Usage / Role
21%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017South Florida
D'Ernest Johnson
RB • 5'10" • 210 lbs • Immokalee, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
D'Ernest Johnson leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Player Story
D'Ernest Johnson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Immokalee, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of D'Ernest Johnson's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
D'Ernest Johnson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · South Florida. D'Ernest Johnson leans balanced backfield option traits and 43.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,705
- Rushing yards
- 1,796
- Receiving yards
- 909
- Touchdowns
- 32
Quick Answers
D'Ernest Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,705
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · South Florida
- Top game
- Navy
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Leuzinger · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- Leuzinger · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 949 scrimmage yards · RB 71st (top 12%) · American Athletic 18th (top 9%) · National 131st (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | South Florida | 11 | 257 | 150 | 107 | 1 | 35.1 |
| 2015 Postseason | South Florida | 13 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| 2015 Regular Season | South Florida | 13 | 646 | 290 | 356 | 6 | 55 |
| 2016 Postseason | South Florida | 13 | 122 | 27 | 95 | 1 | 63.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Florida | 13 | 714 | 516 | 198 | 14 | 63.6 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Florida | 12 | 76 | 51 | 25 | 0 | 70.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Florida | 12 | 873 | 745 | 128 | 9 | 70.7 |
Related Context
Keep exploring D'Ernest Johnson
D'Ernest Johnson played RB for South Florida. Across 4 tracked seasons, D'Ernest Johnson recorded 63 passing yards, 1,796 rushing yards, and 909 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2017 with South Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
South Florida paired 949 primary output with 43.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 81.8th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · South Florida
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
23.4
Efficiency
39.1
Usage
10.6
Consistency
43.7
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Carolina: 6. Maryland: 4. NC State: 11. UConn: 41. Wisconsin: 7. East Carolina: 18. Tulsa: 43. Cincinnati: 14. Houston: 45. SMU: 52. Memphis: 16
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Carolina: 5 by 12.5. Maryland: 3 by 13.9. NC State: 2 by 57.3. UConn: 10 by 42.7. Wisconsin: 2 by 36.5. East Carolina: 3 by 37.5. Tulsa: 7 by 60. Cincinnati: 4 by 36.5. Houston: 8 by 38. SMU: 8 by 43.3. Memphis: 2 by 52.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins35.5 · Games = 4 · +19.1 vs Losses
Losses16.4 · Games = 7 · -19.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
60 vs Tulsa
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Memphis | L 20-31 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
| Sun 11/16 | @ SMU | W 14-13 | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 6.5 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Houston | L 3-27 | 6 | 14 | 2.30 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 5.6 |
| Fri 10/24 | @ Cincinnati | L 17-34 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Tulsa | W 38-30 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6.1 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs East Carolina | L 17-28 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-27 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs UConn | W 17-14 | 10 | 41 | 4.10 | 0 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs NC State | L 17-49 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | — | — | 5.5 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Maryland | L 17-24 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | — | — | 1.3 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Western Carolina | W 36-31 | 5 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | — | — | 1.2 |
Player Story
D'Ernest Johnson story
D'Ernest Johnson built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a running back from Immokalee, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of D'Ernest Johnson's career was his backfield work: 1,796 rushing yards, 421 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 909 receiving yards across 49 career games in the available record. His career also includes 63 passing yards, 909 receiving yards, and 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives D'Ernest Johnson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
South Florida
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | South Florida | 257 | 39.1 | 10.6 | — |
| 2015 Postseason | South Florida | 663 | 54.8 | 13.3 | 406 |
| 2015 Regular Season | South Florida | 663 | 54.8 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | South Florida | 836 | 55.3 | 17 | 173 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Florida | 836 | 55.3 | 17 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Florida | 949 | 43.6 | 24.7 | 113 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Florida | 949 | 43.6 | 24.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Navy
Week 9 · W 52-45 · Conference game
Win with 121 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
83 takeover
121 scrimmage yards and 31.3 usage.
#2
vs Temple
Week 4 · W 43-7 · Conference game
135
Scrimmage Yards
82.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
135 scrimmage yards and 36.6 usage.
#3
vs Tulsa
Week 12 · W 27-20 · Conference game
122
Scrimmage Yards
80.4 takeover
Win with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
122 scrimmage yards and 32.1 usage.
#4
vs Northern Illinois
Week 2 · W 48-17
120
Scrimmage Yards
77.9 takeover
Win with 120 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
120 scrimmage yards and 26.7 usage.
#5
vs Illinois
Week 3 · W 47-23
138
Scrimmage Yards
77.6 takeover
Win with 138 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
138 scrimmage yards and 22.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · South Florida
949 primary output · 43.6 efficiency · 24.7 usage
70.7
#2
2017 Regular Season · South Florida
70.7
949 primary · 43.6 efficiency · 24.7 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · South Florida
63.6
836 primary · 55.3 efficiency · 17 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
8
2+ TD games
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