Rutgers · W 37-21
No catches.
Stonehill · W 36-14 · FCS
No catches.
Eastern Michigan · L 14-38
No catches.
UConn · L 16-35
3 catches, 21 yards
The other 4 games average 30 yards. This one was 9 below.
Dia-Johnson has catches in 5 of Massachusetts’s 8 games: none against Rutgers, Stonehill and Eastern Michigan.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Kezion Dia-Johnson
Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Massachusetts. One game to point at: 79 receiving yards and 10 rushing yards against Buffalo — Week 7, 2026.
140 receiving yards · 13 catches · 0 receiving TD
Play style
Moves the chains on third down.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Against UConn on Oct. 23: 3 catches for 21 yards, 1 of 2 on third and fourth down. In the 6 games drawn here: 13 catches for 140 yards. Massachusetts has thrown to him 16 times in 159 passes.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Massachusetts | 13 | 140 | 10.8 | 0 | 37 |
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 1 | 27 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 19 | 213 | 11.2 | 1 | 37 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Massachusetts | 7 | 29 | 101 | -- |
| 2025 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | 24 | 27 |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 29 | 125 | 27 |
Last game (Wk 8): 21 receiving yards, 3 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-21@ Rutgers | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-10vs Sacred Heart | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-14vs Stonehill | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6@ Sacramento State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-38vs Eastern Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-20vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 7 | L 18-25@ Buffalo | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 0 | 37 | Season-high 79 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 16-35@ UConn | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 13 | 140 | 10.8 | 0 | 37 |
Week 7 · 2026
L 18-25
at Buffalo
5 rec · 79 yds · 10 rush yds (2 car)
With L. Inagawa — 168 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 28.4 · 66 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · E. Phillipson — 33.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
596th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +1 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
168% of team targetsCatch rate
81%13 of 16 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
81% catch rate on 16 targets · 8% of the team's targets.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 25.2 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.4 | 17.0 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 21.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Pass share
44.3%
208 pass / 261 run
Plays / game
58.6
8 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
236 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #416 at the position.
The No. 1,362 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Mid-American as a junior.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Don Brown → Joe Harasymiak. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
