Malcolm Johnson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Mississippi State, 2010–⁠14

Malcolm Johnson

Lettered 2011–⁠14 (school media guide)

Number
No. 6
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Tuscaloosa, AL
Born
Aug 11, 1992, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Malcolm Johnson played tight end at Mississippi State (2010–⁠14). The Cleveland Browns took Johnson in round 6, No. 195 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
391
Receiving yards, 2013 (Mississippi State, 7–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 195
Round 6, 2015 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. Alabama, 201384receiving yards, career highvs. Alabama, 2013

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Mississippi State1120618.7337
2012Mississippi State1017117.1227
2013Mississippi State3039113.0260
2014Mississippi State2838013.6330
Career791,14814.51060

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Mississippi State6TE
2011Mississippi State6TE
2012Mississippi State6TE
2013Mississippi State6TE
2014Mississippi State6TE6′2″

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
2013Mississippi State340.5924th (n=341)0.8120.24%
2014Mississippi State400.7987th (n=496)0.5231.54%

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

2014 Mississippi State 12 games, 28 catches, 380 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.Southern MissW 49–⁠0229123
Sep 6vs.UABW 47–⁠341606
Sep 13atSouth AlabamaW 35–⁠3115115
Sep 20atLSUW 34–⁠29125025
Oct 11vs.AuburnW 38–⁠23560015
Oct 25atKentuckyW 45–⁠31221015
Nov 1vs.ArkansasW 17–⁠10242021
Nov 8vs.UT MartinW 45–⁠16330012
Nov 15atAlabamaL 20–⁠25474030
Nov 22vs.VanderbiltW 51–⁠0228119
Nov 29atOle MissL 17–⁠3121409
Dec 31 ✦vs.Georgia TechL 34–⁠49336014
2013 Mississippi State 12 games, 30 catches, 391 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Oklahoma StateL 3–⁠21455035
Sep 7vs.Alcorn StateW 51–⁠7124024
Sep 14atAuburnL 20–⁠241505
Sep 21vs.TroyW 62–⁠71404
Oct 5vs.LSUL 26–⁠59219010
Oct 12vs.Bowling GreenW 21–⁠201505
Oct 24vs.KentuckyW 28–⁠22479160
Nov 2atSouth CarolinaL 16–⁠3431506
Nov 16vs.AlabamaL 7–⁠20684022
Nov 23atArkansasW 24–⁠17351029
Nov 28vs.Ole MissW 17–⁠10337020
Dec 31 ✦vs.RiceW 44–⁠7113113
2012 Mississippi State 6 games, 10 catches, 171 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Oct 13vs.TennesseeW 41–⁠31234125
Oct 27atAlabamaL 7–⁠38113013
Nov 10atLSUL 17–⁠37240024
Nov 17vs.ArkansasW 45–⁠14127027
Nov 24atOle MissL 24–⁠41233017
Jan 1 ✦vs.NorthwesternL 20–⁠34224114
2011 Mississippi State 8 games, 11 catches, 206 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 15vs.LSUL 6–⁠19122022
Oct 8atUABW 21–⁠3120120
Oct 15vs.South CarolinaL 12–⁠14251032
Oct 29atKentuckyW 28–⁠16342115
Nov 5vs.UT MartinW 55–⁠17––––
Nov 12vs.AlabamaL 7–⁠241808
Nov 19atArkansasL 17–⁠44226113
Dec 30 ✦vs.Wake ForestW 23–⁠17137037

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2015
Height6′1⅛″
Weight231 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.76 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′4″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.14 s
20-yard shuttle4.43 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 10 games with a stat; latest team: Green Bay Packers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2015Cleveland Browns54150
2016Cleveland Browns55440
NFL career109590

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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