Junior running back for West Virginia. 2023: 150 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
5′11″ · 203 lb · Saint Louis, MO
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 451 nationally · Signed with West Virginia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for West Virginia. 2023: 150 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
Justin Johnson
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He has spent three seasons in the West Virginia backfield. One game to point at: 72 rush yds, 1 tackles against Oklahoma State — Week 8, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at West Virginia, 670 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Neal Brown.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Neal Brown — 20-18 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 31.0 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 8.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 29.4 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | West Virginia | 38 | 150 | 3.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 98 | 430 | 4.4 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 24 | 90 | 3.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 160 | 670 | 4.2 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | West Virginia | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 20-13vs Texas Tech | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ TCU | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 34-48vs Oklahoma State | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 1 | 30 | Season-high 72 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 41-28@ UCF | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-7vs BYU | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-59@ Oklahoma | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-21vs Cincinnati | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Total | 38 | 150 | 3.2 | 1 | 30 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 32 inside-the-5 carries (3.1%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Titus Swen’s 2022 season.
Matches Titus on
Differs from Titus on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ky Thomas’s path through Kent State.
Matches Ky on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Victor Rosa's sophomore season at UConn (2023).
Matches Victor on
Differs from Victor on
Player DNA