Dillon Johnson

Junior running back for Washington. 2023: 1,195 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 24 catches.

RB · Washington · Jr. · #7

6′0″ · 218 lb · Greenville, MS

CFB Index 83 · #17 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceWashington 2023 alumnus

The story

3 running back for Washington. 2023: 1,195 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 24 catches.

Transferred from Mississippi State to Washington in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Washington, 2,404 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 70 yds vs NC State.NC State · W 24-102021

202314 games

Entered the portal
All-Pac-12Second Team

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Pac-12 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2021

Jimmy Lake

Washington

2022–2023

Kalen DeBoer

Washington

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jimmy Lake → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Mississippi State4-7HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

2023Washington14-1HC: Kalen DeBoer · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #17 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (89th percentile). Strength: rush tds (98th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#47 / 426 · 89th pct

55.0%

TD rate#96 / 426 · 77th pct

7.0%

EPA / carry#101 / 426 · 76th pct

0.29

Yards / carry#130 / 426 · 69th pct

5.7

Explosive rate#172 / 426 · 59th pct

7.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#6 / 333 · 98th pct

Carries#14 / 333 · 96th pct

233

Rush yards#21 / 333 · 94th pct

1195

Receptions#42 / 327 · 86th pct

Rec yards#61 / 327 · 81st pct

190

Long run#122 / 333 · 63rd pct

Yards / carry#134 / 333 · 58th pct

5.1

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

42nd → 76th percentile

Success rate

43rd → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

50th → 59th percentile

Yards / carry

63rd → 69th percentile

TD rate

34th → 77th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

232 carries

11%

Stuffed (≤0)

39%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

11%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	71.4	3.8	1.1
Road6g	104	6.3	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	60.3	4.7	1.0
Weeks 8+7g	110	5.0	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jedd Fisch

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #17 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Washington	233	1,195	5.1	16	--
2022	Mississippi State	90	499	5.5	3	--
2021	Mississippi State	89	485	5.4	4	--
2020	Mississippi State	51	225	4.4	4	--
Career		463	2,404	5.2	27	--

Season	Team
2023	Washington	24	190	7.9	0	--
2022	Mississippi State	47	274	5.8	0	--
2021	Mississippi State	65	422	6.5	1	--
2020	Mississippi State	36	157	4.4	0	--
Career		172	1,043	6.1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 36–33

vs Oregon

100 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.

With M. Penix Jr. — 302 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.2 · -5 rush yds (1 car) · G. Bernard — 14 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.9

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · USC · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +5.26Dillon Johnson 52 Yd Run (Grady Gross Kick)
Week 1 · Texas · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.90Dillon Johnson run for no gain to the TEX 14
Week 10 · USC · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.73Dillon Johnson run for 53 yds to the USC 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Boise State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Dillon Johnson run for 1 yd for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 9 · Stanford · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Dillon Johnson 13 Yd Run (Grady Gross Kick)
Week 11 · Utah · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.58Dillon Johnson run for 5 yds for a TD (Grady Gross KICK)
Week 10 · USC · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Dillon Johnson 2 Yd Run (Grady Gross Kick)
Week 10 · USC · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Dillon Johnson run for 33 yds to the USC 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Boise State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.48Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Dillon Johnson for 20 yds to the BOIS 38 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Utah · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.47Michael Penix Jr. pass complete to Dillon Johnson for 15 yds to the WASH 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-19vs Boise State	7	12	1.7	1	4
Wk 3	W 41-7@ Michigan State	8	71	8.9	0	45
Wk 4	W 59-32vs California	10	66	6.6	1	19
Wk 5	W 31-24@ Arizona	16	91	5.7	2	28
Wk 7	W 36-33vs Oregon	20	100	5.0	1	17
Wk 8	W 15-7vs Arizona State	8	6	0.8	0	13
Wk 9	W 42-33@ Stanford	18	84	4.7	1	13
Wk 10	W 52-42@ USC	26	256	9.8	4	53	Season-high 256 yds
Wk 11	W 35-28vs Utah	23	104	4.5	1	28
Wk 12	W 22-20@ Oregon State	16	89	5.6	0	43
Wk 13	W 24-21vs Washington State	21	82	3.9	1	9
Wk 14	W 34-31vs Oregon	28	152	5.4	2	18	152-yard day
Bowl	W 37-31vs Texas	21	49	2.3	2	7
Bowl	L 13-34@ Michigan	11	33	3.0	0	7
Total		233	1195	4.9	16	53

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

232Carries

1230Yards

18.4%Top-5 share

11.2%Stuffed rate

Just 18.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.2% of his carries. 7 carries for 12 yds vs Boise State; 26 for 256 vs USC.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

58.7%Carry share

41.8%Q4-lead share

92.7%In competitive games

58.7% of carries overall (230/392) → 41.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (41/98) — 92.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

17/233rd/4th & short

23/37Inside-5 share