Former running back at Nebraska. 2024: 260 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 21 catches.
5′10″ · 200 lb · Oradell, NJ
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. 423 nationally · Signed with Nebraska
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Nebraska. 2024: 260 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 21 catches.
Rahmir Johnson
Wins in space out of the backfield. Six seasons at Nebraska, three different head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph and Matt Rhule. The receipt: 59 rush yds, 9 rec yds against Boston College — Bowl, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Nebraska, 999 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Strength: rec yards (80th percentile). Concern: td rate (16th 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 · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 32.0 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 12.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 29.4 | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 18.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
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 #215 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 28–10
vs Colorado
33 rush yds (9 car)
With D. Raiola — 185 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.4 · 7 rush yds (3 car) · B. Buschini — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 60 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-7vs UTEP | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 59 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 28-10vs Colorado | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-3vs Northern Iowa | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31vs Illinois | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-10@ Purdue | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 14-7vs Rutgers | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-56@ Indiana | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-27vs UCLA | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-13@ Iowa | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bowl | W 20-15vs Boston College | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 1 | 22 | |
| Total | 54 | 260 | 4.7 | 1 | 22 |
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (3.0%).
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Kenan Christon II’s 2023 season.
Matches Kenan on
Differs from Kenan on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Omiri Wiggins’s path through Louisiana Tech.
Matches Omiri on
Player DNA