# Telly Johnson Jr.

RB · Northern Illinois (MOUNTAIN-WEST) · #45 · 5'11" · 215 lbs · JR

Projected RB starter · 18 career games (9 starts)

## Career statistics

### Rushing

| Season | Team | GP | Carries | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | NIU | 12 | 124 | 712 | 5.7 | 4 |
| 2024 | NIU | 6 | 103 | 480 | 4.7 | 4 |

### Receiving

| Season | Team | GP | Targets | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | NIU | 12 | 23 | 16 | 97 | 6.1 | 0 |
| 2024 | NIU | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |

### Defense

| Season | Team | GP | Tackles | Sacks | TFL | INT | PD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | NIU | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | NIU | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## 2025 game log

| Week | Opponent | Carries | Targets | Rec | Scrimmage yds | TD | Team touch share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | vs ? | 21 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 30.1% |
| 2 | at MD | 10 | 3 | 2 | 103 | 1 | 17.1% |
| 4 | at MSST | 6 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 14.8% |
| 5 | vs SDSU | 16 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 27.1% |
| 6 | vs M-OH | 2 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 11.3% |
| 7 | at EMU | 12 | 3 | 2 | 171 | 1 | 20.9% |
| 8 | at OHIO | 11 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 21.4% |
| 9 | vs BALL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 1 | 21.7% |
| 11 | at TOL | 10 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 18.6% |
| 12 | at MASS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11.1% |
| 13 | vs WMU | 6 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 9.8% |
| 14 | vs KENT | 8 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 13.0% |

## Recruiting

3-star recruit in the 2024 class · #2609 national · ATH #211 · from Hephzibah (Hephzibah, GA)

---

Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/players/110cdd70-c070-11ee-b00c-492ab0d0e681
Odds shown are point-in-time snapshots.