Steelers All 90: WR Diontae Johnson

All 90 is a Pittsburgh Steelers Now collection profiling every of the 90 members of the Steelers 2021 offseason roster.

18 • Diontae Johnson, third-year large receiver
5-foot-10, 183 kilos

Acquired: Drafted by the Steelers with the No. 66 general choose within the third spherical of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Final season: Johnson began 13 video games for the Steelers in his second professional season and led the group in receiving yards with 923. Johnson grabbed 88 balls for a ten.5 yards per catch common and scored seven touchdowns, good third on the group.

Whereas productive general, Johnson had some drop points crop up, together with his 13 drops (per Professional Soccer Reference) not solely main the group, however as many as the following two receivers mixed.

Profession: Johnson burst on the scene with a powerful rookie season in 2019, catching 59 passes for 680 yards and 5 touchdowns regardless of a mixed-up quarterback scenario that depressed the Steelers’ passing sport general.

School: A two-year starter and two-time All-MAC choice as large receiver and kicker returner for Toledo, Johnson had a school-record 1,278-yard, 13-touchdown redshirt sophomore season in 2017.

He returned for his redshirt junior yr in 2018 so as to add one other 761 yards and eight scores, plus two return touchdowns.

Camp outlook: Johnson is firmly within the Steelers prime 4 group of large receivers, however how, the place and the way usually new offensive coordinator Matt Canada will deploy that group might be some of the noteworthy storylines of coaching camp.

Johnson spent 86% of his snaps in 2020 as an outdoor receiver, however with presumptive No. 1 JuJu Smith-Schuster saying he needs to play outdoors extra, Johnson might be a candidate to slip into the slot extra usually.

Future: Johnson’s rookie contract runs by way of the tip of the 2022 season, after which, he’ll be an unrestricted free agent.

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