Diontae Johnson Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Diontae Johnson
WR
, Pittsburgh Steelers

Age: 25
Weight: 181 lbs
Height: 5' 11"

ADP: 56
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
134	923	7	88	15

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Johnson finished No. 22 last year in half-PPR (behind both JuJu Smith-Schuster and Chase Claypool), though he had a couple of injury games that dragged down his overall numbers. In the 12 games that he played at least 30 snaps, he averaged 6.9 receptions for 74 yards and 0.58 touchdowns, or 14.2 PPG, which are top 10 numbers. He saw double-digit targets in 10 of those 12 games. Sure, he had some struggles with drops, but I’m betting that he’ll clean that up and will continue to get open at will.

Latest news

Sources: Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger intends to play in 2021

ESPN

Dec 21, 2020 · 8:55 AM EST

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wants to continue playing next season and, barring a change of heart, intends to fulfill the terms of a contract that has one season remaining on it after this one, league sources tell ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Related players: JuJu Smith-Schuster, Chase Claypool, Diontae Johnson

Fantasy Impact:

According to the story, sources around Roethlisberger believe the two-time Super Bowl champion is having too much fun and likes his team too much to walk away from it after the 2020 season. Who can blame Big Ben, with a young group of emerging receivers Ben could probably play a couple more years as long as the feelings are mutual.

Scouting report

by Bill Riccette

· Jul 18 · 10:28 AM EDT

PIT WR Diontae Johnson - 2021 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside

Despite missing time with injury, Diontae Johnson still led the Steelers in targets with 144. He saw double-digit targets in 10 of the 15 games he played in 2020. He also topped the team with 923 receiving yards. The Steelers showed in 2020 that there is plenty of room to feed three mouths on the outside, but Johnson may have the most upside of the three. You can make the argument he is the one of the three receivers that Ben Roethlisberger trusts the most.

Fantasy Downside

Sharing the field does also cap the ceiling for Johnson, as Chase Claypool and JuJu Smith-Schuster will still get their share. New offensive coordinator Matt Canada may also look to run the ball more as the Steelers look to get out of the basement from last season in the ground game. Johnson also led the league in dropped passes in 2020 with 10.

2021 Bottom Line

If Johnson can clean up his drops, he has a borderline chance to be a top-10 fantasy wide receiver. From our John Paulsen: "In the 12 games that he played at least 30 snaps, he averaged 6.9 receptions for 74 yards and 0.58 touchdowns, or 14.2 PPG, which are top 10 numbers." That seems worth a fifth-round pick.

2021 Strength of Schedule - PIT

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
11 @BUF	22 LV	19 CIN	2 @GB	4 DEN	27 SEA	BYE	25 @CLE	6 CHI	30 DET	10 @LAC	19 @CIN	5 BAL	24 @MIN	28 TEN	7 @KC	25 CLE

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

Game Stats


Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	@NYG	6	57	0	10	9.50	0	0	0	1	0.00	3.7	9.7	55/64	85.9%
2	DEN	8	92	1	13	11.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.2	23.2	54/65	83.1%
3	HOU	0	0	0	2	0.00	1	9	0	0	9.00	0.9	0.9	19/80	23.8%
4	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	PHI	1	-2	0	1	-2.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	-0.2	0.8	6/75	8.0%
6	CLE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	@TEN	9	80	2	15	8.89	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.0	29.0	59/79	74.7%
8	@BAL	1	6	0	3	6.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.6	1.6	41/53	77.4%
9	@DAL	6	77	0	10	12.83	1	4	0	0	4.00	8.1	14.1	59/69	85.5%
10	CIN	6	116	1	11	19.33	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.6	23.6	63/73	86.3%
11	@JAX	12	111	0	16	9.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.1	23.1	60/75	80.0%
12	BAL	8	46	0	13	5.75	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.6	12.6	65/72	90.3%
13	WAS	8	71	1	12	8.88	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.1	21.1	57/71	80.3%
14	@BUF	4	40	0	7	10.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.0	8.0	28/57	49.1%
15	@CIN	8	59	1	13	7.38	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.9	19.9	53/65	81.5%
16	IND	8	74	1	14	9.25	1	2	0	0	2.00	13.6	21.6	56/68	82.4%
17	@CLE	3	96	0	4	32.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.6	12.6	58/67	86.6%
Per game		5.87	61.53	0.47	9.60	10.49	0.20	1.00	0	0.07	5.00	8.92	14.79	48.87/68.87	71.65%
Totals		88	923	7	144	10.49	3	15	0	1	5.00	133.8	221.8	733/1033	71.65%