Johnathan Arceneaux is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Fresno State.
Arceneaux does a little of everything without one standout trait. The three seasons at Fresno State span three head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Tim Skipper and Matt Entz. On tape: 70 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Wyoming, Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
8.7% of carries overall (40/459) → 19.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/116) — 40.9% 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
2 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (12.5%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fresno State | 40 | 267 | 6.7 | 2 | 58 |
| 2024 | Fresno State | 22 | 104 | 4.7 | 0 | 20 |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 0 | 9 |
| Career | 70 | 389 | 5.6 | 2 | 58 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fresno State | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | Fresno State | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Career | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 0 | 16 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ Kansas | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 1 | W 42-14vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 36-27@ Oregon State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-7vs Southern | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-49@ Colorado State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-23vs San Diego State | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-7@ Boise State | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-3vs Wyoming | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 1 | 58 | Season-high 70 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 17-28vs Utah State | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 44 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-14@ San José State | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | |
 Bowl | W 18-3vs Miami (OH) | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 40 | 267 | 6.7 | 2 | 58 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 56-7
vs Southern
41 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 49-point win at home against Southern.
With E. Warner — 240 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.2 · B. Donelson — 90 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 19 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
42%33 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.7 yds/carry on 40 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 42% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 34.4 | 7.4 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 13.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 14.2 | 4.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 36.4 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Entz
Pass share
44.2%
373 pass / 471 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
368 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #282 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #32 of 34 Mountain West RBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
The No. 1,250 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Mountain West as a senior.
A stat line in 23 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Kalen DeBoer, Jeff Tedford, Tim Skipper, and Matt Entz. Multi-era developmental context.
