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Top 5 Receiving Performances of the 2016-2017 Bowl Season

By Zach Bigalke

Dec 27, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Baylor Bears wide receiver KD Cannon (9) catches a pass for a 30 yard touchdown as Boise State Broncos cornerback Jonathan Moxey (2) defends during the first half during the Cactus Bowl at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 27, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Baylor Bears wide receiver KD Cannon (9) catches a pass for a 30 yard touchdown as Boise State Broncos cornerback Jonathan Moxey (2) defends during the first half during the Cactus Bowl at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 22, 2016; Boise, ID, USA; Colorado State Rams wide receiver Olabisi Johnson (81) makes a reception against the Idaho Vandals during the first half of the Idaho Potato Bowl at Albersons Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Losness-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 22, 2016; Boise, ID, USA; Colorado State Rams wide receiver Olabisi Johnson (81) makes a reception against the Idaho Vandals during the first half of the Idaho Potato Bowl at Albersons Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Losness-USA TODAY Sports /

The top receiving performance in the 2016-2017 postseason came in the highest-scoring game of the bowl season. It came from one of the most unlikely of sources. Olabisi Johnson had never racked up even 100 yards before in a college game in two seasons for Colorado State. He didn’t place among the top 200 receivers in the country in yards per game, averaging just 29 yards per game in the regular season. Twice this year he was held without a catch.

Johnson saved his biggest game for the end of the year. He finished the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Idaho with seven catches for 265 yards and two touchdowns. On his first catch of the game, Johnson shook off his defender and hauled in Nick Stevens’ pass for an untouched 52-yard touchdown:

His second touchdown catch of the game was a 73-yard strike from Stevens, and all but one of his seven of his catches went for at least 24 yards. All seven either moved the chains to extend Colorado State drives or put points on the board. While the Rams failed to come back against Idaho in a 61-50 thriller on the Smurf Turf in Boise, Johnson put up a breakout performance that sets him up as a receiver to watch in 2017.

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