Jordan Johnson

Running back for Buffalo. 2016: 1,040 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · Buffalo · #2

6′0″ · Buffalo, NY

Buffalo 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

PRO recruit

No. 2212 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

Statement game24 car · 282 yds · 2 TDvs Akron (FBS) · W 41-20

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for Buffalo. 2016: 1,040 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Buffalo, 2,212 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of Sweet Home Senior

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2212 national

CFB

College

Buffalo

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Alex Wood

Buffalo

2015–2016

Lance Leipold

Buffalo

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Alex Wood → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Buffalo5-6HC: Alex Wood · Run-leaning

2015Buffalo5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2016Buffalo2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (86th percentile). Strength: rush yards (83rd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (21st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#42 / 304 · 86th pct

200

Rush yards#53 / 304 · 83rd pct

1040

Long run#92 / 304 · 69th pct

Rush TDs#104 / 304 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#117 / 294 · 60th pct

101

Yards / carry#139 / 304 · 53rd pct

5.2

Receptions#144 / 294 · 49th pct

Fumbles lost#150 / 222 · 21st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	105	5.1	0.5
Road6g	68.7	4.7	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	57.7	3.7	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	116	6.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	200	1,040	5.2	6	--
2015	Buffalo	172	811	4.7	12	--
2014	Buffalo	74	361	4.9	1	--
Career		446	2,212	5.0	19	--

Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	9	101	11.2	1	--
2015	Buffalo	9	69	7.7	0	--
2014	Buffalo	3	21	7.0	0	--
Career		21	191	9.1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016

W 41–20

vs Akron

282 rush yds (24 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Akron.

With K. DeWeen — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 37 AVG · T. Jackson — 140 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 42.0 · 60 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 16-22vs UAlbany	23	114	5.0	0	24
Wk 3	L 14-38@ Nevada	17	87	5.1	1	28
Wk 4	W 23-20vs Army	10	17	1.7	0	7
Wk 5	L 3-35@ Boston College	7	13	1.9	0	4
Wk 6	L 20-44vs Kent State	17	39	2.3	0	9
Wk 7	L 21-31vs Ball State	12	76	6.3	0	22
Wk 8	L 7-44@ Northern Illinois	13	97	7.5	1	29
Wk 9	W 41-20vs Akron	24	282	11.8	2	61	Season-high 282 yds
Wk 10	L 10-34@ Ohio	17	59	3.5	0	25
Wk 11	L 24-35vs Miami (OH)	29	100	3.4	1	14
Wk 12	L 0-38@ Western Michigan	16	95	5.9	0	28
Wk 13	L 19-27@ Bowling Green	15	61	4.1	1	38
Total		200	1040	4.9	6	61

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