Johnnie Lang

Senior running back for Arkansas State. 2022: 419 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 24 catches.

RB · Arkansas State · Sr. · #2

5′8″ · 186 lb · Palmetto, FL

CFB Index 35 · #262 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceArkansas State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 2137 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Arkansas State. 2022: 419 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 24 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2017.
Transferred from Iowa State to Arkansas State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Arkansas State, 1,006 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Manatee

202112 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2137 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

2 coaches

2017–2020

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

2021–2022

Butch Jones

Arkansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2019Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2020Iowa State9-3HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2021Arkansas State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Arkansas State3-9HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #262 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (90th percentile). Strength: receptions (86th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#245 / 398 · 39th pct

5.8%

TD rate#307 / 398 · 23rd pct

2.5%

Yards / carry#382 / 398 · 4th pct

3.6

Success rate#385 / 398 · 3rd pct

31.7%

EPA / carry#388 / 398 · 3rd pct

-0.16

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#34 / 338 · 90th pct

238

Receptions#45 / 338 · 86th pct

Carries#129 / 346 · 63rd pct

119

Long run#149 / 346 · 56th pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Rush yards#196 / 346 · 43rd pct

419

Rush TDs#209 / 346 · 34th pct

Yards / carry#321 / 346 · 6th pct

3.5

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	40.2	3.7	0.5
Road6g	29.7	2.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	44.7	3.6	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	21.2	3.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #262 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #262 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Arkansas State	119	419	3.5	3	--
2021	Iowa State	65	263	4.0	0	--
2020	Iowa State	3	2	0.7	0	--
2019	Iowa State	50	238	4.8	3	--
2018	Iowa State	22	79	3.6	1	--
2017	Iowa State	4	5	1.2	0	--
Career		263	1,006	3.8	7	--

Season	Team
2022	Arkansas State	24	238	9.9	3	--
2021	Iowa State	17	93	5.5	0	--
2020	Iowa State	4	24	6.0	0	--
2019	Iowa State	8	54	6.8	1	--
2018	Iowa State	4	30	7.5	0	--
2017	Iowa State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		57	439	7.7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 58–3

vs Grambling

124 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 55-point win at home against Grambling.

With J. Blackman — 210 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.8 · 11 rush yds (2 car) · 2 TD · C. Flemings — 7 rec · 122 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · UL Monroe · 3&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.64James Blackman pass complete to Johnnie Lang for 18 yds for a TD, (Dominic Zvada KICK), (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 12 · Texas State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.18James Blackman pass complete to Johnnie Lang for 26 yds for a TD, (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 5 · UL Monroe · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.93Johnnie Lang run for 23 yds to the LaMon 24 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Massachusetts · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.83Johnnie Lang run for 12 yds for a TD, (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 5 · UL Monroe · 3&16 · Q1 · EPA +2.78James Blackman pass complete to Johnnie Lang for 17 yds to the LaMon 19 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Grambling · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.71Johnnie Lang run for 49 yds to the Gramb 2 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Memphis · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.68James Blackman pass complete to Johnnie Lang for 6 yds to the Memph 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Memphis · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.68James Blackman pass complete to Johnnie Lang for 6 yds to the Memph 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Massachusetts · 4&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.36James Blackman pass complete to Johnnie Lang for 18 yds to the UMass 12 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Ohio State · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA -2.18Johnnie Lang run for a loss of 5 yards to the OhSt 44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 58-3vs Grambling	13	124	9.5	1	49	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 2	L 12-45@ Ohio State	12	19	1.6	0	12
Wk 3	L 32-44@ Memphis	10	41	4.1	0	13
Wk 4	L 26-29@ Old Dominion	10	35	3.5	0	11
Wk 5	W 45-28vs UL Monroe	18	46	2.6	1	23
Wk 6	L 20-42vs James Madison	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 7	L 19-20@ Southern Miss	18	47	2.6	0	11
Wk 8	L 18-38@ Louisiana	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	L 3-31vs South Alabama	9	14	1.6	0	6
Wk 11	W 35-33vs Massachusetts	10	36	3.6	1	23
Wk 12	L 13-16@ Texas State	13	36	2.8	0	16
Wk 13	L 19-48vs Troy	5	20	4.0	0	9
Total		119	419	3.4	3	49

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology