Former running back at Florida. 2024: 593 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 13 catches.
5′11″ · 216 lb · New Orleans, LA
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
RB recruit
No. 894 nationally · Signed with Louisiana
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Florida. 2024: 593 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 13 catches.
Montrell Johnson
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He got to Florida by way of Louisiana. His first career honor landed in 2021: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 107 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Ole Miss — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida, 3,089 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: long run (84th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (83rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 56.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 84.0 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 62.2 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 73.3 | 7.6 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #109 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024
W 24–17
vs Ole Miss
107 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With J. Crawshaw — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 62 LONG · D. Lagway — 180 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.5 · -9 rush yds (5 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-41vs Miami | 11 | 106 | 9.6 | 1 | 71 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Samford | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-33vs Texas A&M | 7 | -7 | -1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-28@ Mississippi State | 15 | 68 | 4.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-13vs UCF | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 1 | 34 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-23@ Tennessee | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-16vs LSU | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-17vs Ole Miss | 18 | 107 | 5.9 | 1 | 16 | Season-high 107 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 31-11@ Florida State | 10 | 99 | 9.9 | 1 | 65 | |
| Total | 100 | 593 | 5.9 | 6 | 71 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (20.0%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Damien Moore’s 2021 season.
Matches Damien on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen John's senior season at Massachusetts (2024).
Matches Jalen on
Differs from Jalen on
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2024
Montrell Johnson finished 107th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.