Johnny Jefferson

Running back for Baylor. 2015: 1,000 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 4 catches.

RB · Baylor · #5

5′10″ · Killeen, TX

Baylor 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 487 nationally · Signed with Baylor

Statement game23 car · 299 yds · 3 TDvs North Carolina (FBS) · W 49-38

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for Baylor. 2015: 1,000 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 4 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Baylor, 1,524 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Baylor3-star out of Shoemaker

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#487 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Art Briles — 21-5 over that span.

2014Baylor11-2HC: Art Briles · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Baylor10-3HC: Art Briles · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (98th percentile). Strength: long run (91st percentile). Concern: rec yards (15th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#4 / 314 · 98th pct

7.4

Long run#25 / 314 · 91st pct

Rush yards#56 / 314 · 82nd pct

1000

Rush TDs#63 / 314 · 78th pct

Carries#105 / 314 · 67th pct

136

Receptions#220 / 295 · 22nd pct

Rec yards#249 / 295 · 15th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	107	7.5	1.0
Road4g	62.8	7.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	95.9	8.3	1.0
Weeks 8+4g	82.2	6.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Baylor	136	1,000	7.4	8	--
2014	Baylor	100	524	5.2	6	--
Career		236	1,524	6.5	14	--

Season	Team
2015	Baylor	4	17	4.2	--
2014	Baylor	1	16	16.0	--
Career		5	33	6.6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2015

W 49–38

vs North Carolina

24 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · 299 rush yds (23 car) · 3 TD

Edged out North Carolina at home in a shootout.

With D. Chafin — 3 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.3 · 156 rush yds (27 car) · 1 TD · L. Hawthorne — 2 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.6 · 63 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-21@ SMU	2	28	14.0	0	19	Season-high 299 yds
Wk 2	W 66-31vs Lamar	12	121	10.1	1	46
Wk 4	W 70-17vs Rice	9	86	9.6	1	20
Wk 5	W 63-35vs Texas Tech	12	39	3.3	1	6
Wk 6	W 66-7@ Kansas	15	79	5.3	1	11
Wk 7	W 62-38vs West Virginia	7	19	2.7	0	8
Wk 8	W 45-27vs Iowa State	4	27	6.8	0	11
Wk 12	W 45-35@ Oklahoma State	17	62	3.6	0	13
Wk 13	L 21-28@ TCU	12	82	6.8	0	44
Wk 14	L 17-23vs Texas	23	158	6.9	1	20	158-yard day
Bowl	W 49-38vs North Carolina	23	299	13.0	3	80
Total		136	1000	7.5	8	80

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