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2022 Football Roster

Justin Johnson Jr. #26 RB

  • Position:
    Running Back
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    198
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    St. Louis, Mo.
  • High School:
    Edwardsville
  • Instagram:
    justinjr.4k
  • Twitter:
    j_ustin26

Summary

Biography

  • Has played in 20 career games, including one start

2022 (So.)

  • Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
  • Played in all 12 games and started one
  • Third-leading rusher for WVU with 430 yards on 98 carries and three touchdowns
  • Finished with eight catches for 46 yards and a touchdowns
  • Finished with 11 carries for 63 yards vs. Kansas State
  • Earned his first career start at Iowa State and finished the game with 12 carries for 48 yards
  • Carried the ball 10 times for 36 yards vs. TCU and finished with a 5-yard touchdown reception
  • Found the end zone in the third straight game and tallied 48 yards rushing on a career-high 12 carries vs. Baylor
  • Led the team with 44 rushing yards on 10 carries and added a score at Texas
  • Career night at Virginia Tech featured 11 carries for 83 yards and the first touchdown of his career
  • Longest carry against the Hokies went for 24 yards
  • Carried the ball seven times for 29 yards and tallied 18 yards receiving against Kansas
  • Tallied 12 yards on four carries and caught two passes at Pitt

2021 (Fr.)

  • Played in eight games, adding depth at running back
  • Used on 77 offensive snaps, including a season-high 27 at Baylor
  • Also saw action on 25 plays against Long Island
  • Finished with 24 carries for 90 yards, averaging 3.8 yards per carry and a long of 15 yards
  • Registered five carries for 35 yards against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, averaging 7.0 yards per carry and a season-long of 15 yards
  • Had eight carries for 13 yards and his collegiate reception for two yards at Baylor
  • Season-high 10 carries for 42 yards against Long Island, including a long of 11 yards

High School

  • Played running back for coach Matt Martin at Class 8A Edwardsville High
  • Illinois 8A All-State First Team selection as a senior, playing its high school football season in 2021 spring due to COVID-19
  • Finished career with school-record 4,175 rushing yards and 62 touchdowns
  • Averaged almost 13 yards per catch during his career
  • Three-time All-Southwestern Conference performer
  • Helped Edwardsville to the state playoffs three years
  • Ran for 1,084 yards, scored 20 touchdowns and finished with six 100-yard rushing performances
  • Season-high 217 yards and three touchdowns against Alton
  • Had 207 rushing yards and four touchdowns against East St. Louis in the SWC championship game.
  • Had five rushing touchdowns against Belleville East to finish one shy of the single-game school record
  • Alton River Bend Telegraph large school Player of the Year in 2019
  • As a junior, he rushed for 1,120 yards and 19 touchdowns in only nine games, averaging 16 yards per carry
  • As a sophomore, he finished with 1,048 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns
  • Had a productive freshman season in 2017, with 734 yards and six scores, earning him playing time on the varsity level
  • Called up to the varsity squad midway through his freshman season and responded with a 100-yard rushing performance in just his second start
  • Three-star rating from 247Sports and ESPN, while earning a four-star mark from Rivals
  • MaxPreps ranked him No. 9 overall in Illinois
  • Rivals listed him as the No. 14 overall running back, No. 3 in the state and No. 248 overall recruit in the country
  • ESPN listed him No. 48 nationally at his position and No. 13 overall recruit in Illinois, while 247Sports has him as the No. 26 best running back and No. 17 recruit overall in Illinois
  • Received more than 16 scholarship offers, including Cal, Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue and Washington State.

Personal

  • Son of Justin Sr. and Tamika Johnson
  • One of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
  • Majoring in integrated studies

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2021Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 196 lbs
    26
  • 26

    2022Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'11" 198 lbs
    26
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