CFB Zeitgeist Score
60
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 79th percentile.
Kenny Johnson
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
658 REC YDS · 47 REC · 5 REC TD
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas Tech
2025Pittsburgh
2026Texas Tech
WR · PITTSBURGH · ACC
Kenny Johnson
- 3
- #2
- 6-1 | 205 lb
- York, PA
Heisman Heat
#282
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+439%
Up 439% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Pittsburgh
NFL
NFL Draft
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Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds
#29 in market ▼ from #23 · 5 books
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No recruiting profile is on file for this player. | ||
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pittsburgh -> Texas Tech | 3-star | 0.8600 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Kenny Johnson
Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal
The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.
Cohort divergence map
Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Kenny Johnson
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
Yards per reception
14.0
yds
All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions
National rank #161 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 70th
Why it matters
#161 of 531 All FBS WRs at 14.0 yards per reception (47 catches).
Vs cohort
This player 14.0 (70th)
HIGH · n=47 cohort 531
- Also strong
- Receiving yards (total)#113 / 531
- Receiving TDs#98 / 531
Signature Moment
Week 6 vs Boston College — 115 ypr
Result W 48-7
The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds vs Boston College.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 13g
658Rec yards
47Receptions
5Rec TDs
Per game
50.6Rec yards
4Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
658Rec yards
47Receptions
5Rec TDs
Why the profile pops beyond receiving
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The most interesting thing about Kenny Johnson is that he shows up in multiple game states. He is a receiver first, but the profile also includes designed touches and return-game juice, which means his value is not limited to a conventional route tree.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Target magnet | All-purpose weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
47 88th
YDS
658 89th
YPR
14.0 68th
TD
5 91st
Rushing
CAR
2 53rd
YDS
3 26th
YPC
1.5 23rd
TD
0 81st
Returns
KR YDS
159 72nd
KR AVG
31.8 95th
PR YDS
179 89th
PR AVG
12.8 83rd
RET TD
1 89th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-9vs Duquesne | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Central Michigan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Louisville | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 34 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-7vs Boston College | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 1 | 21 | Season-high 115 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31@ Florida State | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 42 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-13@ Syracuse | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 9 | W 53-34vs NC State | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 1 | 26 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-20@ Stanford | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-37vs Notre Dame | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-28@ Georgia Tech | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 1 | 31 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-38vs Miami | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bowl | L 17-23@ East Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 47 | 658 | 15.3 | 5 | 42 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 47 | 658 | 14.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 46 | 537 | 11.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 15 | 122 | 8.1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 108 | 1,317 | 12.2 | 9 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 3 | 159 | 179 | 1 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 26 | 459 | 65 | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 72 | 347 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 18 | 101 | 965 | 244 | 1 |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 47 | #130/1110 | 88th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 658 | #120/1107 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 5 | #96/1111 | 91st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 14.0 | #350/1106 | 68th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 159 | #67/238 | 72nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 179 | #25/224 | 89th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 14.4% | #267/1137 | 77th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 9 | #182/346 | 48th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 3 | #293/397 | 26th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 2 | #194/407 | 53rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 1.5 | #303/393 | 23rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 42 | #407/1105 | 63rd pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 31.8 | #12/236 | 95th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 14 | #42/237 | 83rd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 12.8 | #38/222 | 83rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 5 | #86/243 | 65th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return TD | 1 | #4/27 | 89th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.4% | #168/1137 | 85th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 9.3% | #148/1137 | 87th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 9.0% | #296/1137 | 74th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 8.2% | #199/1137 | 83rd pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 6.6% | #269/1137 | 76th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 6.5% | #258/1137 | 77th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.6% | #259/1137 | 77th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 2 | #274/302 | 10th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.1 | 53.4 | 12.3 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 47.3 | 19.4 | 0.3 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins8g | 4.5 | 69.4 | 18.6 | 0.6 |
| Losses5g | 2.2 | 20.6 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 42.0 | 18.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 60.7 | 12.4 | 0.5 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
60Solid starter
Concern: fumbles lost (5th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Kenny JohnsonPittsburghGriffin WildeNorthwestern· 85% simJosh CameronBaylor· 84% simElijah SarrattIndiana· 83% sim
Rec yards
Rec TDs
Receptions
Yards / catch
Rush TDs
Long catch
Rush yards
Fumbles lost
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tevailance Hunt’s 2021 season.
Tevailance Hunt
90%match
All-Sun Belt
#2
Emeka Egbuka
All-Big TenNFL Rd 1 · Pk 19
88%
#3
Kobe Hudson
86%
#4
Tim Jones
All-Conference USA
83%
#5
Hudson Clement
85%
Matches Tevailance on
Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
EPA / play (adj)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ryan Flournoy’s path through Southeast Missouri State.
Ryan Flournoy
99%match
NFL Rd 6
#2
Anthony Lowe
98%
#3
Xavier Lane
97%
#4
Ian Duarte
97%
#5
Jeremiah Miller
96%
Matches Ryan on
Yards per reception
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Hudson Clement's junior season at Illinois (2025).
Hudson Clement
86%match
#2
Coy Eakin
83%
#3
Jaron Tibbs
80%
#4
Donovan Faupel
All-Conference USA
78%
#5
Taj Davis
77%
Matches Hudson on
Yards / reception
EPA / play (adj)
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Hudson on
Reception volume (higher)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.3%
464 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coach2023
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
2024
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
2025
Pat Narduzzi
Pittsburgh
Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownYork, PA
Height6'1"
Weight205 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey2
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamPittsburgh
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | WR3 | #282 | #334 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | WR3 | #1882 | #2450 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | ACC | WR | 3 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 205 lb | York, PA |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | ACC | WR | 3 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 205 lb | York, PA |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | ACC | WR | 3 | No. 2 | 6-1 | 205 lb | York, PA |