Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023West Virginia
Justin Johnson Jr.
RB • 5'11" • 203 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Justin Johnson Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Justin Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 26, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Justin Johnson Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- West Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Justin Johnson Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · West Virginia. Justin Johnson Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 729
- Rushing yards
- 670
- Receiving yards
- 59
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Justin Johnson Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 729
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · West Virginia
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Edwardsville · West Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Edwardsville · 10 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Junior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 154 scrimmage yards · RB 396th (top 57%) · Big 12 135th (top 47%) · National 1,215th (top 46%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | West Virginia | 4 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 4 | 64 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 12 | 476 | 430 | 46 | 4 | 64.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 7 | 154 | 150 | 4 | 1 | 31.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | West Virginia to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 18 | Dec 10, 2023 |
Justin Johnson Jr. played RB for West Virginia. Across 3 tracked seasons, Justin Johnson Jr. recorded 670 rushing yards, 59 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with West Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
West Virginia paired 476 primary output with 44.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 36.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Loss with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
22
Efficiency
36.6
Usage
9.6
Consistency
29.2
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas Tech: 5. TCU: -2. Oklahoma State: 72. UCF: 15. BYU: 9. Oklahoma: 13. Cincinnati: 42
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. Texas Tech: 1 by 52.1. TCU: 1 by 0. Oklahoma State: 14 by 53.6. UCF: 7 by 22.3. BYU: 8 by 9.9. Oklahoma: 3 by 45.1. Cincinnati: 6 by 72.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13.8 · Games = 5 · -28.7 vs Losses
Losses42.5 · Games = 2 · +28.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
72.9 vs Cincinnati
Player Story
Justin Johnson Jr. story
Justin Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 26, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Justin Johnson Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 670 rushing yards, 160 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 59 receiving yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 59 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Justin Johnson Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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West Virginia
2021-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | West Virginia | 99 | 37.1 | 10.8 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 99 | 37.1 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 476 | 44.5 | 15.8 | 377 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 154 | 36.6 | 9.6 | -322 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia Tech
Week 4 · W 33-10
Win with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
75.4 takeover
83 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#2
vs Oklahoma State
Week 8 · L 34-48 · Conference game
72
Scrimmage Yards
73.8 takeover
Loss with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
72 scrimmage yards and 23.7 usage.
#3
vs Kansas State
Week 12 · L 31-48 · Conference game
68
Scrimmage Yards
70 takeover
Loss with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
68 scrimmage yards and 24 usage.
#4
@ Iowa State
Week 10 · L 14-31 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
66.5 takeover
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 35.3 usage.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 1 · L 6-18 · Postseason
35
Scrimmage Yards
62.6 takeover
Loss with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
35 scrimmage yards and 11.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · West Virginia
476 primary output · 44.5 efficiency · 15.8 usage
64.5
#2
2021 Postseason · West Virginia
38.2
99 primary · 37.1 efficiency · 10.8 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · West Virginia
38.2
99 primary · 37.1 efficiency · 10.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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