Kenny Johnson

Position:
WR
Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Hometown:
York, PA
High School:
Dallastown

2025: Totaled 142 all-purpose yards with 58 receiving yards and 84 on kick returns vs. Central Michigan...has posted at least 80 KR yards in each of Pitt’s first two games — the only FBS player to do so since 2022 — and leads the ACC in kick return yards (162)...in week one, totaled 189 all-purpose yards after posting a 78-yard kickoff return, three punt returns for 64 yards, and four receptions for 47 yards and a touchdown.

2024: Played in all 13 games, starting 12…had 46 catches for 537 yards (11.7 avg.) and three touchdowns…had six rushes for 26 yards (4.3 avg.)…averaged 20.9 yards per kickoff return (22 for 459 yards) and 6.5 per punt return (10 for 65 yards)…his combined 524 kick return yards led the ACC and ranked 13th nationally…posted a career-high 105 receiving yards with a touchdown on seven catches (15.0 avg.) against Kent State…had a career-high eight catches for 81 yards (10.1 avg.) with a TD at SMU…posted career rushing highs with 28 yards on three carries (9.3 avg.) against Toledo in the GameAbove Sports Bowl…also caught a 2-point conversion pass in the third overtime against Toledo.

2023: Played in all 12 games, starting three at wide receiver...also emerged as Pitt's primary kickoff returner, earning Honorable Mention All-ACC as a return specialist...starting assignments came in three consecutive games (Louisville, Wake Forest and Notre Dame)...had 15 catches for 122 yards (8.1 avg.) and a touchdown...also netted 72 yards on 10 rushes (7.2 avg.)...led Pitt with a 23.1-yard kickoff return average (15 returns for 347 yards)...twice had a season-high four catches (Wake Forest and Duke)…had a season-high 49 receiving yards (on two catches) vs. Louisville…first career TD catch was a seven-yarder against Wake Forest…achieved season highs with three rushes for 20 yards (6.7 avg.) against North Carolina…also had a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown—tied for the longest by an FBS player in 2023—against the Tar Heels…it was Pitt's first kickoff return TD since Nov. 20, 2021 (Israel Abanikanda, 98 yards vs. Virginia)…it was the Panthers’ first 100-yard kickoff return TD since Nov. 5, 2016 (Quadree Henderson vs. Miami)…Johnson became the first true freshman with a kick return TD since Quadree Henderson in 2015.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned stature as one of Pennsylvania’s top wide receiver prospects…compiled more than 1,000 all-purpose yards as a senior (800 yards receiving and 250 rushing)…Pennsylvania Football Writers All-Class 6A…first team All-York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) as a wide receiver and return specialist…named MVP of the Big 33 Football Classic, catching nine passes for 161 yards (17.9 avg.), including a 31-yard touchdown with 1:15 to play that gave Pennsylvania a 31-27 win over Maryland…rated one of Pennsylvania’s top 20 overall prospects by Rivals (No. 13), 247Sports (No. 16) and ESPN (No. 18)…also an accomplished basketball player, wrestler and track and field performer…selected the YAIAA Boys Athlete of the Year for 2021-22…played under Coach Levi Murphy.

PERSONAL: Is the son of Terry and Cheryl Johnson…has one sister…enrolled in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.