Telly Johnson Jr.

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

Projected RB starter

712 2025 rush yards
4 2025 total TDs
22% Team touch share
15 Explosive plays
18 Career games (9 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSCarries Rush yds YPC Rec Rec yds TD
2025 Northern Illinois127124 712 5.7 16 97 4
2024 Northern Illinois62103 480 4.7 2 3 4

2025 Percentile vs RBs

Rush yards per game 59.3 83
Yards per carry 5.7 80
Receiving yards per game 8.1 62
Total TDs 4 59

Around Telly

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Jalen Macon QB · 105 pass yds · 5g
WR-X Cam Thompson WR · no college stats
WR-Z George Dimopoulos WR · 58 rec yds · 8g
WR-SL DeAree Rogers WR · 506 rec yds · 12g
TE Jason Fowler TE · 14 rec yds · 6g

The situation

Northern Illinois 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 9.4% 17
Red zone TD rate 64.1% 22
Line yards per carry 2.6 63
Sack rate allowed 7.9% 20

2025 Game log

WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1Holy Cross Crusaders21 2 1 69 1
W2 @ MD10 3 2 103 1 1
W4 @ MSST6 3 2 56 1
W5 SDSU16 1 53 1
W6 M-OH2 4 4 26
W7 @ EMU12 3 2 171 1
W8 @ OHIO11 2 1 73
W9 BALL15 100 1 2
W11 @ TOL10 3 3 46 1
W12 @ MASS7 33 1
W13 WMU6 1 42 1 1
W14 KENT8 1 1 37

Recruiting

2024 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2024 board
#2609 Isaac Cannizzaro IOL · Meadowcreek KENN
#2609 Sam Ehret EDGE · Clearwater Academy International OHIO
#2609 Telly Johnson Jr. ATH · Hephzibah NIU
#2609 La'Don Bryant WR · Benedictine Military School NIU
#2609 Grant Haworth OT · Fishers BALL
ATHs in the class
#209 TJ Nelson Anderson BGSU
#210 Sopuruchi Ojinnaka Warren Mott
#211 Telly Johnson Jr. Hephzibah NIU
#212 Terrence Smith Jr. South Aiken CONN
#213 Isaiah Atchison Montague CMU
2025 · 83th pctile of RBs
Recruit · 18th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.