Junior running back for Florida Atlantic. 2022: 135 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 10 catches.
5′5″ · 175 lb · Miami, FL
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
APB recruit
No. 1637 nationally · Signed with South Florida
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for Florida Atlantic. 2022: 135 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 10 catches.
Johnny Ford
Wins in space out of the backfield. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott and Willie Taggart. His first career honor landed in 2021: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 55 rush yds, 22 rec yds against Rice — Week 7, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Florida Atlantic, 2,141 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lane Kiffin → Willie Taggart. 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 (1st percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 16.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 17.8 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 25.3 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 11.8 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #254 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 41 | 135 | 3.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 131 | 831 | 6.3 | 5 | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 55 | 285 | 5.2 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | South Florida | 115 | 787 | 6.8 | 8 | -- |
| Career | 361 | 2,141 | 5.9 | 19 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 135 | 13.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 23 | 280 | 12.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | South Florida | 15 | 125 | 8.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | South Florida | 13 | 149 | 11.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | South Florida | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 64 | 767 | 12.0 | 7 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 14-40vs UCF | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 26-28@ Purdue | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-14vs Rice | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 0 | 34 | Season-high 55 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ UTEP | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-17vs UAB | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 52-7@ Florida International | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-49@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-32vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 41 | 135 | 2.3 | 1 | 34 |
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Ta'Zhawn Henry’s 2022 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jaylon Jackson's graduate season at Eastern Michigan (2023).
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Player DNA