Diontae Johnson Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Diontae Johnson
WR
, Carolina Panthers

Age: 28
Weight: 183 lbs
Height: 5' 10"

ADP: 82
Depth Chart Ranking: 1

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
102	717	5	51	0

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

The relationship between the Steelers and Diontae Johnson had apparently soured so the team shipped him off to Carolina. He's entering the final year of his contract so we'll see if the Panthers give him a new deal. If not, he’ll be extremely motivated to put up huge numbers. Regardless, he'll be a major upgrade to the team's receiver room and will soak up plenty of targets from Bryce Young, who despite inefficient numbers was able to support Adam Thielen as the fantasy WR11 through 11 weeks last year. Johnson is entering his age-28 season, so we shouldn't be worried about a drop-off just yet–his struggles last season were mostly environmental. He's one of the league's best route-runners and will immediately become Young's top target. Anyone who believes that Young is at least a mediocre NFL quarterback should be all over Johnson at his WR37 ADP.

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Steelers trade WR Diontae Johnson to Panthers

Adam Schefter

Mar 12 · 9:23 PM EDT

The Steelers are sending WR Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers. A new weapon for Bryce Young. Johnson has a $3 million roster bonus due Friday that the Panthers now will pay.

Related Players: George Pickens, Calvin Austin, Dez Fitzpatrick, Adam Thielen, Terrace Marshall, Jonathan Mingo

Fantasy Impact:

This is certainly good news for Bryce Young after the team brought him on board with arguably the worst pass-catching unit in the NFL last year. Johnson should instantly become the focal point of this offense, but the team still desperately needs help at WR, TE, and RB before we get too excited about the Panthers in fantasy.

For the Steelers, this also has them trending in the wrong direction on excitement-level, but it makes George Pickens very intriguing. This puts him in the conversation for a fringe WR2/3, not unlike Courtland Sutton with Russell Wilson the last two seasons.

Scouting report

by Chris Kucharski

· Dec 29, 2023 · 11:45 AM EST

PIT WR Diontae Johnson - Week 17 Fantasy Football Outlook

Week 17 at Seattle Seahawks
Diontae Johnson was held to two receptions for 15 yards last week after being the Steelers' main target the previous four weeks. Johnson is still a target machine most games and with QB Mason Rudolph playing better last week, maybe we can see more involvement for Johnson.

Johnson faces Seattle who are ranked fifth in aFPA to wide receivers. The Steelers offense was good last week, but let's not forget how bad it has been most games.

Start Johnson for Week 17, but only as a WR3 or Flex. Will be tough sledding on the road for Pittsburgh.

2024 Strength of Schedule - CAR

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17	W18
15 @NO	31 LAC	19 @LV	26 CIN	13 @CHI	11 ATL	29 @WAS	5 @DEN	15 NO	21 NYG	BYE	3 KC	27 TB	28 @PHI	7 DAL	8 ARI	27 @TB	11 @ATL

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	0.5 PPR	PPR	Snaps	%
1	SF	3	48	0	6	16.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.8	6.30	7.8	27/63	42.9%
O Injury Details (w2) Status: Out Injury: Hamstring 2	CLE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
O Injury Details (w3) Status: Out Injury: Hamstring 3	@LV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
O Injury Details (w4) Status: Out Injury: Hamstring 4	@HOU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
O Injury Details (w5) Status: Out Injury: Hamstring 5	BAL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Q Injury Details (w6) Status: Questionable Injury: Hamstring 6	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	@LAR	5	79	0	6	15.80	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.9	10.40	12.9	39/59	66.1%
8	JAX	8	85	0	14	10.62	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.5	12.50	16.5	61/67	91.0%
9	TEN	7	90	1	9	12.86	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.0	18.50	22.0	57/65	87.7%
10	GB	1	17	0	4	17.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.7	2.20	2.7	53/65	81.5%
11	@CLE	2	16	0	8	8.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.6	2.60	3.6	50/58	86.2%
12	@CIN	4	50	0	8	12.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.0	7.00	9.0	52/71	73.2%
13	ARI	4	33	1	5	8.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.3	11.30	13.3	44/61	72.1%
14	NE	3	57	1	7	19.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.7	13.20	14.7	48/70	68.6%
15	@IND	4	62	1	6	15.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.2	14.20	16.2	50/58	86.2%
16	CIN	2	15	0	5	7.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.5	2.50	3.5	37/59	62.7%
17	@SEA	4	76	0	4	19.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.6	9.60	11.6	42/72	58.3%
18	@BAL	4	89	1	5	22.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.9	16.90	18.9	30/62	48.4%
Per game			3.92	55.15	0.38	6.69	14.06	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.82	9.78	11.75	45.38/63.85	71.16%
Totals			51	717	5	87	14.06	0	0	0	0	0.00	101.7	127.2	152.7	590/830	71.16%

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