	27.1	5
2014	Cincinnati	29	431	14.9	5
Career		46	892	19.4	10

Season	Team
2015	Cincinnati	220
2014	Cincinnati	722
Career		942

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-10vs Alabama A&M	3	81	27.0	2	47	2 TD catches
Wk 2	L 26-34vs Temple	2	36	18.0	0	20
Wk 3	W 37-33@ Miami (OH)	3	50	16.7	0	27
Wk 4	L 46-53@ Memphis	2	25	12.5	0	16
Wk 8	W 37-13vs UConn	2	62	31.0	1	33
Wk 9	W 52-7vs UCF	3	146	48.7	2	78	Season-high 146 yds
Wk 10	L 30-33@ No. 18 Houston	2	61	30.5	0	65
Total		17	461	27.1	5	78

Signature game

Week 1 · 2015

W 52-10

vs Alabama A&M

3 rec · 81 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 42-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With G. Kiel — 233 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.5 · C. Moore — 2 rec · 41 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · UCF · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +6.57Kiel to Holton: a 78-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · UCF · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +6.43Kiel to Holton: a 59-yard touchdown pass.
Week 10 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.09Gunner Kiel pass complete to Johnny Holton for 65 yds to the Houst 25 for a
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 2nd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +3.33Gunner Kiel pass complete to Johnny Holton for 47 yds for a TD, (Andrew Gantz KICK)
Week 3 · Miami (OH) · 4th and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.80Gunner Kiel pass complete to Johnny Holton for 27 yds to the MiaOh 4 for a
Week 8 · UConn · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Gunner Kiel pass complete to Johnny Holton for 29 yds for a TD, (Andrew Gantz KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Gunner Kiel pass complete to Johnny Holton for 6 yds for a TD ALABAMA A&M Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined, (Andrew Gantz KICK)
Week 8 · UConn · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Gunner Kiel pass complete to Johnny Holton for 33 yds to the UConn 39 for a
Week 2 · Temple · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.85Gunner Kiel pass complete to Johnny Holton for 20 yds to the Cincy 48 for a
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.54Gunner Kiel pass complete to Johnny Holton for 28 yds to the AlaAM 27 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Tommy Tuberville — 16-10 over that span.

2014Cincinnati9-4HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

2015Cincinnati7-6HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (99th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (98th percentile). Concern: catch rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#7 / 684 · 99th pct

21.6

Explosive rate#15 / 684 · 98th pct

25.9%

TD rate#43 / 684 · 93rd pct

11.1%

EPA / target#224 / 684 · 67th pct

0.59

Catch rate#600 / 684 · 12th pct

55.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#2 / 521 · 100th pct

27.1

Long catch#29 / 521 · 94th pct

Rec TDs#102 / 521 · 76th pct

Rec yards#243 / 521 · 53rd pct

461

Receptions#426 / 521 · 17th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

55th → 67th percentile

Explosive rate

95th → 98th percentile

Catch rate

22nd → 12th percentile

TD rate

77th → 93rd percentile

Yards / catch

86th → 99th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.5	81.2	31.2	1.2
Road3g	2.3	45.3	19.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	48.0	18.6	0.5
Weeks 8+3g	2.3	89.7	36.7	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Tommy Tuberville

Pass share

52.0%

547 pass / 505 run

Plays / game

80.9

13 games

Team sack rate

4.4%

592 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

17 catches in 7 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

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