EUGENE — Juwan Johnson had his best season playing in Joe Moorhead’s offense at Penn State and is eager to see what his former offensive coordinator will do at Oregon.

The former Ducks receiver, who is in St. Petersburg, Fla. this week practicing for Saturday’s (12 p.m. PT, NFL Network) East-West Shrine Bowl, shared his experience playing under Moorhead while at PSU in 2017.

“It was awesome,” Johnson said on The James Crepea Show on Fox Sports Eugene Wednesday. “He really jump started my career. Once he got to Penn State he really believed in me and I was able to make some plays for him early on and able to transpire through there until he left. He was a great guy, he always believed in me and that’s somebody I can always call a great friend and also a great coach.”

Johnson had 54 catches for 701 yards, both career-highs, and one touchdown as a sophomore at PSU. It was a big jump in production from his freshman season, Moorhead’s first at PSU when Johnson had two catches for 70 yards playing behind then-leading receiver Chris Godwin.

“He had belief in me and I think that’s the biggest thing that a player needs out of his coach, is that the coach has belief in him and that’s what coach Moorhead had in me,” Johnson said. “From the very start he had belief in me when I was behind guys like Chris Godwin that the next year when Chris left that I’d be making some plays and have an impact. I had a strong spring for him that first year. He had incredible belief in me and that’s something that I need, especially from a young receiver coming into his first year playing to start.”

Moorhead’s offense is a no-huddle scheme based out of 11 personnel (one back, one tight end). It’s predicated on running first, including with the quarterback on run-pass options (RPOs), in order to get receivers in one-on-one matchups in space.

Johnson said Moorhead’s scheme is similar to what Oregon ran this season and while the run game is important, wideouts will enjoy it as well.

“I remember the year where I had my biggest year, there were about four guys who had 50 catches,” Johnson said. “He’s going to spread the ball around a lot and a lot of players are going to be happy about it. I’m really excited about Oregon’s future man because that year we had 50 touches by (four) guys we had a Fiesta Bowl win. I’m so excited what those guys can do and surely on defense with those guys coming back, it’s going to be interesting to see what Oregon can do this year.”

Listen to the full interview with Johnson below: