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 | 22 | — |
| Target share | 13.3% | 388th / 522 |
| Catch rate | 63.6% | 290th / 522 |
| Success rate per target | 54.5% | 160th / 522 |
| Yards per target | 7.4 | 316th / 522 |
| Explosive catches | 9.1% | 323rd / 522 |
| Deep-target rate | 13.6% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 3 | — |
| 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 (2 of Johnson’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
4 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 | Mississippi State#44 · 4-2 | 6 | 56% | 16 | 244 | 2 | 13.3% |
| 2025 | Missouri#28 · 8-5 | 9 | 44% | 28 | 340 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | Missouri#28 · 10-3 | 12 | 42% | 25 | 352 | 1 | 7.5% |
| 2023 | Missouri#14 · 11-2 | 11 | 19% | 13 | 383 | 3 | 6.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Marquis Johnson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Marquis 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 | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 | W 62–13 | 8.1 | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 1 | 70 | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 2 | @ | W 38–13 | 4.2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 | @ | W 41–34 | 5.5 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 13 | · | · | · |
| 4 | W 31–24 | 6.9 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 23 | · | · | · | |
| 5 | L 23–56 | 5.5 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 12 | · | · | · | · | · | |
| 7 | @ | L 0–31 | 6.2 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 34 | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 6 games | 6.1 | 16 | 244 | 15.3 | 2 | 70 | 4 | 70 | · | · | · | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 16 | 322nd / 1994 |
| Yards | 244 | 256th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 15.3 | 100th / 461 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 171st / 824 |
| Long | 70 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 4 | — |
| Yards | 70 | — |
| Average | 17.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 34 | — |
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 | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · UL Monroe | — | 79 | ~45 (30–55) | 5 | · | 57% |
| Wk 2 · Minnesota | ✓ WR | 68 | ~23 (7–31) | 3 | · | 34% |
| Wk 3 · South Carolina | — | 60 | ~36 (11–49) | 4 | 2 | 60% |
| Wk 4 · Missouri | — | 78 | ~55 (36–67) | 5 | 1 | 71% |
| Wk 5 · Alabama | — | 70 | ~26 (8–36) | 5 | · | 37% |
| Wk 7 · LSU | ✓ WR | 68 | ~50 (33–61) | 6 | 1 | 74% |
| Season | 2 GS | 423 | 235 (146–285) | 28 | 4 | 56% |
14 WRs on the Mississippi State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Anthony Evans III | WR | SR | 47 | 614 | 5 | 28% | +0.67 |
| 13 | Sanfrisco Magee | WR | SO | 19 | 295 | 5 | 13% | +0.47 |
| 2 | Marquis Johnson | WR | SR | 16 | 244 | 2 | 14% | +0.38 |
| 7 | Zion Ragins | WR | SO | 12 | 188 | 4 | 13% | +0.01 |
| 0 | Gracen Harris | WR | FR | 2 | 21 | 0 | 4% | +0.90 |
| 81 | Zion Crumpton | WR | FR | 2 | 35 | 0 | 5% | +1.44 |
| 12 | Matt Mayfield | WR | JR | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2% | +1.38 |
| 9 | Camden Capehart | WR | FR | — | — | — | 0% | +0.33 |
| 10 | Bull Mitchell | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Jayden Cration | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Junior Henderson | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Jayytee Taylor | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Fisher Southall | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Jessie Primer IV | WR | 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. Mississippi State depth chart →