Receiver, UCF (from Auburn), 2019–⁠24

Ja’Varrius Johnson

Number
No. 9
Height
5′10″
Weight
180 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Trussville, AL

Ja’Varrius Johnson played receiver at Auburn (2019–⁠23) and UCF (2024).

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. Penn State, 2022117receiving yards, career highvs. Mercer, 2022

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021Auburn1927414.4244
2022Auburn2649319.0356
2023Auburn1934718.3345
2024UCF10626.2013
Career741,17615.9856

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2021Auburn5570
2022Auburn2110
2023Auburn230
Career9710

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Auburn9WR
2020Auburn9WRRS
2021Auburn9WRFr.
2022Auburn9WRSo.
2023Auburn9WRJr.
2024UCF9WRSr.5′10″180

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
2021Auburn300.7765th (n=410)0.6723.06%
2022Auburn361.2697th (n=683)0.7145.25%
2023Auburn201.76––35.35%
2024UCF150.28––4.2–

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

2024 UCF 8 games, 10 catches, 62 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 7vs.Sam HoustonW 45–⁠141000–
Sep 28vs.ColoradoL 21–⁠4821008–
Oct 5atFloridaL 13–⁠24––––−1
Oct 12vs.CincinnatiL 13–⁠1921408–
Oct 19atIowa StateL 35–⁠38316013–
Oct 26vs.BYUL 24–⁠37––––4
Nov 2vs.ArizonaW 56–⁠1222201317
Nov 9atArizona StateL 31–⁠35––––20
2023 Auburn 8 games, 19 catches, 347 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.MassachusettsW 59–⁠14444033–
Sep 9atCaliforniaW 14–⁠101707–
Sep 16vs.SamfordW 45–⁠13–––––
Oct 28vs.Mississippi StateW 27–⁠13259145–
Nov 4atVanderbiltW 31–⁠15362039–
Nov 11atArkansasW 48–⁠10353127–
Nov 18vs.New Mexico StateL 10–⁠31246030–
Nov 25vs.AlabamaL 24–⁠2747613712
2022 Auburn 11 games, 26 catches, 493 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.MercerW 42–⁠1641170569
Sep 10vs.San José StateW 24–⁠16341024–
Sep 17vs.Penn StateL 12–⁠41673024–
Oct 1vs.LSUL 17–⁠213741534
Oct 8atGeorgiaL 10–⁠42120020–
Oct 15atOle MissL 34–⁠4821006–
Oct 29vs.ArkansasL 27–⁠41364036–
Nov 5atMississippi StateL 33–⁠39129029−1
Nov 12vs.Texas A&MW 13–⁠10116116–
Nov 19vs.Western KentuckyW 41–⁠17129029–
Nov 26atAlabamaL 27–⁠49120120–
2021 Auburn 8 games, 19 catches, 274 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.AkronW 60–⁠10351134–
Sep 18atPenn StateL 20–⁠281303–
Sep 25vs.Georgia StateW 34–⁠24225016–
Oct 16atArkansasW 38–⁠23139139–
Nov 13vs.Mississippi StateL 34–⁠43410204457
Nov 20atSouth CarolinaL 17–⁠21327018–
Nov 27vs.AlabamaL 22–⁠244707–
Dec 28 ✦vs.HoustonL 13–⁠171200202

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

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