Usage / Role
71%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020UL Monroe
Josh Johnson
RB • 5'9" • 208 lbs • Opelika, AL, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Josh Johnson leans workhorse runner traits and 43.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
99
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UL Monroe
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UL Monroe
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Player Story
Josh Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Opelika, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with UL Monroe. The clearest part of Josh Johnson's career was his backfield work: 1,685...
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- Committed To
- UL Monroe
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Josh Johnson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UL Monroe. Josh Johnson leans workhorse runner traits and 43.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,868
- Rushing yards
- 1,685
- Receiving yards
- 183
- Touchdowns
- 17
Quick Answers
Josh Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UL Monroe · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,868
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · UL Monroe
- Top game
- Georgia State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Opelika · UL Monroe
- High school pipeline
- Opelika · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2020 Scrimmage yards rank
- 382 scrimmage yards · RB 182nd (top 31%) · Sun Belt 46th (top 23%) · National 403rd (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 6 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 30.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 12 | 1,420 | 1,298 | 122 | 11 | 82.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 8 | 382 | 321 | 61 | 5 | 58.6 |
Related Context
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Josh Johnson played RB for UL Monroe. Across 4 tracked seasons, Josh Johnson recorded 1,685 rushing yards, 183 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UL Monroe.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
UL Monroe paired 1,420 primary output with 65.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 65.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · UL Monroe
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
118.3
Efficiency
65.7
Usage
30.5
Consistency
75.8
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 173. Florida State: 129. Iowa State: 87. South Alabama: 93. Memphis: 132. Texas State: 114. App State: 77. Arkansas State: 83. Georgia State: 176. Georgia Southern: 65. Coastal Carolina: 130. Louisiana: 161
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Grambling: 10 by 100. Florida State: 27 by 50.2. Iowa State: 14 by 64.7. South Alabama: 15 by 64.6. Memphis: 21 by 65.3. Texas State: 22 by 54. App State: 13 by 61.7. Arkansas State: 22 by 36.6. Georgia State: 21 by 84.9. Georgia Southern: 14 by 41.7. Coastal Carolina: 20 by 69.5. Louisiana: 15 by 94.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins137.2 · Games = 5 · +32.3 vs Losses
Losses104.9 · Games = 7 · -32.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Grambling
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ Louisiana100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 30-31 | 13 | 109 | 8.40 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 10.7 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Coastal Carolina100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 45-42 | 19 | 129 | 6.80 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Georgia Southern | L 29-51 | 12 | 43 | 3.60 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4.6 |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Georgia State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 45-31 | 20 | 168 | 8.40 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.4 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Arkansas State | L 41-48 | 18 | 60 | 3.30 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ App State | L 7-52 | 13 | 77 | 5.90 | 0 | — | — | 5.9 |
| Fri 10/11 | @ Texas State100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 24-14 | 22 | 114 | 5.20 | 2 | — | — | 5.2 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Memphis100 rush yards | L 33-52 | 19 | 119 | 6.30 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.3 |
| Sat 9/28 | vs South Alabama | W 30-17 | 15 | 93 | 6.20 | 0 | — | — | 6.2 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Iowa State | L 20-72 | 14 | 87 | 6.20 | 1 | — | — | 6.2 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Florida State100 rush yards | L 44-45 | 26 | 126 | 4.80 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.8 |
| Sun 9/1 | vs Grambling100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 31-9 | 10 | 173 | 17.30 | 2 | — | — | 17.3 |
Player Story
Josh Johnson story
Josh Johnson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Opelika, AL wearing No. 8, spending time with UL Monroe. The clearest part of Josh Johnson's career was his backfield work: 1,685 rushing yards, 307 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 183 receiving yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with UL Monroe. 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 183 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UL Monroe.
The arc is straightforward: Josh 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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UL Monroe
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 66 | 35.6 | 5.4 | 66 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 1,420 | 65.7 | 30.5 | 1,354 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UL Monroe | 382 | 43.8 | 29.2 | -1,038 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia State
Week 11 · W 45-31 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
176
Scrimmage Yards
90.2 takeover
176 scrimmage yards and 30 usage.
#2
@ Louisiana
Week 14 · L 30-31 · Conference game
161
Scrimmage Yards
86.3 takeover
Loss with 161 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
161 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.
#3
vs Grambling
Week 1 · W 31-9
173
Scrimmage Yards
82.2 takeover
Win with 173 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
173 scrimmage yards and 16.9 usage.
#4
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 13 · W 45-42 · Conference game
130
Scrimmage Yards
81.1 takeover
Win with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
130 scrimmage yards and 36.4 usage.
#5
@ Liberty
Week 6 · L 7-40
62
Scrimmage Yards
78.1 takeover
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 35.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · UL Monroe
1,420 primary output · 65.7 efficiency · 30.5 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · UL Monroe
58.6
382 primary · 43.8 efficiency · 29.2 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · UL Monroe
30.3
66 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
7
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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