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Avery Johnson

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Avery Johnson is a Dual-Threat QB for Kansas State. Avery's 2026 season ranks in the 60th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 57 plays — a average rate for the QB.

2026 Usage Outlook · projected share of team plays

47%
projected
band 29%'25 59%65%

Regressed toward the QB mean. Model correlation r≈0.46 on a 2019-2025 walk-forward — volume only; efficiency not projected.

What projects, and what doesn't · QBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.46
    Beats guessing the QB average by 16%. n=2,421 QB seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.05
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=1,965 QB seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.51
    Beats guessing the QB average by 20%. n=1,965 QB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Avery Johnson's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2026 Production

Passing
37/55 Comp/Att391 Pass yards6 Pass TD2 INT67.3% Comp %
Rushing
101 Rush yards1 Rush TD12 Carries8.4 Yards/carry

Air yards

Where the ball goes, and how much of the gain is the throw rather than the run after it.

21
Attempts
13.0y
Avg depth
5.1y
After catch
71%
Catch rate

The ball travels 13.0 yards in the air on an average throw 5.2 yards deeper than the median. Another 5.1 comes after the catch.

Where he throws

attempts · completion rate · yards
deep
2
0% · 0y
1
0% · 0y
1
0% · 0y
short
7
86% · 113y
3
100% · 26y
7
86% · 60y
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Depth and direction come from CFBD’s passing detail, which is backfilled after the games: this covers weeks 1–2 only. Spikes, throwaways and intentional grounding are excluded before any average.

Performance Analysis · 2026 · vs QB peers

  • Efficiency60
  • Volume100
  • Dual-Threat100
  • Consistency50
  • Clutch100
Player type
Dual-Threat QB

A genuine rushing threat who stresses defenses horizontally. Extends plays with legs and forces extra gap assignments.

Rushing threatScrambles for valueStresses defensive structure
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)60th %ile · average
Key findings
  • High-volume role — one of the team's most-used QBs by play share.
  • Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
  • Peak game: 0.78 EPA/play in Wk 1 vs Nicholls.

NIL Market Tier· 2026

On3 valuation ↗
Star

Top-10 nationally. Multiple mid-to-large collective deals expected.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+0.7800.78Wk 1 vs Nicholls: +0.78 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Washington State: +0.18 EPA/play2
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+C/ATTPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDEPA/play
1vsNichollsW71-315/21199302310.78
2vsWashington StateW34-7-3.722/34192327800.18

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
45.3%
Passing plays
90.2%
Rushing plays
14.3%
Standard downs
40.8%
Passing downs
55.6%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.05
Passing downs
1.06
Pass / Rush EPA
0.30 / 0.93

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

Career · rolling EPA, game by game

Per-game EPA5-game avg
+1.03+0.02
EPA per play · 2024 · 13 games

Chart shows per-game EPA (bars) and rolling 5-game average (line). Season breaks marked with dashed lines. Line value = est. points over replacement per game.

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.