Emmett Johnson for Heisman
EJ BY THE NUMBERS
1,821
Leads All Power Conference Players in Scrimmage Yards
120.9
Ranks 1st in Big Ten & 4th Nationally in Rushing Yards/Game
46
1st Nationally in Running Back Receptions
40.7
Leads the nation by accounting for 40.7% of his team's total yards
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Can’t take a Heisman ranking seriously if it doesn’t have Emmett Johnson on it.
Will Compton
Bussin' With The Boys“
Most of our game plan was to stop 21. He's a special, special player...Nationally, they should be talking about him a lot more.
Tim Skipper
UCLA Interim Head CoachPerforming Against Top Competition
- Leads all FBS running backs with 46 receptions
- Johnson is just the fourth FBS player since 2017 to average 120 rushing and 30 receiving yards per game, joining Cam Skattebo, Arizona State (2024), Omarion Hampton, North Carolina (2024) and Zach Charbonnet, UCLA (2022)
- Johnson and Penn State’s Saquon Barkley (2015) are the only Big Ten players to have 1,400 rushing yards and 350 receiving yards in the past 20 seasons
- In nine Big Ten games, Johnson rushed for 1,125 yards (125.0 ypg), the highest total ever by a Husker in Big Ten play
- In the last 35 seasons, Johnson and 1995 Heisman Trophy Winner Eddie George are the only players to total 1,100 rushing yards and 300 receiving yards in a Big Ten season
- Leads the nation by accounting for 40.7 percent of his team’s total yards, one of only two players in the country averaging more than 35 percent of team’s total yards
- First Nebraska player with 100 rushing and 100 receiving yards in the same game at UCLA (232 total yards from scrimmage)
- Had three consecutive games with more than 25 carries (Northwestern, USC, UCLA), a first at Nebraska since 1997
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"I personally believe Emmett Johnson should be in NY as a Heisman candidate.
Matt Rhule
Nebraska Head CoachDual-Threat Playmaker
- One of the top receiving running backs in Nebraska history
- Recorded the two best receiving seasons by a Husker running back in the last 18 years (46 receptions in 2025, 39 in 2024)
- Most receiving yards in a season by a Husker running back since Marlon Lucky in 2007
- 92 career receptions (tied for second-most in school history among running backs)
- Tied Nebraska running back record with two receiving touchdowns at UCLA
EJ TV
2025 Game Highlights
Nebraska RB Emmett Johnson This Season:
— PFF College (@PFF_College) October 29, 2025
🌽 85.7 Rushing Grade
🌽 837 Rushing Yards (3rd)
🌽 44 Missed Tackles Forced (3rd)
🌽 24 Explosive Runs (2nd)@HuskerFootball pic.twitter.com/S1UT9KMnWB
After 100+ rushing and receiving yards, Nebraska RB Emmett Johnson wanted to let everyone know why he plays football:
"I'm just honoring God through it". 🙌#nebraska #collegefootball pic.twitter.com/NO2OLBalWy
— Sport and Faith (@sportandfaith) November 10, 2025
Ranks Among All-Time
Husker Greats
- First 1,000-yard rushing season at Nebraska since 2018
- Most rushing yards by a Husker since Doak Walker Award finalist Ameer Abdullah in 2014
- Surpassed 2,000 career rushing yards
- 15 total touchdowns in 2025 (12 rushing, 3 receiving)
- Most touchdowns by a Nebraska player since Ameer Abdullah had 22 in 2014
- Eight 100-yard rushing games in 2025, including six in Big Ten play
- Most 100-yard games in a season at Nebraska since Ameer Abdullah in 2014 (7)
- Five consecutive 100-yard rushing games (Northwestern, USC, UCLA, Penn St., Iowa)
Historic Performance in Hollywood (at UCLA)
- Accounted for 232 yards from scrimmage in Nebraska’s 28–21 win over UCLA
- 129 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown
- 103 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns
- First player in the Big Ten (since at least 1995) with:
- 125+ rushing yards
- 100+ receiving yards
- 1 rushing touchdown
- 2 receiving touchdowns in the same game
- First player in Nebraska history with 100+ rushing and 100+ receiving yards in one game
- Ninth 100-yard receiving game by a Nebraska running back in school history
- First Husker with three straight games of 25+ rush attempts since Ahman Green in 1997
- Named:
- Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
- Maxwell Award National Player of the Week
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