Player Dossier

2023-2025

SMU

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.

Usage Score

6.4

Efficiency

53.5

Consistency

66.9

Season Value

34.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · SMU

23242525

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Miami • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Chris Johnson Jr., RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · SMU. Chris Johnson Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.8 efficiency.

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: Temple

Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 66.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

Georgia Tech

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 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. Unknown: 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.

First Half36.5 · Games = 2
All Games25 · Games = 3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Temple

Best efficiency game

84.4 vs Temple

Result
Sun 10/8vs Georgia TechL 20-23122
Sat 9/23@ TempleW 41-74338.3008.3
Thu 9/14vs Unknown7405.7015.7

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Miami

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMiami7553.56.4
2024 Regular SeasonMiami10338.42.328
2025 PostseasonSMU65955.812556
2025 Regular SeasonSMU65955.8120

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Stanford

Win with 138 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

138

Primary metric

138 scrimmage yards and 15.6 usage.

#2

California

131

Primary metric

Loss with 131 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

131 scrimmage yards and 20 usage.

#3

Clemson

99

Primary metric

Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

99 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.

#4

Temple

33

Primary metric

Win with 33 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

33 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.

#5

Unknown

40

Primary metric

Game with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

40 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · SMU

659 primary output · 55.8 efficiency · 12 usage

53.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · SMU

53.3

659 primary · 55.8 efficiency · 12 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Miami

34.6

75 primary · 53.5 efficiency · 6.4 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9121

Dillard · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

837

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 26 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Chris Johnson Jr. quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
RB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career rushing yards
583