Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 25 | — |
| Target share | 12.8% | 418th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 64.0% | 280th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 56.0% | 125th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 9.3 | 153rd / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 12.0% | 237th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 36.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 3 | — |
Charting
Where Johnson's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted28 targets charted
2025 charting · Mississippi State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Johnson’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted3 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Utah#8 · 8-0 | 8 | 61% | 17 | 248 | 1 | 12.8% |
| 2025 |  Mississippi State#71 · 5-8 | 4 | 7% | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | Mississippi State#92 · 2-10 | 1 | 5% | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.8% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ricky Johnson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ricky Johnson's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Idaho | W 66–14 | 5.6 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 |  Arkansas | W 43–10 | 5.1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| 3 |  Utah State | W 33–0 | 6.4 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | @ Iowa State | W 31–17 | 5.2 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 |  Kansas | W 41–24 | 8.3 | 5 | 104 | 20.8 | 1 | 45 |
| 7 | @ Colorado | W 27–24 | 5.7 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 |  Houston | W 21–13 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 9 | @ Cincinnati | W 49–25 | 5.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 5.9 | 17 | 248 | 14.6 | 1 | 45 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 17 | 405th / 2089 |
| Yards | 248 | 349th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 14.6 | 115th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 45 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Idaho | ✓ WR | 75 | ~51 (34–62) | 5 | 68% |
| Wk 2 · Arkansas | ✓ WR | 62 | ~28 (9–38) | 1 | 45% |
| Wk 3 · Utah State | ✓ WR | 74 | ~42 (28–51) | 5 | 57% |
| Wk 4 · Iowa State | ✓ WR | 60 | ~46 (30–56) | 3 | 77% |
| Wk 6 · Kansas | ✓ WR | 78 | ~57 (37–69) | 5 | 73% |
| Wk 7 · Colorado | — | 80 | ~54 (35–66) | 5 | 68% |
| Wk 8 · Houston | ✓ WR | 61 | ~16 (5–22) | 1 | 26% |
| Wk 9 · Cincinnati | — | 73 | ~49 (32–60) | 3 | 67% |
| Season | 6 GS | 563 | 343 (288–400) | 28 | 61% |
Position Room
13 WRs on the Utah roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Braden Pegan | WR | SR | 39 | 505 | 6 | 24% | +0.52 |
| Creed Whittemore | WR | 21 | 347 | 0 | 13% | +0.64 | ||
| 11 | Ricky Johnson | WR | SO | 17 | 248 | 1 | 11% | +0.45 |
| 12 | Larry Simmons | WR | SR | 8 | 120 | 0 | 6% | +0.68 |
| 8 | Mana Carvalho | WR | SO | 2 | 38 | 0 | 6% | -0.74 |
| 0 | Kyri Shoels | WR | SR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3% | -0.63 |
| 18 | Tobias Merriweather | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Matt Clark | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Peyton Rice | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Junior Coughlin | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Bryson Baker | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Max Ausmus | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daidren Zipperer | WR | — | — | — | 3% | -3.88 |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Utah depth chart →