Running back for Purdue. 2017: 86 rushing yards, 3 catches.
6′0″ · 190 lb · St. Paul, MN
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 2013 nationally · Signed with Purdue
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 running back for Purdue. 2017: 86 rushing yards, 3 catches.
Brian Lankford-Johnson
Brian Lankford-Johnson has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Purdue. One game to point at: 62 rush yds against Ohio — Week 2, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Purdue, 400 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gerad Parker → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 24.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 6.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 20.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017
W 35–3
at Missouri
10 rush yds (6 car)
Dominant 32-point win on the road against Missouri.
With D. Blough — 187 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.7 · 7 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · J. Schopper — 48 AVG · 63 LONG · 4 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-35vs Louisville | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-21vs Ohio | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 0 | 15 | Season-high 62 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 35-3@ Missouri | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-28vs Michigan | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-15@ Iowa | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 22 | 86 | 2.6 | 0 | 15 |