Last confirmed: Air Force, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Roopville, GA
D.J. Johnson: RB · Air Force · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
D.J. Johnson
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He has spent three seasons in the Air Force backfield. A game that shows it: 76 rushing yards against Georgia State — Week 2, 2016.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 21.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 8.3% of his carries. 7 carries for 5 yds vs South Alabama; 20 for 76 vs Georgia State.
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
18.3% of carries overall (130/711) → 20.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (30/144) — 53.3% 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
12 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (75.0%). 7 of the team's 43 inside-the-5 carries (16.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-21vs Abilene Christian | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-14vs Georgia State | 20 | 76 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 | Season-high 76 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20@ Utah State | 15 | 59 | 3.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-14vs Navy | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-35@ Wyoming | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 7 | L 40-45vs New Mexico | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-34vs Hawai'i | 16 | 58 | 3.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-12@ Army | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-46vs Colorado State | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38@ San José State | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-20vs No. 20 Boise State | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 1 | 9 | |
 Bowl | W 45-21vs South Alabama | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 150 | 622 | 4.1 | 2 | 35 |
Week 13 · 2016
W 27-20
vs Boise State
73 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With S. Brosy — 40.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 56 long · A. Worthman — 80 rush yds (26 car) · 45 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 38.4
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%126 carriesFumble rate
2.7%4 of 150 carries · 3 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.1 yds/carry on 150 carries · 5% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 28-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 63.5 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 42.8 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 57.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 44.6 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
15.7%
150 pass / 806 run
Plays / game
73.5
13 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
162 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
150 carries in 12 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Air Force, 1,377 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Troy Calhoun.
