Usage / Role
29%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Air Force
D.J. Johnson
RB • 5'10" • Roopville, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
D.J. Johnson leans balanced backfield option traits and 43 efficiency.
Impact Production
3
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
12
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Air Force
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Air Force
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
D.J. Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a running back from Roopville, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Air Force. The clearest part of D.J. Johnson's career was his backfield work: 1,449...
Read the storyD.J. Johnson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Air Force. D.J. Johnson leans balanced backfield option traits and 43 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,449
- Rushing yards
- 1,449
- Touchdowns
- 17
Quick Answers
D.J. Johnson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Air Force · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,449
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Air Force
- Top game
- San José State
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 622 scrimmage yards · RB 167th (top 30%) · Mountain West 34th (top 17%) · National 367th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Air Force | 6 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 22.9 |
| 2014 Postseason | Air Force | 11 | 83 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 42.4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Air Force | 11 | 247 | 247 | 0 | 7 | 42.4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Air Force | 7 | 425 | 425 | 0 | 6 | 61 |
| 2016 Postseason | Air Force | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Air Force | 12 | 617 | 617 | 0 | 2 | 68 |
Related Context
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D.J. Johnson played RB for Air Force. Across 4 tracked seasons, D.J. Johnson recorded 1,449 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Air Force.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Air Force paired 622 primary output with 43 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 43 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming
Loss with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Air Force
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
51.8
Efficiency
43
Usage
18.2
Consistency
77
Best Game by takeover score
Wyoming
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 5. Abilene Christian: 63. Georgia State: 76. Utah State: 59. Navy: 58. Wyoming: 73. New Mexico: 65. Hawai'i: 58. Army: 17. Colorado State: 53. San José State: 22. Boise State: 73
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. South Alabama: 7 by 7.4. Abilene Christian: 17 by 38.6. Georgia State: 20 by 39.6. Utah State: 15 by 41. Navy: 14 by 43.2. Wyoming: 7 by 93.5. New Mexico: 10 by 67.7. Hawai'i: 16 by 37.8. Army: 7 by 25.3. Colorado State: 14 by 39.4. San José State: 6 by 38.2. Boise State: 17 by 44.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins47.3 · Games = 9 · -18.0 vs Losses
Losses65.3 · Games = 3 · +18.0 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
Wyoming
Best efficiency game
93.5 vs Wyoming
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/30 | vs South Alabama | W 45-21 | 7 | 5 | 0.70 | 0 | — | — | 0.7 |
| Fri 11/25 | vs Boise State | W 27-20 | 17 | 73 | 4.30 | 1 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sun 11/20 | @ San José State | W 41-38 | 6 | 22 | 3.70 | 1 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Colorado State | W 49-46 | 14 | 53 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Army | W 31-12 | 7 | 17 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Hawai'i | L 27-34 | 16 | 58 | 3.60 | 0 | — | — | 3.6 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs New Mexico | L 40-45 | 10 | 65 | 6.50 | 0 | — | — | 6.5 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Wyoming | L 26-35 | 7 | 73 | 10.40 | 0 | — | — | 10.4 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Navy | W 28-14 | 14 | 58 | 4.10 | 0 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Utah State | W 27-20 | 15 | 59 | 3.90 | 0 | — | — | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Georgia State | W 48-14 | 20 | 76 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Abilene Christian | W 37-21 | 17 | 63 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
Player Story
D.J. Johnson story
D.J. Johnson built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a running back from Roopville, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Air Force. The clearest part of D.J. Johnson's career was his backfield work: 1,449 rushing yards, 332 carries, and 17 rushing touchdowns across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Air Force. 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. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Air Force.
The arc is straightforward: D.J. Johnson 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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Air Force
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Air Force | 72 | 37.5 | 5.1 | — |
| 2014 Postseason | Air Force | 330 | 36.2 | 10.6 | 258 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Air Force | 330 | 36.2 | 10.6 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Air Force | 425 | 52.8 | 18.5 | 95 |
| 2016 Postseason | Air Force | 622 | 43 | 18.2 | 197 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Air Force | 622 | 43 | 18.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San José State
Week 2 · W 37-16 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
103
Scrimmage Yards
78.9 takeover
103 scrimmage yards and 30 usage.
#2
@ Wyoming
Week 6 · L 26-35 · Conference game
73
Scrimmage Yards
78.1 takeover
Loss with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 15.6 usage.
#3
vs Western Michigan
Week 1 · W 38-24 · Postseason
83
Scrimmage Yards
76.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
83 scrimmage yards and 30.3 usage.
#4
vs Georgia State
Week 2 · W 48-14
76
Scrimmage Yards
68.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
76 scrimmage yards and 23.3 usage.
#5
vs Morgan State
Week 1 · W 63-7
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Scrimmage Yards
68.1 takeover
Win with 82 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
82 scrimmage yards and 16.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Air Force
622 primary output · 43 efficiency · 18.2 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Air Force
68
622 primary · 43 efficiency · 18.2 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Air Force
61
425 primary · 52.8 efficiency · 18.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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