{"id":44147,"date":"2019-03-25T18:39:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T22:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=44147"},"modified":"2019-03-26T22:46:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T02:46:21","slug":"jetnation-sleeper-prospect-preview-toledo-wr-diontae-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2019\/03\/25\/jetnation-sleeper-prospect-preview-toledo-wr-diontae-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"JetNation &#8220;Sleeper&#8221; Prospect Preview: Toledo WR Diontae Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the NFL draft gets under way in just under a month in Nashville, Tennessee, Jets fans will be well versed in all of the big names on the board when the Jets are on the clock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, as we know, teams look to hit on late-round prospects or undrafted free agents to get the most &#8220;bang for their buck&#8221; on the 53-man roster, so we&#8217;re going to take a look at a few sleeper prospects as the draft approaches.&nbsp; First up is Toledo wide receiver Diontae Johnson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:&nbsp;<\/strong>Diontae Johnson<\/p>\n<p><strong>College:&nbsp;<\/strong>Toledo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:&nbsp;<\/strong>Wide Receiver<\/p>\n<p><strong>Height\/Weight: <\/strong>5&#8242; 10&#8221; 183<\/p>\n<p><strong>Combine Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"410\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">40<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">Bench<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">Vert<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">Broad<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">3-cone<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">20-yd shuttle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.53<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>33.5&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>123<\/td>\n<td>7.09<\/td>\n<td>4.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 Stats:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"730\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">G<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">Rec<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">Yds<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">Avg<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">TD<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">KR<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">KR Avg<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">KR TD<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">PR&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">PR Avg<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">PR TD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>761<\/td>\n<td>15.5<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>25.8<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>18.5<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strengths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johnson had an extremely productive college career, pulling down 135 passes for 2,235 yards (16.6 YPC) to go along with 23 touchdowns through the air.&nbsp; The receiver showed the ability to play on the outside or in the slot during his time in Toledo.&nbsp; Lacks elite speed but can make defenders miss.&nbsp; He had a penchant for making big plays as he had touchdowns as both a kick and punt returner.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToledoFB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ToledoFB<\/a> WR Diontae Johnson didn&#39;t just get it done against smaller schools.  Against Miami in 2018, he hauled in 6 passes for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns.  Could be a late-round steal as a WR\/KR\/PR. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p4shJ0kkVJ\">pic.twitter.com\/p4shJ0kkVJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glenn Naughton (@JNRadio_Glenn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JNRadio_Glenn\/status\/1110293846775250946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can get away from defenders at the snap but lacks the long speed to make them pay deep down the field.&nbsp;&nbsp;Looks good in and out of his cuts but will need to improve at the next level.&nbsp; May need to add some bulk as a pro without losing agility.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scheme Fit:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adam Gase would surely be able to find a role for a receiver who can play inside and outside and takes care of the football once it pulls it in (zero fumbles in three collegiate seasons).&nbsp; The type of player who can spend some time developing on special teams with an eventual role as a multi-purpose receiver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the NFL draft gets under way in just under a month in Nashville, Tennessee, Jets fans will be well versed in all of the big names on the board when the Jets are on the clock.&nbsp; However, as we know, teams look to hit on late-round prospects or undrafted free agents to get the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":44148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,3061],"tags":[3060],"class_list":{"0":"post-44147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"category-prospect-player-profiles","9":"tag-diontae-johnson"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Diantae-Johnson-Toledo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-bu3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44147"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44156,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44147\/revisions\/44156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}