Telly Johnson Jr.

RB · #45 · Northern Illinois · JR · 5'11" · 215 · Augusta, GA

Projected RB starter

439 2026 rush yards
4 2026 total TDs
30% Team touch share
18 Explosive plays
24 Career games (13 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSCarries Rush yds YPC Rec Rec yds TD
2026 Northern Illinois6481 439 5.4 11 46 4
2025 Northern Illinois127124 712 5.7 16 97 4
2024 Northern Illinois62103 480 4.7 2 3 4

2026 Percentile vs RBs

Rush yards per game 73.2 88
Yards per carry 5.4 66
Receiving yards per game 7.7 59
Total TDs 4 70

Around Telly

Projected 2026 starters · 2026 production
QB Jalen Macon QB · 20 pass yds · 5g
WR-X La'Don Bryant WR · 286 rec yds · 6g
WR-Z George Dimopoulos WR · 97 rec yds · 6g
WR-SL DeAree Rogers WR · 422 rec yds · 6g
TE Jason Fowler TE · 25 rec yds · 5g

The situation

Northern Illinois 2026 offense ›
Explosive play rate 10.9% 37
Red zone TD rate 50.0% 3
Line yards per carry 1.8 7
Sack rate allowed 10.4% 7

2026 Game log

WeekOpponentCarries Rushing yards Rushing TDs Targets Receptions Receiving yards Receiving TDs RZ opps
W1 @ IOWA8 16 0 2 2 3 0 0
W2Illinois State Redbirds22 83 1 3 2 10 0 6
W3 @ ARIZ12 69 0 1 1 2 0 0
W4 @ GAST15 85 1 3 3 26 0 2
W6 AFA8 47 1 1 1 6 0 2
W7 @ WYO16 139 1 3 2 -1 0 3

Recruiting

2024 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2024 board
#2607 Nico Gramatica K · Cambridge Christian School USF
#2608 Kyle Mosley DL · Cedar Grove UAB
#2609 Telly Johnson Jr. ATH · Hephzibah NIU
#2619 John Holthaus OT · Junipero Serra CSU
#2620 Carter Vargas RB · St. Joseph
ATHs in the class
#208 TJ Nelson Anderson BGSU
#208 Sopuruchi Ojinnaka Warren Mott
#211 Telly Johnson Jr. Hephzibah NIU
#212 Terrence Smith Jr. South Aiken CONN
#212 Isaiah Atchison Montague CMU
2026 · 88th pctile of RBs
Recruit · 18th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.