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Running back, Boise State, 2005–⁠08

Ian Johnson

Born: Oct 10, 1986, in Monrovia, California

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Ian Johnson played running back at Boise State (2005–⁠08). He finished eighth in the 2006 Heisman vote.

Best season: 1,714; Rushing yards, 2006 (Boise State, 13–⁠0)
Best game: 240 yards; Vs. Oregon State, week 2, 2006: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank: No. 1; In the nation in points, 2006

240rushing yards, career highvs. Oregon State, 2006 5rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Oregon State, 2006 106receiving yards, career highvs. Louisiana Tech, 2008

Honors

Team titles: WAC champions, 2005, 2006 and 2008

All-America: AP third team 2006; CBS Sports 2006; Sports Illustrated 2006

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

663

1,714

1,041

766

9–⁠413–⁠0AP 510–⁠312–⁠1AP 11

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2005	Boise State	119	663	5.6	4	46
2006	Boise State	276	1,714	6.2	25	59
2007	Boise State	207	1,041	5.0	16	72
2008	Boise State	150	766	5.1	13	69
Career		752	4,184	5.6	58	72

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2005	Boise State	5	46	9.2	0	25
2006	Boise State	8	55	6.9	0	21
2007	Boise State	25	312	12.5	1	54
2008	Boise State	22	229	10.4	0	51
Career		60	642	10.7	1	54

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). Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	FF
2005	13	7	4	11	1
2006	12	1	0	1	0
On file		8	4	12	1

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2008 Boise State 13 games, 766 rushing yards, 13 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 30	vs.Idaho State	W 49–⁠7	14	87	1	21	–	–
Sep 13	vs.Bowling Green	W 20–⁠7	13	97	2	53	1	10
Sep 20	atOregon	W 37–⁠32	19	40	1	6	2	1
Oct 1	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 38–⁠3	9	42	0	20	3	106
Oct 11	atSouthern Miss	W 24–⁠7	11	56	0	24	2	25
Oct 17	vs.Hawai’i	W 27–⁠7	12	41	0	15	2	4
Oct 24	atSan José State	W 33–⁠16	16	66	2	14	–	–
Nov 1	atNew Mexico State	W 49–⁠0	10	61	1	11	1	9
Nov 8	vs.Utah State	W 49–⁠14	10	35	1	12	1	7
Nov 15	atIdaho	W 45–⁠10	8	14	1	5	1	4
Nov 22	atNevada	W 41–⁠34	7	71	1	66	3	29
Nov 28	vs.Fresno State	W 61–⁠10	14	128	2	69	3	39
Dec 23 ✦	vs.TCU	L 16–⁠17	7	28	1	20	3	−5

2007 Boise State 11 games, 1,041 rushing yards, 16 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 30	vs.Weber State	W 56–⁠7	18	128	3	54	1	11
Sep 8	atWashington	L 10–⁠24	20	81	0	15	3	14
Sep 15	vs.Wyoming	W 24–⁠14	24	83	0	9	3	18
Sep 27	vs.Southern Miss	W 38–⁠16	22	111	3	23	3	80
Oct 7	vs.New Mexico State	W 58–⁠0	17	85	1	18	4	73
Oct 14	vs.Nevada	W 69–⁠67	28	205	2	72	4	51
Nov 3	vs.San José State	W 42–⁠7	12	33	2	9	1	9
Nov 10	atUtah State	W 52–⁠0	19	110	1	24	1	0
Nov 17	vs.Idaho	W 58–⁠14	21	108	2	16	2	17
Nov 23	atHawai’i	L 27–⁠39	22	86	2	50	3	39
Dec 23 ✦	vs.East Carolina	L 38–⁠41	4	11	0	7	–	–

2006 Boise State 12 games, 1,714 rushing yards, 25 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 31	vs.Sacramento State	W 45–⁠0	13	89	2	19	–	–
Sep 7	vs.Oregon State	W 42–⁠14	22	240	5	59	1	21
Sep 16	atWyoming	W 17–⁠10	23	119	0	16	–	–
Sep 23	vs.Hawai’i	W 41–⁠34	29	178	2	27	1	10
Sep 30	atUtah	W 36–⁠3	14	88	0	15	–	–
Oct 7	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 55–⁠14	14	92	1	28	–	–
Oct 15	atNew Mexico State	W 40–⁠28	27	192	4	35	–	–
Oct 21	atIdaho	W 42–⁠26	27	183	4	28	1	0
Nov 1	vs.Fresno State	W 45–⁠21	24	136	2	32	2	8
Nov 11	atSan José State	W 23–⁠20	29	149	1	31	1	12
Nov 25	atNevada	W 38–⁠7	31	147	3	19	–	–
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Oklahoma	W 43–⁠42	23	101	1	16	2	4

2005 Boise State 13 games, 663 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 3	atGeorgia	L 13–⁠48	6	48	0	28	–	–
Sep 10	atOregon State	L 27–⁠30	10	72	0	27	1	6
Sep 21	vs.Bowling Green	W 48–⁠20	16	85	0	15	1	4
Oct 1	atHawai’i	W 44–⁠41	13	66	0	14	–	–
Oct 8	vs.Portland State	W 21–⁠14	16	78	0	14	–	–
Oct 15	vs.San José State	W 38–⁠21	11	46	1	14	–	–
Oct 22	atUtah State	W 45–⁠21	5	11	0	6	–	–
Oct 29	vs.Nevada	W 49–⁠14	12	84	1	46	1	4
Nov 5	vs.New Mexico State	W 56–⁠6	9	54	1	11	–	–
Nov 10	atFresno State	L 7–⁠27	2	5	0	3	–	–
Nov 19	vs.Idaho	W 70–⁠35	1	1	0	1	–	–
Nov 26	atLouisiana Tech	W 30–⁠13	16	103	1	18	1	7
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Boston College	L 21–⁠27	2	10	0	5	1	25

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2009	Combine or pro day 2009
Height	5′11¼″
Weight	212 lb
Arm length	31″
Hand size	9½″
40-yard dash	4.46 s
10-yard split		1.58 s
Vertical jump	33″
Broad jump	9′8″
Bench press	26 reps
3-cone drill	6.93 s
20-yard shuttle	4.18 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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At a glance

Career highs