Running back for South Alabama. 2017: 445 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 5 catches.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Tampa, FL
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 2277 nationally · Signed with South Alabama
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 running back for South Alabama. 2017: 445 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 5 catches.
Xavier Johnson
He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at South Alabama behind him. One game to point at: 155 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Idaho — Week 4, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at South Alabama, 2,670 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Joey Jones.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Joey Jones — 21-29 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (14th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 80.5 | 6.9 | 1.2 |
| Road4g | 30.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 58.2 | 4.9 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 48.0 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | South Alabama | 82 | 445 | 5.4 | 6 | -- |
| 2016 | South Alabama | 151 | 831 | 5.5 | 10 | -- |
| 2015 | South Alabama | 145 | 956 | 6.6 | 7 | -- |
| 2014 | South Alabama | 81 | 438 | 5.4 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 459 | 2,670 | 5.8 | 24 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | South Alabama | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | South Alabama | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | South Alabama | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2014 | South Alabama | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 31 | 204 | 6.6 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017
W 19–8
at Troy
4 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD
With C. Waitman — 47 AVG · 57 LONG · 8 NO · T. Minter — 21 rush yds (12 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-47@ Ole Miss | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-44vs Oklahoma State | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Alabama A&M | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 2 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-29vs Idaho | 20 | 155 | 7.8 | 2 | 34 | Season-high 155 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 16-34@ Louisiana Tech | 12 | 89 | 7.4 | 0 | 47 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-8@ Troy | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-23vs UL Monroe | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 1 | 33 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-21@ Georgia State | 7 | -3 | -0.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 82 | 445 | 4.8 | 6 | 47 |