Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Mississippi State
Johnnie Daniels
RB • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Crystal Springs, MS, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Johnnie Daniels leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Johnnie Daniels built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Crystal Springs, MS wearing No. 20, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Johnnie Daniels' career was his...
Read the storyJohnnie Daniels, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Johnnie Daniels leans balanced backfield option traits and 52.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 679
- Rushing yards
- 584
- Receiving yards
- 95
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Johnnie Daniels quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 679
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Toledo
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 63 scrimmage yards · RB 519th (top 71%) · SEC 205th (top 59%) · National 1,700th (top 62%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 616 | 540 | 76 | 4 | 65.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 3 | 63 | 44 | 19 | 0 | 30.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mississippi State to Tulane | P4 to G5/FCS | 18 | Jan 12, 2026 |
Johnnie Daniels played RB for Mississippi State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Johnnie Daniels recorded 584 rushing yards, 95 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 616 primary output with 47.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 52.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
21
Efficiency
52.5
Usage
6.8
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 47. Arizona State: 0. Alcorn State: 16
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half23.5 · Games = 2 · +7.5 vs Second Half
Second Half16 · Games = 1 · -7.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Southern Miss
Player Story
Johnnie Daniels story
Johnnie Daniels built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Crystal Springs, MS wearing No. 20, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Johnnie Daniels' career was his backfield work: 584 rushing yards, 117 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 95 receiving yards across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Mississippi State. 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 95 receiving yards and 13 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State.
The arc is straightforward: Johnnie Daniels 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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Mississippi State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 616 | 47.1 | 17.9 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 63 | 52.5 | 6.8 | -553 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Toledo
Week 3 · L 17-41
Loss with 97 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
78.5 takeover
97 scrimmage yards and 23.6 usage.
#2
vs Massachusetts
Week 10 · W 45-20
92
Scrimmage Yards
78.3 takeover
Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
92 scrimmage yards and 14 usage.
#3
@ Texas
Week 5 · L 13-35 · Conference game
78
Scrimmage Yards
68.6 takeover
Loss with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
78 scrimmage yards and 25.8 usage.
#4
@ Tennessee
Week 11 · L 14-33 · Conference game
68
Scrimmage Yards
66.9 takeover
Loss with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
68 scrimmage yards and 22.9 usage.
#5
@ No. 94 Southern Miss
Week 1 · W 34-17
47
Scrimmage Yards
66.9 takeover
Win with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
47 scrimmage yards and 10.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
616 primary output · 47.1 efficiency · 17.9 usage
65.9
#2
2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
30.2
63 primary · 52.5 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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