Running back, Marshall, 2012–15
Devon Johnson
- Number
- No. 47
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Richlands, VA
Devon Johnson played running back at Marshall (2012–15).
At a glance
Career highs
272rushing yards, career highvs. Florida Atlantic, 20144rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Florida Atlantic, 20142receiving touchdowns, career highat Florida International, 2014Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2014
Rushing
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| 2013N | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| 2014E | 10 of 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Marshall | 13 | 1.04 | – | – | 13.5 | – | – |
| 2014 | Marshall | 212 | 0.53 | 99th (n=253) | 0.12 | 111.8 | 21% | 0.52 |
| 2015 | Marshall | 101 | 0.16 | 63rd (n=268) | 0.12 | 16.2 | 20% | 0.11 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2015 Marshall 7 games, 593 rushing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 41–31 | 11 | 89 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 27 |
| Sep 12 | at | L 10–21 | 21 | 170 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 27 |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 45–7 | 22 | 122 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 26 | at | W 36–29 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | – | – |
| Oct 9 | vs. | W 31–10 | 22 | 82 | 1 | 16 | – | – |
| Oct 17 | at | W 33–17 | 3 | 83 | 1 | 75 | – | – |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. | W 16–10 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 9 | – | – |
2014 Marshall 13 games, 1,767 rushing yards, 17 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at | W 42–27 | 19 | 151 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 48–7 | 14 | 137 | 1 | 64 | – | – |
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 44–14 | 14 | 91 | 1 | 30 | – | – |
| Sep 20 | at | W 48–17 | 18 | 103 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 10 |
| Oct 4 | at | W 56–14 | 20 | 198 | 3 | 43 | – | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. | W 49–24 | 19 | 134 | 3 | 30 | – | – |
| Oct 18 | at | W 45–13 | 9 | 117 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 79 |
| Oct 25 | vs. | W 35–16 | 24 | 272 | 4 | 66 | – | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. | W 41–14 | 27 | 199 | 1 | 42 | – | – |
| Nov 22 | at | W 23–18 | 20 | 171 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 23 |
| Nov 28 | vs. | L 66–67 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 14 | – | – |
| Dec 6 | vs. | W 26–23 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 17 | – | – |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. | W 52–23 | 15 | 131 | 1 | 47 | – | – |
2013 Marshall 9 games, 12 catches, 218 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 52–14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 10 |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 34–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 17 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 61–13 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 39 |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 56–14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 41 |
| Nov 14 | at | W 45–34 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 17 |
| Nov 23 | at | W 48–10 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 34 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 59–28 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 52 |
| Dec 7 | vs. | L 24–41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. | W 31–20 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 |
2012 Marshall 3 games, 3 catches, 21 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20 | at | W 59–24 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | vs. | W 38–28 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 44–41 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 11 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 9–29).
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′7¼″ | |
| Weight | 338 lb | |
| Arm length | 34¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.16 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.81 s | |
| Vertical jump | 27½″ | |
| Broad jump | 7′5″ | |
| Bench press | 26 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 8.34 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 5.28 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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