Roschon Johnson

Former running back at Texas. 2022: 554 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 14 catches.

RB · Texas · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 223 lb · Port Neches, TX

CFB Index 54 · #100 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceChicago — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 13, #115 overall

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 246 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Texas. 2022: 554 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 14 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2019.
Drafted round 4 by the Chicago in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas, 2,189 rushing yards — drafted at #115 overall by Chicago.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201913 games

Signed with Texas4-star out of Port Neches-Groves

2023

Drafted by Chicagoround 4, pick 115

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#246 national

CFB

College

Texas

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #115

Chicago · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2020

Tom Herman

Texas

2021–2022

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 4th NFL season

#115Rd 4 · Pick 13

ChicagoEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #100 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (86th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#57 / 398 · 86th pct

11.0%

Yards / carry#121 / 398 · 70th pct

5.8

TD rate#123 / 398 · 69th pct

6.1%

Success rate#174 / 398 · 56th pct

46.3%

EPA / carry#183 / 398 · 54th pct

0.17

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#53 / 346 · 84th pct

6.0

Rec yards#102 / 338 · 70th pct

128

Receptions#122 / 338 · 63rd pct

Long run#125 / 346 · 63rd pct

Rush yards#142 / 346 · 59th pct

554

Rush TDs#137 / 346 · 55th pct

Carries#177 / 346 · 49th pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

50th → 54th percentile

Success rate

52nd → 56th percentile

Explosive rate

35th → 86th percentile

Yards / carry

44th → 70th percentile

TD rate

52nd → 69th percentile

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	44.7	5.1	0.4
Road5g	48.2	7.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	42.0	5.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	52.0	7.4	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #100 of 317 RBs

Former four-star. Now #100 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Texas	93	554	6.0	5	--
2021	Texas	96	569	5.9	5	--
2020	Texas	80	417	5.2	6	--
2019	Texas	123	649	5.3	7	--
Career		392	2,189	5.6	23	--

Season	Team
2022	Texas	14	128	9.1	1	--
2021	Texas	11	83	7.5	0	--
2020	Texas	8	51	6.4	1	--
2019	Texas	23	158	6.9	1	--
Career		56	420	7.5	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 34–27

at Kansas State

62 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With B. Robinson — 209 rush yds (30 car) · 1 TD · Q. Ewers — 197 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.7

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Roschon Johnson run for 52 yds for a TD, (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 8 · Oklahoma State · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA -2.89Quinn Ewers pass complete to Roschon Johnson for no gain to the OKSt 28
Week 13 · Baylor · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Roschon Johnson run for 11 yds for a TD, (Will Stone KICK)
Week 4 · Texas Tech · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA -2.67Roschon Johnson run for no gain to the TexTc 32
Week 1 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Roschon Johnson run for 16 yds for a TD, (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 10 · Kansas State · 1&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Roschon Johnson run for 9 yds for a TD, (Bert Auburn KICK)
Week 6 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.35Quinn Ewers pass complete to Roschon Johnson for 38 yds to the Okla 25 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UTSA · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.99H.Card pass complete to UTSA 11. Catch made by R.Johnson at UTSA 11. Gain of 11 yards. R.Johnson for 11 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 2 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.92Quinn Ewers pass complete to Roschon Johnson for 8 yds to the Texas 45 TEXAS Penalty, Personal Foul (-15 Yards) to the Texas 30
Week 13 · Baylor · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA +1.90Roschon Johnson run for 1 yd for a TD, (Will Stone KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-10vs UL Monroe	5	34	6.8	1	16
Wk 2	L 19-20vs Alabama	5	16	3.2	0	6
Wk 3	W 41-20vs UTSA	11	81	7.4	0	32	Season-high 81 yds
Wk 4	L 34-37@ Texas Tech	9	15	1.7	0	8
Wk 5	W 38-20vs West Virginia	6	20	3.3	0	8
Wk 6	W 49-0@ Oklahoma	9	57	6.3	0	17
Wk 7	W 24-21vs Iowa State	11	71	6.5	0	16
Wk 8	L 34-41@ Oklahoma State	5	73	14.6	1	52
Wk 10	W 34-27@ Kansas State	7	62	8.9	1	37
Wk 11	L 10-17vs TCU	5	14	2.8	0	9
Wk 12	W 55-14@ Kansas	7	34	4.9	0	21
Wk 13	W 38-27vs Baylor	13	77	5.9	2	21
Total		93	554	6.0	5	52

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

Roschon Johnson

201913 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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