
Receiver, Minnesota, 2016–19
Tyler Johnson
- Number
- No. 6
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Class (2019)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Minneapolis, MN
- Born
- Aug 25, 1998, in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Tyler Johnson played receiver at Minnesota (2016–19). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Johnson in round 5, No. 161 overall in the 2020 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
12catches, career highvs. Auburn, 2019204receiving yards, career highvs. Auburn, 20193receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Georgia Southern, 2019Honors
Receiving
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Minnesota | 6 | WR | Fr. | ||
| 2017 | Minnesota | 6 | WR | So. | ||
| 2018 | Minnesota | 6 | WR | Jr. | ||
| 2019 | Minnesota | 6 | WR | Sr. | 6′2″ | 205 |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Minnesota | 17 | 0.45 | – | – | 7.6 | – |
| 2017 | Minnesota | 65 | 0.81 | 85th (n=507) | 0.52 | 52.7 | 10% |
| 2018 | Minnesota | 121 | 0.73 | 77th (n=497) | 0.53 | 88.0 | 14% |
| 2019 | Minnesota | 114 | 0.92 | 92nd (n=499) | 0.54 | 104.7 | 13% |
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
2019 Minnesota 13 games, 86 catches, 1,318 yards, 13 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | W 28–21 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 7 | at | W 38–35 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 34 | −1 |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 35–32 | 10 | 140 | 3 | 73 | – |
| Sep 28 | at | W 38–31 | 8 | 73 | 1 | 29 | – |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 40–17 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 20 | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 34–7 | 5 | 109 | 0 | 45 | – |
| Oct 19 | at | W 42–7 | 6 | 130 | 1 | 56 | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 52–10 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 16 | – |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 31–26 | 7 | 104 | 1 | 38 | – |
| Nov 16 | at | L 19–23 | 9 | 170 | 1 | 38 | – |
| Nov 23 | at | W 38–22 | 7 | 125 | 1 | 26 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | L 17–38 | 8 | 89 | 1 | 18 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 31–24 | 12 | 204 | 2 | 73 | – |
2018 Minnesota 13 games, 78 catches, 1,169 yards, 12 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 48–10 | 5 | 100 | 2 | 33 | – |
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 21–14 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. | W 26–3 | 9 | 133 | 3 | 28 | – |
| Sep 22 | at | L 13–42 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Oct 6 | vs. | L 31–48 | 6 | 107 | 1 | 52 | – |
| Oct 13 | at | L 14–30 | 8 | 119 | 0 | 29 | – |
| Oct 20 | at | L 28–53 | 11 | 184 | 0 | 28 | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 38–31 | 5 | 102 | 2 | 52 | – |
| Nov 3 | at | L 31–55 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 31 | – |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 41–10 | 5 | 73 | 1 | 35 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. | L 14–24 | 8 | 88 | 1 | 23 | – |
| Nov 24 | at | W 37–15 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 28 | – |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. | W 34–10 | 4 | 57 | 2 | 30 | – |
2017 Minnesota 10 games, 35 catches, 677 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 17–7 | 6 | 141 | 1 | 61 | – |
| Sep 9 | at | W 48–14 | 4 | 127 | 1 | 67 | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 34–3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Sep 30 | vs. | L 24–31 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Oct 7 | at | L 17–31 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 12 | – |
| Oct 14 | vs. | L 27–30 | 8 | 106 | 3 | 28 | – |
| Oct 21 | vs. | W 24–17 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 19 | – |
| Oct 28 | at | L 10–17 | 4 | 92 | 0 | 63 | – |
| Nov 4 | at | L 10–33 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | – |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 54–21 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 23 | – |
2016 Minnesota 7 games, 14 catches, 141 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 30–23 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 58–28 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 13 | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 31–24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Oct 1 | at | L 26–29 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Oct 22 | vs. | W 34–32 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | – |
| Oct 29 | at | W 40–17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Nov 12 | at | L 17–24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2020 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅜″ |
| Weight | 206 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9″ |
| Wingspan | 75″W |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 47 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 12 | 169 | 2 |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 36 | 360 | 0 |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 26 | 291 | 1 |
| 2025 | New York Jets | 9 | 12 | 197 | 1 |
| NFL career | 47 | 88 | 1,025 | 5 | |
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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