Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-10vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-24@ Oregon State | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-26vs Houston | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 1 | 35 | Season-high 113 yds |
| Total | 13 | 230 | 18.5 | 1 | 35 |
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Kenny Johnson
Senior wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 200 lb · York, PA · Dallastown
CFB Index 60 · #131 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceTransferred Pittsburgh → Texas Tech for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
230
receiving yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Backed by 9 rec · 115 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% catches game.
The play that turned itSwung Texas Tech from 23% to 56% to win.Houston at Texas Tech · 28-26
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior wide receiver for Texas Tech. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
- Transferred from Pittsburgh to Texas Tech in 2026.
Kenny Johnson
Beats you over the top. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Pat Narduzzi and Joey McGuire. The receipt: 113 rec yds, 4 receptions against Houston — Week 3, 2026.
230 REC YDS · 13 REC · 1 REC TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
5 programs, one constant: he played.
The week the volume broke through — put up 115 yds vs Boston College.Boston College · W 48-72025
20263 games
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Texas Tech
Played his entire career under Joey McGuire.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas Tech
2025Pittsburgh
2026Texas Tech
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas Tech | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 47 | 658 | 14.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 46 | 537 | 11.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 15 | 122 | 8.1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 121 | 1,547 | 12.8 | 10 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas Tech | -- | -- | -- | 36 | -- |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 3 | 159 | 179 | 1 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 26 | 459 | 65 | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 72 | 347 | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 101 | 965 | 280 | 1 |
Game log
Game by game
Kenny Johnson's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 28–26
vs Houston
4 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With W. Hammond — 257 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.5 · 30 rush yds (5 car) · W. Karoll — 58.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 3 · Houston · 3&18 · Q4 · EPA +4.08(10:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete deep left to #2 K.Johnson caught at HOU39, for 27 yards to the HOU37 (#2 J.Mayo), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · Houston · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.58(03:20) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete deep right to #2 K.Johnson caught at HOU36, for 23 yards to the HOU36, out of bounds at HOU36, 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · Houston · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.45(00:50) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete deep right to #2 K.Johnson caught at HOU49, for 28 yards to the HOU49, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.01(03:37) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete short middle to #2 K.Johnson caught at ACU40, for 31 yards to the ACU24 (#0 D.Moore), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · Houston · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97(14:12) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete deep right to #2 K.Johnson caught at HOU00, for 35 yards to the HOU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:08, 1ST DOWN #48 S.Harrington kick attempt good (H: #49 W.Karoll, LS: #89 J.Llewellyn)
- Week 2 · Oregon State · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.94(14:18) Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete short middle to #2 K.Johnson caught at TTU45, for 5 yards to the TTU46 (#4 T.Crandall; #8 S.Vadrawale III), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.52(11:01) Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete short middle to #2 K.Johnson caught at TTU39, for 17 yards to the TTU42 (#59 T.Pome'e; #2 A.Sullivan), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Oregon State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.22(01:37) Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete short left to #2 K.Johnson caught at TTU43, for 7 yards to the TTU46 (#28 B.Thompson), 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 2&14 · Q1 · EPA +0.97(03:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete short right to #2 K.Johnson caught at ACU15, for 14 yards to the ACU08 (#13 G.Brown), 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · Abilene Christian · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +0.85(02:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 W.Hammond pass complete short right to #2 K.Johnson caught at ACU38, for 8 yards to the ACU37 (#16 J.Davis), 1ST DOWN
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +113 receiving yards, +4 catches, +1 receiving TD.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2026Texas Tech3-0HC: Joey McGuire · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
High confidence
Elite: epa / target (97th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (96th percentile). Concern: receptions (23rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Box-score rates (6)
Season trend
Last seasonThis season
EPA / target
79th → 97th percentile
Explosive rate
55th → 96th percentile
Catch rate
20th → 42nd percentile
TD rate
54th → 50th percentile
Yards / catch
76th → 91st 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).
Receiving profile
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
13 of 13 receptions matched to play-by-play
20 of 20 targets charted for true throw depth
Targets
2023% of team targetsCatch rate
65%13 of 20 targetsShort · 0–9 air yds
40% of targets (8)
75%catch rate
Air 5.8 · YAC 1.8 avg
Middle · 10–19 air yds
30% of targets (6)
50%catch rate
Air 14.2 · YAC 8.7 avg
Deep · 20+ air yds
30% of targets (6)
67%catch rate
Air 29.0 · YAC 0.5 avg
65% catch rate on 20 targets · 23% of the team's targets · 67% catch rate on 6 deep targets (20+ air yds).
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 94.5 | 23.6 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 5.0 | 41.0 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 76.7 | 18.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joey McGuire
Pass share
43.7%
90 pass / 116 run
Plays / game
68.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
100 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Deep Threat
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
WR
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Kamrin Solomon’s 2015 season.
Matches Kamrin on
Weight
Yards / reception
Reception volume
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kobe Clark’s path through Abilene Christian.
Kobe Clark
98%match
#2
Joshua Harris
97%
Matches Kobe on
Yards per reception
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Sean Ryan's senior season at West Virginia (2021).
83%match
Matches Sean on
Yards / reception
EPA / play (adj)
Total EPA (college ability)
Differs from Sean on
TD rate (lower)
Reception volume (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Kenny Johnson
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peak #164
Peaked at #164 this season.
Background
CAREER HONORS All-ACC honorable mention selection – WR (2025, Jr.) ACC Receiver of the Week – Oct. 27 (2025, Jr.) Jet Award Watch List (2025, Jr.) Paul Hornung Award Watch List (2025, Jr.) Jet Award Watch List (2024, So.) All-ACC honorable mention selection – KR (2023, Fr.) PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH…
The receiver room · Texas Tech
- #2Kenny Johnson658 receiving yards · 2025
- #3Coy Eakin653 receiving yards · 2025
- #9Donte Lee Jr589 receiving yards · 2025
- #11Malcolm Simmons457 receiving yards · 2025
- #1Micah Hudson112 receiving yards · 2025
9 more on the roster · Texas Tech team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology