Receiver, Georgia Southern, 2014–⁠16

B.J. Johnson III

Number
No. 12
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Woodruff, SC

B.J. Johnson III played receiver at Georgia Southern (2014–⁠16).

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Louisiana, 2016129receiving yards, career highvs. Troy, 20162receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Troy, 2016

Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Georgia Southern2331213.6368
2015*Georgia Southern1626016.3036
2016Georgia Southern4260014.3364
Career811,17214.5668

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Georgia Southern12WR
2015Georgia Southern12WR
2016Georgia Southern12WR6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2016Georgia Southern670.7277th (n=489)0.5248.08%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Georgia Southern 11 games, 42 catches, 600 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.Savannah StateW 54–⁠01707–
Sep 10atSouth AlabamaW 24–⁠9363031–
Sep 17vs.UL MonroeW 23–⁠21459029–
Sep 24atWestern MichiganL 31–⁠49330013–
Oct 5atArkansas StateL 26–⁠27468021–
Oct 15atGeorgia TechL 24–⁠35342120–
Oct 22atNew Mexico StateW 22–⁠19231018–
Oct 27vs.App StateL 10–⁠34320019–
Nov 10vs.LouisianaL 26–⁠339127053–
Nov 19atGeorgia StateL 24–⁠30324012–
Dec 3vs.TroyW 28–⁠247129264–
2015 Georgia Southern 9 games, 16 catches, 260 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5atWest VirginiaL 0–⁠44112012–
Sep 12vs.Western MichiganW 43–⁠171707–
Sep 19vs.The CitadelW 48–⁠13221011–
Sep 26atIdahoW 44–⁠20493036−3
Nov 14atTroyW 45–⁠10119019–
Nov 21atGeorgiaL 17–⁠23128028–
Nov 28vs.South AlabamaW 55–⁠171606–
Dec 5vs.Georgia StateL 7–⁠34457020–
Dec 23 ✦vs.Bowling GreenW 58–⁠27117017–
2014 Georgia Southern 11 games, 23 catches, 312 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30atNC StateL 23–⁠2421208–
Sep 13atGeorgia TechL 38–⁠42168168–
Sep 20atSouth AlabamaW 28–⁠6576048–
Sep 25vs.App StateW 34–⁠14442117–
Oct 4atNew Mexico StateW 36–⁠2831807–
Oct 11vs.IdahoW 47–⁠24256134–
Oct 25atGeorgia StateW 69–⁠3112029
Oct 30vs.TroyW 42–⁠10––––20
Nov 8atTexas StateW 28–⁠251505–
Nov 15atNavyL 19–⁠5221009–
Nov 29vs.UL MonroeW 22–⁠16223019–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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