Keyshawn Johnson, 2006
Photo: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, USC, 1994–⁠95

Keyshawn Johnson

Lettered 1994–⁠95 (school media guide)

Born
Jul 22, 1972, in Los Angeles, California

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Keyshawn Johnson played receiver at USC (1994–⁠95). He finished seventh in the 1995 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1995. The New York Jets took Johnson first overall in the 1996 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1995
Paul Warfield Trophy, Consensus All-American and 2 more
Heisman vote
7th
In the 1995 vote
Drafted
No. 1
Overall, 1996 NFL Draft (New York Jets)

Honors

Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 1995

All-America: consensus 1995; AP third team 1994

Regional honors: Pop Warner Trophy 1995

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonReceiving
RecYdsTD
1994661,3629
19951021,4347
Career1682,79616

From the college statistics table in Johnson’s Wikipedia article (Keyshawn Johnson, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 1996
Height6′3¼″
Weight220 lb
Arm length33½″
Hand size10⅞″
Vertical jump31½″
20-yard shuttle4.25 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 3 (1998–⁠99, 2001)

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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