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Keagan Johnson

Position

WR

Height

6-0

Weight

185 lbs.

Class

Sr.

EXP

TR

Hometown

Omaha, Neb.

Previous School

Kansas State/Iowa/Bellevue West HS

2024 (Redshirt Junior Season, Kansas State): Played in 11 games with eight starts, tallying 20 receptions for 359 yards and a touchdown … set season-highs at Houston with six catches for 76 yards, which included a touchdown … his six catches were one shy of a career highb… also had 50-yard games at Tulane (51 yards), against Oklahoma State (52 yards) and against Kansas (57 yards) … had four catches at BYU, at Oklahoma State and against Kansas … his season-long reception came against Oklahoma State, for 35 yards.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season, Kansas State): Saw action in 11 games with five starts, totaling 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 24 catches … also rushed eight times for 26 yards … had his best game of the season at Texas, hauling in a career-high seven passes for 70 yards and his first touchdown of the season … also had a touchdown in a win at Kansas … tallied 31 receiving yards on three occasions, including against NC State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl … recorded three catches against Troy, Baylor and N.C. State … tallied a 13-yard rush at Texas Tech … returned a kickoff 19 yards against UCF.

2022 (Sophomore Season, Iowa): Saw time in two games as he missed 10 games due to injury, earning a redshirt … caught two passes for 11 yards against Nevada.

2021 (Freshman Season, Iowa): Played in 13 games with nine starts as a true freshman, hauling in 18 receptions for 352 yards and two touchdowns … had a career-high 92 receiving yards and a touchdown on two receptions during his first-career start against Colorado State … his first-career catch was a 43-yard touchdown, while he also had a career-long reception of 49 yards … set an Iowa career high with five catches at Northwestern, which went for 68 yards … tallied a 27-yard touchdown reception against Minnesota ,,, had two catches against the Gophers, while he also had multi-catch games against Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin … tallied a 12-yard rush at Wisconsin.

High School: Played at Bellevue West under head coach Michael Huffman … rated as an athlete by On3, which placed him No. 19 nationally in the Class of 2021 … viewed as the 22nd-best athlete in the nation by 247Sports, which rated him the second-best overall prospect in the state of Nebraska … earned First Team Super State honors as both a junior and a senior from the Lincoln Journal Star, while he was named one of the top six players in the state of Nebraska prior to the 2020 season by the Omaha World-Herald in addition to being named an all-state performer by the publication … totaled 1,612 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns over three prep seasons, including a 935-yard, 10-touchdown campaign as a senior … also rushed 33 times for 263 yards and nine touchdowns during his career … returned 19 kickoffs for 371 yards (19.5-yard average) and 20 punts for 171 yards (8.6-yard average) over his final three campaigns … named a team captain as a senior … also played baseball.

Personal: Birthday is September 13, 2002 … parents are Clester and Andrea Johnson … father, Clester, played football at Nebraska… majoring in liberal arts and integrative studies.