EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 13 | — |
| Target share | 10.4% | — |
| Catch rate | 53.8% | — |
| Success rate per target | 30.8% | — |
| Yards per target | 5.0 | — |
| Explosive catches | 7.7% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 7.7% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 4 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Where Johnson's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Johnson’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
2 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | Tulane#82 · 3-3 | 6 | 53% | 7 | 65 | 0 | 10.4% |
| 2025 | Old Dominion#32 · 10-3 | 7 | 30% | 10 | 99 | 1 | 8.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Dawson Johnson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Dawson Johnson's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | @ | L 3–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 | W 28–24 | 3.7 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | @ | L 20–31 | 5.1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | W 24–21 | 6.6 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 29 | |
| 6 | @ | L 17–20 | 6.0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | W 31–17 | — | no stats recorded | |||||
| 2026 · 4 games | 5.3 | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 0 | 29 | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 7 | 787th / 1994 |
| Yards | 65 | 899th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 9.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 29 | — |
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Duke | ✓ TE | 54 | · | · | — |
| Wk 2 · South Alabama | — | 51 | ~24 (11–34) | 2 | 47% |
| Wk 3 · Kansas State | ✓ TE | 59 | ~33 (15–47) | 3 | 56% |
| Wk 4 · Southern Miss | ✓ TE | 77 | ~55 (47–66) | 3 | 71% |
| Wk 6 · Army | ✓ TE | 51 | ~37 (17–51) | 4 | 73% |
| Wk 7 · Memphis | ✓ TE | 60 | ~36 (17–51) | 1 | 60% |
| Season | 5 GS | 352 | 185 (128–249) | 13 | 53% |
9 TEs on the Tulane roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Dawson Johnson | TE | SO | 7 | 65 | 0 | 10% | -0.12 |
| Ty Thompson | TE | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8% | -0.38 | ||
| 80 | Vance Bolyard | TE | JR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3% | -0.48 |
| 87 | Cameron Roberts | TE | FR | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4% | +0.60 |
| 22 | Jakson Judge | TE | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Evan Mickow | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Gabe Lovorn | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Colby Simpson | TE | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | DJ Cicero | TE | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Tulane depth chart →