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Delane Hart-Johnson

Position

Wide Receiver

Height

6-4

Weight

210 lbs.

Class

So.

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pa.

Previous School

L.A. Valley College/Martin Luther King HS

New Mexico: Tall wide receiver with great hands who is a dangerous target … became first player in school history with three career catches of 80 yards or more, and he did that in a span of five games … a 2015 Academic All-Mountain West selection … missed the 2015 season with an injury.

2017 (Redshirt Junior Season): Played in all 12 games, and he was third on the team in catches with 15 and he was second in yards with 310 … caught one touchdown … caught a career-high three passes for 77 yards with a long of 47 against Abilene Christian … also had two catches against New Mexico State, Boise State, Fresno State, Texas A&M and San Diego State … had one catch against Air Force, but it was a 49-yard touchdown … had three 40+ yard catches … along with his 49-yard touchdown against Air Force, had a 47-yarder against Abilene Christian and a 44-yard catch against Fresno State.

2016 (Junior Season): Redshirted.

2015 (Sophomore Season): Played in all 13 games with three starts … caught 11 passes for 327 yards and two touchdowns … his 29.7 yards per catch led the team … also had one kickoff return for 18 yards … recorded one special teams tackle … had a pair of catches against Mississippi Valley State and Nevada … became the first player to not only have three 80-yard catches in a career, but he did it in the span of five games … raced 86 yards after getting behind the defense for the fifth-longest completion in school history, scoring his first Lobo touchdown in the process … nearly duplicated the feat the next game against Boise State, catching an 81-yard pass before getting knocked out of bounds at the 1-yard line … caught a 92-yard touchdown pass against Arizona in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, the second-longest in school history the fourth-longest in NCAA bowl history … not only recovered an onside kick from Air Force, but returned it the Falcon 27-yard line, leading to the clinching touchdown in a 47-35 win.

Junior College: Played one season at L.A. Valley College for head coach Juan Navarro … caught 35 passes for 561 yards and four touchdowns … averaged 16 yards per catch … his 35 catches were good for ninth in the Pacific Conference, and his 561 yards were fifth … had L.A. Valley’s opening touchdown of the season on a 4-yard catch against San Diego Mesa … was superb against L.A. Southwest with a career-best six catches for a career-high 106 yards … his only catch against Antelope Valley was a big one, a 71-yard touchdown with 4:48 left to give his team a 30-27 win … finished the season in style with a five-catch, two-touchdown effort against West L.A.

High School: Lettered in football at Martin Luther King High School for head coach Ed Dunn … MLK was the 3A public school champions … as a senior he was named first team all-state, first team all-Southeastern Pennsylvania, and first team all-city … played in three high school all-star games, the Big33, the Chesapeake Bowl and the Pennsylvania East vs. West Game … set the school record with 1,179 receiving yards as a senior.

Personal: His mother is Tiameca Hart … has four brothers James Johnson, Will Parks, Antwain Kitt and Nadir McLeod … birthday is November 17, 1995 … is majoring in liberal arts.