Diontae Johnson

Experience: 3 years

Height: 5-10

Age: 25

Weight: 183 lbs

College: Toledo

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WK	OPP	RESULT	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
6	Seahawks	W 23 - 20	9	71	7.9	23	0	1	25	25	25	0
5	Broncos	W 27 - 19	2	72	36	50	1
4	@Packers	L 17 - 27	9	92	10.2	45	1
3	Bengals	L 10 - 24
2	Raiders	L 17 - 26	9	105	11.7	41	0
1	@Bills	W 23 - 16	5	36	7.2	14	1

SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	FUM	LOST
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	12	59	680	11.5	45	5	4	41	10.3	17	5	2
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	13	88	923	10.5	47	7	3	15	5	9	2	1
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	5	5	34	376	11.1	50	3	1	25	25	25
TOTAL		36	30	181	1979	11.03	50	15	8	81	10.12	25	7	3

PRO CAREER

Has played in 31 games (25 starts) over his two-year NFL career (all with Steelers)
Has caught 147 passes for 1,603 yards and 12 TDs
Led the NFL in punt-return average (12.4) in 2019
Fifth player 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 31 games (25 starts) over his two-year NFL career (all with Steelers)
Has caught 147 passes for 1,603 yards and 12 TDs
Led the NFL in punt-return average (12.4) in 2019
Fifth player 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)

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

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