Player Dossier

2017-2020

North Texas

Evan Johnson

RB • 5'6" • 175 lbs • Loranger, LA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Evan Johnson leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

5

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

14

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · North Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Lamar

Player Story

Evan Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Loranger, LA wearing No. 7, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Evan Johnson's career was his backfield work: 340...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7793

Loranger · Loranger, LA

Committed To
North Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Evan Johnson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · North Texas. Evan Johnson leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.5 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
423
Rushing yards
340
Receiving yards
83
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Evan Johnson quick answers

Latest team and position
North Texas · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
423
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · North Texas
Top game
Lamar
Recruit profile
2-star · Loranger · North Texas
High school pipeline
Loranger · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2020 Scrimmage yards rank
17 scrimmage yards · RB 531st (top 90%) · Conference USA 194th (top 87%) · National 1,859th (top 83%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 PostseasonNorth Texas13572631051
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1322821315551
2018 PostseasonNorth Texas6990041.3
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Texas6925537041.3
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Texas420200024.8
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Texas217170024.3

Related Context

Evan Johnson played RB for North Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Evan Johnson recorded 340 rushing yards, 83 receiving yards, and 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with North Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

North Texas paired 285 primary output with 54.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 29.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston Christian

Win with 17 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · North Texas

Games

2

Scrimmage Yards / G

8.5

Efficiency

29.5

Usage

4.1

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Houston Christian

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Houston Christian: 17. SMU: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins17 · Games = 1 · +17 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -17 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Houston Christian

Best efficiency game

29.5 vs Houston Christian

Result
Sat 9/19vs SMUL 35-65
Sat 9/5vs Houston ChristianW 57-316172.8002.8

Player Story

Evan Johnson story

Evan Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Loranger, LA wearing No. 7, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Evan Johnson's career was his backfield work: 340 rushing yards, 65 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 83 receiving yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with North Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 83 receiving yards, 12 tackles, and 506 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Texas.

The arc is straightforward: Evan Johnson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    North Texas

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720172018201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonNorth Texas28554.35.9
2017 Regular SeasonNorth Texas28554.35.90
2018 PostseasonNorth Texas10156.34.2-184
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Texas10156.34.20
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Texas2049.52.1-81
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Texas1729.54.1-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Lamar

Week 1 · W 59-14

Win with 98 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

98

Scrimmage Yards

76.1 takeover

98 scrimmage yards and 18.2 usage.

#2

vs Rice

Week 9 · W 41-17 · Conference game

30

Scrimmage Yards

71 takeover

Win with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

30 scrimmage yards and 4.5 usage.

#3

vs Incarnate Word

Week 2 · W 58-16

28

Scrimmage Yards

57.4 takeover

Win with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

28 scrimmage yards and 3.5 usage.

#4

vs Troy

Week 1 · L 30-50 · Postseason

57

Scrimmage Yards

53.7 takeover

Loss with 57 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

57 scrimmage yards and 18.2 usage.

#5

vs SMU

Week 1 · W 46-23

24

Scrimmage Yards

52.1 takeover

Win with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

24 scrimmage yards and 3.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · North Texas

285 primary output · 54.3 efficiency · 5.9 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · North Texas

51

285 primary · 54.3 efficiency · 5.9 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · North Texas

41.3

101 primary · 56.3 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games