Kansas State University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 10
Keagan Johnson
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 193
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Bellevue West
- Prev School:
- Univ. of Iowa
Bio
CAREER: Came to K-State after playing two seasons at Iowa... Spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons in Manhattan, playing in 22 games with 13 starts.
2024: Played in 11 games with eight starts, tallying 20 receptions for 359 yards and a touchdown... Set season highs at Houston with six catches for 76 yards, which included a touchdown... His six catches were one shy of a career high... Also had 50-yard games at Tulane (51 yards), against Oklahoma State (52 yards) and against Kansas (57 yards)... Produced a reception of at least 30 yards in each of those contests.
2023: Saw action in 11 games with five starts, totaling 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 24 catches... Also rushed eight times for 26 yards... Had his best game of the season at Texas, hauling in a career-high seven passes for 70 yards and his first touchdown of the season... Also had a touchdown in K-State’s win at Kansas... Tallied 31 receiving yards on three occasions, including against NC State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl... Carded three catches against Troy, Baylor and NC State... Tallied a 13-yard rush at Texas Tech... Returned a kickoff 19 yards against UCF.
2022 AT UNIV. OF IOWA: Saw time in two games as he missed 10 games due to injury, thus serving as his redshirt season... Caught two passes for 11 yards against Nevada.
2021 AT UNIV. OF IOWA: Played in 13 games with nine starts as a true freshman, hauling in 18 receptions for 352 yards and two touchdowns... Had a career-high 92 receiving yards and a touchdown on two receptions during his first-career start against Colorado State... His first-career catch was a 43-yard touchdown, while he also had a career-long reception of 49 yards... Set a career high with five catches at Northwestern, which went for 68 yards... Tallied a 27-yard touchdown reception against Minnesota... Had two catches against the Gophers, while he also had multi-catch games against Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin... Tallied a 12-yard rush at Wisconsin.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Bellevue West under head coach Michael Huffman... Rated as an athlete by On3, which placed him No. 19 nationally in the Class of 2021... Viewed as the 22nd-best athlete in the nation by 247Sports, which rated him the second-best overall prospect in the state of Nebraska... Earned First Team Super State honors as both a junior and a senior from the Lincoln Journal Star, while he was named one of the top six players in the state of Nebraska prior to the 2020 season by the Omaha World-Herald in addition to being named an all-state performer by the publication... Totaled 1,612 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns over three prep seasons, including a 935-yard, 10-touchdown campaign as a senior... Also rushed 33 times for 263 yards and nine touchdowns during his career... Returned 19 kickoffs for 371 yards (19.5-yard average) and 20 punts for 171 yards (8.6-yard average) over his final three campaigns... Named a team captain as a senior... Also played baseball.
PERSONAL: Keagan Johnson was born September 13, 2002, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin... Son of Clester and Andrea Johnson... Father, Clester, played football at Nebraska... Majoring in communication studies.
2024: Played in 11 games with eight starts, tallying 20 receptions for 359 yards and a touchdown... Set season highs at Houston with six catches for 76 yards, which included a touchdown... His six catches were one shy of a career high... Also had 50-yard games at Tulane (51 yards), against Oklahoma State (52 yards) and against Kansas (57 yards)... Produced a reception of at least 30 yards in each of those contests.
2023: Saw action in 11 games with five starts, totaling 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 24 catches... Also rushed eight times for 26 yards... Had his best game of the season at Texas, hauling in a career-high seven passes for 70 yards and his first touchdown of the season... Also had a touchdown in K-State’s win at Kansas... Tallied 31 receiving yards on three occasions, including against NC State in the Pop-Tarts Bowl... Carded three catches against Troy, Baylor and NC State... Tallied a 13-yard rush at Texas Tech... Returned a kickoff 19 yards against UCF.
2022 AT UNIV. OF IOWA: Saw time in two games as he missed 10 games due to injury, thus serving as his redshirt season... Caught two passes for 11 yards against Nevada.
2021 AT UNIV. OF IOWA: Played in 13 games with nine starts as a true freshman, hauling in 18 receptions for 352 yards and two touchdowns... Had a career-high 92 receiving yards and a touchdown on two receptions during his first-career start against Colorado State... His first-career catch was a 43-yard touchdown, while he also had a career-long reception of 49 yards... Set a career high with five catches at Northwestern, which went for 68 yards... Tallied a 27-yard touchdown reception against Minnesota... Had two catches against the Gophers, while he also had multi-catch games against Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin... Tallied a 12-yard rush at Wisconsin.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Bellevue West under head coach Michael Huffman... Rated as an athlete by On3, which placed him No. 19 nationally in the Class of 2021... Viewed as the 22nd-best athlete in the nation by 247Sports, which rated him the second-best overall prospect in the state of Nebraska... Earned First Team Super State honors as both a junior and a senior from the Lincoln Journal Star, while he was named one of the top six players in the state of Nebraska prior to the 2020 season by the Omaha World-Herald in addition to being named an all-state performer by the publication... Totaled 1,612 receiving yards and 18 touchdowns over three prep seasons, including a 935-yard, 10-touchdown campaign as a senior... Also rushed 33 times for 263 yards and nine touchdowns during his career... Returned 19 kickoffs for 371 yards (19.5-yard average) and 20 punts for 171 yards (8.6-yard average) over his final three campaigns... Named a team captain as a senior... Also played baseball.
PERSONAL: Keagan Johnson was born September 13, 2002, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin... Son of Clester and Andrea Johnson... Father, Clester, played football at Nebraska... Majoring in communication studies.
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