Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Northern Illinois
Telly Johnson Jr.
RB • 5'11" • 209 lbs • Augusta, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Telly Johnson Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 57.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
45
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Player Story
Telly Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Augusta, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Telly Johnson Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Telly Johnson Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Telly Johnson Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 57.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,270
- Rushing yards
- 1,170
- Receiving yards
- 100
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Telly Johnson Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,270
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Eastern Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hephzibah · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Hephzibah · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Sophomore
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 787 scrimmage yards · RB 104th (top 15%) · Mid-American 15th (top 6%) · National 195th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 6 | 58 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 66.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 425 | 424 | 1 | 4 | 66.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 12 | 787 | 690 | 97 | 4 | 71.1 |
Related Context
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Telly Johnson Jr. played RB for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Telly Johnson Jr. recorded 1,170 rushing yards, 100 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 787 primary output with 57.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 57.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Loss with 149 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
65.6
Efficiency
57.3
Usage
22.4
Consistency
63
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Holy Cross: 69. Maryland: 103. Mississippi State: 56. San Diego State: 53. Miami (OH): 26. Eastern Michigan: 149. Ohio: 73. Ball State: 100. Toledo: 46. Massachusetts: 33. Western Michigan: 42. Kent State: 37
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Holy Cross: 22 by 33. Maryland: 12 by 85.8. Mississippi State: 8 by 77.1. San Diego State: 16 by 34.5. Miami (OH): 6 by 36.8. Eastern Michigan: 14 by 94.3. Ohio: 12 by 61.7. Ball State: 15 by 69.4. Toledo: 13 by 27.2. Massachusetts: 7 by 49.1. Western Michigan: 6 by 72.9. Kent State: 9 by 45.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins67.3 · Games = 3 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses65 · Games = 9 · -2.3 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
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
94.3 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | vs Kent State | L 31-35 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.1 |
| Wed 11/19 | vs Western Michigan | L 19-35 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Thu 11/13 | @ Massachusetts | W 45-3 | 7 | 33 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Thu 11/6 | @ Toledo | L 3-42 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Ball State100 rush yards | W 21-7 | 15 | 100 | 6.70 | 1 | — | — | 6.7 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Ohio | L 21-48 | 11 | 64 | 5.80 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6.1 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Eastern Michigan100 rush yards | L 10-16 | 12 | 137 | 11.40 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10.6 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Miami (OH) | L 14-25 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs San Diego State | L 3-6 | 16 | 53 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Mississippi State | L 10-38 | 6 | 46 | 7.70 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 |
| Fri 9/5 | @ Maryland | L 9-20 | 10 | 86 | 8.60 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.6 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Holy Cross | W 19-17 | 21 | 67 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.1 |
Player Story
Telly Johnson Jr. story
Telly Johnson Jr. built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Augusta, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Telly Johnson Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 1,170 rushing yards, 227 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 100 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Northern Illinois. 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 100 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Telly 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
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Northern Illinois
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 483 | 51.2 | 30.9 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 483 | 51.2 | 30.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 787 | 57.3 | 22.4 | 304 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 119 Eastern Michigan
Week 7 · L 10-16 · Conference game
Loss with 149 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
149
Scrimmage Yards
91.4 takeover
149 scrimmage yards and 28 usage.
#2
@ Western Michigan
Week 11 · W 42-28 · Conference game
141
Scrimmage Yards
88 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
141 scrimmage yards and 41.1 usage.
#3
vs Akron
Week 12 · W 29-16 · Conference game
104
Scrimmage Yards
75.1 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
104 scrimmage yards and 41.2 usage.
#4
@ No. 75 Maryland
Week 2 · L 9-20
103
Scrimmage Yards
70.1 takeover
Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
103 scrimmage yards and 19.4 usage.
#5
vs No. 132 Ball State
Week 9 · W 21-7 · Conference game
100
Scrimmage Yards
68.2 takeover
Win with 100 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
100 scrimmage yards and 23.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
787 primary output · 57.3 efficiency · 22.4 usage
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#2
2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois
66.5
483 primary · 51.2 efficiency · 30.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
66.5
483 primary · 51.2 efficiency · 30.9 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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