D'Ernest Johnson

RB · South Florida 2017 · #2

Last confirmed: South Florida, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′10″ · 210 lb · Immokalee, FL

D'Ernest Johnson: RB · South Florida · #2.

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D'Ernest Johnson

RB · South Florida · #2

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Four seasons at South Florida, two different head coaches: Willie Taggart and Charlie Strong. On tape: 111 rushing yards and 2 receiving yards against East Carolina, Week 5, 2017.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

193Carries
796Yards
20.0%Top-5 share
20.7%Stuffed rate

Just 20.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 20.7% of his carries. 13 carries for 15 yds vs Stony Brook; 16 for 111 vs East Carolina.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

31.6%Carry share
23.4%Q4-lead share
60.0%In competitive games

31.6% of carries overall (193/610) → 23.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (30/128) — 60.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

13/233rd/4th & short
12/33Inside-5 share

13 of 23 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (56.5%). 12 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (36.4%).

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