Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025SMU
Chris Johnson Jr.
RB • 6'0" • 184 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Chris Johnson Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
26
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
21
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU
23242525
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Miami • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: California
Player Story
Chris Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Miami and SMU. The clearest part of Chris Johnson Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Chris Johnson Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU. Chris Johnson Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 837
- Rushing yards
- 583
- Receiving yards
- 254
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Chris Johnson Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 837
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · SMU
- Top game
- California
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Dillard · Miami
- High school pipeline
- Dillard · 46 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Sophomore
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 659 scrimmage yards · RB 148th (top 21%) · ACC 42nd (top 12%) · National 299th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 3 | 75 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 37.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami | 10 | 103 | 31 | 72 | 2 | 16.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 13 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 58.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 13 | 639 | 463 | 176 | 5 | 58.8 |
Related Context
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Chris Johnson Jr. played RB for Miami and SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Chris Johnson Jr. recorded 583 rushing yards, 254 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
SMU paired 659 primary output with 55.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bethune-Cookman
Win with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Miami
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
25
Efficiency
53.5
Usage
6.4
Consistency
66.9
Best Game by takeover score
Bethune-Cookman
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Bethune-Cookman: 40. Temple: 33. Georgia Tech: 2
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. Bethune-Cookman: 7 by 59.5. Temple: 4 by 84.4. Georgia Tech: 1 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins36.5 · Games = 2 · +34.5 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · -34.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Bethune-Cookman
Best efficiency game
84.4 vs Temple
Player Story
Chris Johnson Jr. story
Chris Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Miami and SMU. The clearest part of Chris Johnson Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 583 rushing yards, 84 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 254 receiving yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with SMU. 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 254 receiving yards and 528 return 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 Miami and SMU.
The arc is straightforward: Chris Johnson Jr. 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Miami
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 75 | 53.5 | 6.4 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami | 103 | 38.4 | 2.3 | 28 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 659 | 55.8 | 12 | 556 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 659 | 55.8 | 12 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 80 California
Week 14 · L 35-38 · Conference game
Loss with 131 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
131
Scrimmage Yards
83.9 takeover
131 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.
#2
vs No. 112 Stanford
Week 7 · W 34-10 · Conference game
138
Scrimmage Yards
81.5 takeover
Win with 138 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
138 scrimmage yards and 15.6 usage.
#3
@ No. 34 Clemson
Week 8 · W 35-24 · Conference game
99
Scrimmage Yards
73 takeover
Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
99 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#4
vs Bethune-Cookman
Week 3 · W 48-7
40
Scrimmage Yards
63.5 takeover
Win with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
40 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.
#5
vs Ball State
Week 3 · W 62-0
65
Scrimmage Yards
63.4 takeover
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 11.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · SMU
659 primary output · 55.8 efficiency · 12 usage
58.8
#2
2025 Regular Season · SMU
58.8
659 primary · 55.8 efficiency · 12 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Miami
37.5
75 primary · 53.5 efficiency · 6.4 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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