Diontae Johnson

PRO CAREER

• Has played in 43 games (36 starts) over his three-year NFL career (all with Steelers)
• Has caught 228 passes for 2,593 yards and 18 TDs and rushed 11 times for 99 yards
• Led the NFL in punt-return average (12.4) in 2019, making him the fifth Steeler in franchise history to lead the League and first since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger
• Ranked among the rookie leaders in 2019 in receptions (59, 1st), receiving yards (680, 6th) and TD grabs (5, t-7th)
• Third Steelers rookie in franchise history with 50 or more receptions in a season (Troy Edwards, 61, 1999; JuJu Smith-Schuster, 58, 2017)
• First rookie in franchise history with a punt return for a TD since Santonio Holmes (vs. Carolina on 12/17/06)
• Fourth player in franchise history with a punt return for a TD and TD reception in the same game (Antonio Brown-3; Louis Lipps-2; Roy Jefferson), and first to do so since Antonio Brown (vs. Indianapolis 12/6/15)
• Second rookie in franchise history with a punt return for a TD and TD reception in the same game and first to do so since Louis Lipps (at New Orleans 11/19/84)

PRO CAREER

• Has played in 43 games (36 starts) over his three-year NFL career (all with Steelers)
• Has caught 228 passes for 2,593 yards and 18 TDs and rushed 11 times for 99 yards
• Led the NFL in punt-return average (12.4) in 2019, making him the fifth Steeler in franchise history to lead the League and first since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger
• Ranked among the rookie leaders in 2019 in receptions (59, 1st), receiving yards (680, 6th) and TD grabs (5, t-7th)
• Third Steelers rookie in franchise history with 50 or more receptions in a season (Troy Edwards, 61, 1999; JuJu Smith-Schuster, 58, 2017)
• First rookie in franchise history with a punt return for a TD since Santonio Holmes (vs. Carolina on 12/17/06)
• Fourth player in franchise history with a punt return for a TD and TD reception in the same game (Antonio Brown-3; Louis Lipps-2; Roy Jefferson), and first to do so since Antonio Brown (vs. Indianapolis 12/6/15)
• Second rookie in franchise history with a punt return for a TD and TD reception in the same game and first to do so since Louis Lipps (at New Orleans 11/19/84)

2021 (STEELERS)

• Leading the team through nine weeks in receiving yards (990) and receptions (81)
• Inactive with a knee injury in Week 3 vs Cincinnati
• Recorded three 100-yard receiving games vs Las Vegas, at L.A. Chargers, and vs Baltimore
• Recorded the second multi-TD game of his career and his first of the season in Week 13 (vs Baltimore)

2020 (STEELERS)

• Saw action in 15 regular-season games with 13 starts
• Finished season with 88 receptions for 923 yards and seven TD catches and three rushes for 15 yards
• Caught six passes for 116 yards and one TD and registered first career 100-yard receiving game vs. Cincinnati in Week 10
• Registered a career-high 12 receptions for 111 yards (second most in his career) at Jacksonville in Week 11
• His 12 receptions were the most by a Steelers player since Jaylen Samuels had 13 vs. Indianapolis on Nov. 3, 2019
• First Steelers wideout with back-to-back 100-yard receiving games since JuJu Smith-Schuster in Weeks 11 and 12 of 2018
• Caught six or more passes in five straight games (Week 9-13) for the Steelers
• Fifth Steelers player in the Super Bowl era to record such a streak, joining WR Hines Ward, WR Santonio Holmes, WR Antonio Brown and RB Le'Veon Bell

2019 (STEELERS)

• Saw action in all 16 regular-season games with 12 starts
• Finished his rookie campaign with 59 receptions for 680 yards and five TD catches, four rushes for 41 yards and returned 20 punts on special teams for 248 yards, including an 85-yard TD return
• His 59 catches ranked second in franchise history among rookies and led all rookies in 2019
• His 85-yard punt return for a TD was Pittsburgh's first since Dec. 6, 2015 (Antonio Brown vs IND), and the longest punt return for a TD in franchise history
• Led the NFL in punt-return average (12.4) in 2019

COLLEGE

• Totaled 137 receptions for 2,276 yards and 24 TDs in 38 games played at Toledo
• Ranks fifth in school history in TD receptions
• Returned 79 kickoffs (1,849 yards) for a 23.4 return average and two TDs and 17 punt returns (243 yards) with two return scores
• Garnered MAC Special Teams Player of the Year honors in his last year at Toledo
• First-Team All-MAC selection as a wide receiver and punt returner and Second-Team as a kickoff returner
• Led offense in receptions (43) and receiving yards (663) with seven TD catches, along with a punt return and kickoff return for a TD
• In his junior year, tabbed First-Team All-MAC as a wide receiver and punt returner and second-team as a kickoff returner
• Hauled in 74 catches for a school-record 1,278 yards and 13 TDs, adding 683 kickoff return yards
• Averaged 148.0 all-purpose yards per game, most in the MAC and seventh in the nation
• Redshirted due to injury in his sophomore season
• Saw action as a freshman in 11 games, making 14 receptions for 237 yards and three TDs
• Graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies

PERSONAL

• Played wide receiver and quarterback at Lennard High School (Ruskin, Fla.)
• Caught 35 passes for 1,017 yards and nine TDs as a senior at wide receiver, scoring TDs by kickoff returns (three), punt returns (two) and interception-return (one)
• Threw for 988 yards and seven TDs in his junior campaign
• Threw for 430 yards and three TDs as a sophomore
• Son of Leo Johnson and Felicia Boyer
• Full name: Diontae Lamarcus Johnson