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Johnson drafted with first pick in 6th round by Arizona Cardinals
4/27/2019 4:00:00 PM | Football
FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno State wide receiver KeeSean Johnson was drafted on Saturday with the first pick in the 6th round, No. 174 overall by the Arizona Cardinals, in the 2019 NFL Draft.
"We can be really good," Johnson told reporters about the Cardinals' organization. "We've got Kyler Murray at quarterback. We've got three receivers we drafted, including myself. We're going to all come in and we're going to compete. We're just going to do whatever we can to help the team win more games."
After having a then-Mountain West best 15 straight seasons with a player selected in the NFL Draft following three selections in the 2015 draft, the Bulldogs went a program long three years without a pick until putting one on the board in 2019.
Fresno State is now home to 106 NFL Draft picks in program history.
KeeSean Johnson Profile
Johnson left the program as its all-time leader in both career receptions (275) and career receiving yards (3,463) after being its leading receiver in those categories for three-straight seasons. He concluded his senior campaign as the FBS active career receptions leader and owned the second-most career receiving yards among all active FBS players. Johnson's Fresno State career also wrapped with him catching a pass in 50 consecutive games, which led all FBS players, and set a Fresno State record and Mountain West record for most consecutive games with at least one catch – he caught a pass in 51 of the 52 career games he played in.
As a senior, Johnson recorded the fourth-most receptions in the FBS with 95 and registered the fifth-most receiving yards in the FBS with 1,340. In the Bulldogs' West Division title clinching win against San Diego State, Johnson notched a career-high 10 receptions and one week later against San Jose State he record a career-high 173 receiving yards. Johnson was named a back-to-back All-Mountain West second team selection his junior and senior seasons.
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"We can be really good," Johnson told reporters about the Cardinals' organization. "We've got Kyler Murray at quarterback. We've got three receivers we drafted, including myself. We're going to all come in and we're going to compete. We're just going to do whatever we can to help the team win more games."
After having a then-Mountain West best 15 straight seasons with a player selected in the NFL Draft following three selections in the 2015 draft, the Bulldogs went a program long three years without a pick until putting one on the board in 2019.
Fresno State is now home to 106 NFL Draft picks in program history.
KeeSean Johnson Profile
Johnson left the program as its all-time leader in both career receptions (275) and career receiving yards (3,463) after being its leading receiver in those categories for three-straight seasons. He concluded his senior campaign as the FBS active career receptions leader and owned the second-most career receiving yards among all active FBS players. Johnson's Fresno State career also wrapped with him catching a pass in 50 consecutive games, which led all FBS players, and set a Fresno State record and Mountain West record for most consecutive games with at least one catch – he caught a pass in 51 of the 52 career games he played in.
As a senior, Johnson recorded the fourth-most receptions in the FBS with 95 and registered the fifth-most receiving yards in the FBS with 1,340. In the Bulldogs' West Division title clinching win against San Diego State, Johnson notched a career-high 10 receptions and one week later against San Jose State he record a career-high 173 receiving yards. Johnson was named a back-to-back All-Mountain West second team selection his junior and senior seasons.
Notes:
- Fresno State has now produced 17 wide receiver draft picks – most of any position.
- The Arizona Cardinals have now selected seven Bulldogs in NFL Draft history.
- Johnson is the first Bulldog selected by the Arizona Cardinals since Michael Pittman in 1998.
- Johnson is the first Bulldog selected in an NFL Draft since Cody Wichmann in 2015.
- Johnson was the third wide receiver selected by the Cardinals in the 2019 draft.
- The Cardinals selected quarterback Kyler Murray with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
- The 2019 NFL Draft took place, April 25-27, in Nashville, Tenn.
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