WR
Diontae Johnson
gsis_id 00-0035216
HOU
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2024 weekly average
- Separation
- 2.67 yd
- Cushion
- 5.10 yd
- YAC above expectation
- -0.71
- Avg YAC
- 2.77
- Share of intended air yards
- 37.9%
- Catch rate
- 50.5%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2024 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 1
- Drops
- 3
- Drop rate
- 5.6%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 54.8
- Interceptions on targets
- 5
- Yds after contact (rush)
- 0
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | Rec EPA | Tgt share | WOPR | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 68 | 34 | 387 | 3 | -18.1 | 0.177 | 0.47 | 6 | 91.3 |
| 2023 | 14 | 94 | 55 | 765 | 6 | 25.5 | 0.232 | 0.63 | 0 | 167.5 |
| 2022 | 17 | 147 | 86 | 882 | 0 | -4.8 | 0.275 | 0.65 | 25 | 180.7 |
| 2021 | 17 | 179 | 112 | 1195 | 9 | 22.6 | 0.276 | 0.65 | 53 | 288.8 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 5'10"
- Weight
- 183 lb
- College
- Toledo (Mid-American Conference)
- Draft
- 2019 · Rd 3 · Pk 66 · PIT
- Rookie season
- 2019
- Experience
- 6 yr
- Status
- CUT
Source: nflverse injury report
2024 Wk 16 · Out · Not injury related - personal matter · practice: Did Not Participate In Practice
Source: Highlightly injuries
2024 · Out · HOU
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+position
84 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2024 · WR cohort of 96
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified WR in 2024; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Amari CooperWR · BUF · distance 0.60
- Separation
- 2.60
- Cushion
- 6.03
- YAC over expected
- -0.43
- Share of air yards
- 22.0
- Catch rate
- 51.8
Christian WatsonWR · GB · distance 0.63
- Separation
- 2.38
- Cushion
- 5.26
- YAC over expected
- 0.05
- Share of air yards
- 23.1
- Catch rate
- 54.7
Adonai MitchellWR · IND · distance 0.70
- Separation
- 2.63
- Cushion
- 6.01
- YAC over expected
- -0.39
- Share of air yards
- 15.8
- Catch rate
- 41.8
David MooreWR · CAR · distance 0.75
- Separation
- 2.27
- Cushion
- 5.86
- YAC over expected
- -0.13
- Share of air yards
- 15.8
- Catch rate
- 56.1
Andrei IosivasWR · CIN · distance 0.80
- Separation
- 2.76
- Cushion
- 5.02
- YAC over expected
- 0.29
- Share of air yards
- 14.7
- Catch rate
- 59.0
Diontae Johnson baseline
- Separation
- 2.68
- Cushion
- 5.21
- YAC over expected
- -0.73
- Share of air yards
- 17.6
- Catch rate
- 49.3