Running back, Miami, 2012–14
Duke Johnson
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 5′9″
- Weight
- 206 lb
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
- Born
- Sep 23, 1993, in Miami, Florida
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Duke Johnson played running back at Miami (2012–14). The Cleveland Browns took Johnson in round 3, No. 77 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
249rushing yards, career highat Virginia Tech, 20143rushing touchdowns, career highat Duke, 201284receiving yards, career highat Nebraska, 2014Honors
All-America: Walter Camp second team 2012; College Football News first team 2012
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Rushing
Returns
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
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.
Game by game
2014 Miami 13 games, 1,652 rushing yards, 10 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Louisville | L 13–31 | 20 | 90 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. Florida A&M | W 41–7 | 9 | 97 | 1 | – | – |
| Sep 13 | vs. Arkansas State | W 41–20 | 14 | 90 | 1 | – | – |
| Sep 20 | at Nebraska | L 31–41 | 18 | 93 | 1 | – | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. Duke | W 22–10 | 25 | 155 | 1 | – | – |
| Oct 4 | at Georgia Tech | L 17–28 | 14 | 100 | 1 | – | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. Cincinnati | W 55–34 | 10 | 162 | 1 | – | – |
| Oct 23 | at Virginia Tech | W 30–6 | 29 | 249 | 1 | – | – |
| Nov 1 | vs. North Carolina | W 47–20 | 19 | 177 | 2 | – | – |
| Nov 15 | vs. Florida State | L 26–30 | 27 | 130 | 1 | – | – |
| Nov 22 | at Virginia | L 13–30 | 15 | 88 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. Pittsburgh | L 23–35 | 18 | 89 | 0 | – | – |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. South Carolina | L 21–24 | 24 | 132 | 0 | – | – |
2013 Miami 8 games, 920 rushing yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 34–6 | 19 | 186 | 1 | – | – |
| Sep 7 | vs. Florida | W 21–16 | 21 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 56 |
| Sep 21 | vs.Savannah State | W 77–7 | 8 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 95 |
| Sep 28 | at South Florida | W 49–21 | 14 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 40 |
| Oct 5 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 45–30 | 22 | 184 | 0 | 4 | 114 |
| Oct 17 | atNorth Carolina | W 27–23 | 8 | 83 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. Wake Forest | W 24–21 | 30 | 168 | 2 | 3 | 75 |
| Nov 2 | atFlorida State | L 14–41 | 23 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
2012 Miami 12 games, 947 rushing yards, 10 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Boston College | W 41–32 | 7 | 135 | 2 | 3 | 69 |
| Sep 8 | at Kansas State | L 13–52 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 141 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Bethune-Cookman | W 38–10 | 14 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 95 |
| Sep 22 | atGeorgia Tech | W 42–36 | 13 | 72 | 0 | 4 | 90 |
| Sep 29 | vs. NC State | W 44–37 | 12 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Notre Dame | L 3–41 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| Oct 13 | vs.North Carolina | L 14–18 | 14 | 47 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 20 | vs.Florida State | L 20–33 | 9 | 27 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 1 | vs.Virginia Tech | W 30–12 | 11 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 118 |
| Nov 10 | atVirginia | L 40–41 | 16 | 150 | 0 | 5 | 214 |
| Nov 17 | vs.South Florida | W 40–9 | 13 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Nov 24 | atDuke | W 52–45 | 16 | 176 | 3 | 4 | 89 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅛″ | |
| Weight | 207 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.54 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 18 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.88 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.16 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 97 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 104 | 379 | 0 | 61 | 534 |
| 2016 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 73 | 358 | 1 | 53 | 514 |
| 2017 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 82 | 348 | 4 | 74 | 693 |
| 2018 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 40 | 201 | 0 | 47 | 429 |
| 2019 | Houston Texans | 16 | 83 | 410 | 2 | 44 | 410 |
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 11 | 77 | 235 | 1 | 28 | 249 |
| 2021 | Miami Dolphins | 5 | 71 | 330 | 3 | 4 | 41 |
| 2022 | Buffalo Bills | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 97 | 532 | 2,265 | 11 | 311 | 2,870 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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