RB#21
D'Ernest Johnson
gsis_id 00-0035628
TEN
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2021 weekly average
- Rush yds over expected
- 56.1
- RYOE / attempt
- 1.34
- Efficiency
- 3.38
- Time to line of scrimmage
- 3.12s
- 8+ defenders in box
- 23.7%
- Yards / carry
- 5.53
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Yds before contact / att
- 0.90
- Yds after contact / att
- 0.48
- Yds after contact
- 9
- Broken tackles (rush)
- 1
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rush EPA | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 0 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 32 | 143 | 0 | 3.2 | 19 | 12 | 96 | 0 | 35.9 |
| 2023 | 16 | 41 | 108 | 0 | -13.3 | 12 | 10 | 140 | 0 | 34.8 |
| 2022 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 0 | -0.1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5.4 |
| 2021 | 13 | 100 | 534 | 3 | 6.4 | 25 | 19 | 137 | 0 | 104.1 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 5'11"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- College
- University of South Florida (American Athletic Conference)
- Draft
- 2019
- Rookie season
- 2019
- Experience
- 8 yr
- Status
- CUT
Source: nflverse injury report
2024 Wk 11 · no game status listed · practice: Limited Participation in Practice
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
84 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2021 · RB cohort of 52
Each of ryoe / att, efficiency, time to los, yards / carry, 8+ box rate is z-scored across every qualified RB in 2021; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Nick ChubbRB · — · distance 0.29
- RYOE / att
- 1.13
- Efficiency
- 3.59
- Time to LOS
- 3.17
- Yards / carry
- 5.52
- 8+ box rate
- 26.3
Tony PollardRB · DAL · distance 1.24
- RYOE / att
- 0.81
- Efficiency
- 3.31
- Time to LOS
- 2.92
- Yards / carry
- 5.53
- 8+ box rate
- 16.2
Jonathan TaylorRB · — · distance 1.58
- RYOE / att
- 1.19
- Efficiency
- 3.17
- Time to LOS
- 2.78
- Yards / carry
- 5.45
- 8+ box rate
- 26.8
Elijah MitchellRB · SF · distance 1.66
- RYOE / att
- 0.28
- Efficiency
- 3.74
- Time to LOS
- 2.91
- Yards / carry
- 4.65
- 8+ box rate
- 39.6
Michael CarterRB · NYJ · distance 1.68
- RYOE / att
- 0.48
- Efficiency
- 4.02
- Time to LOS
- 2.87
- Yards / carry
- 4.35
- 8+ box rate
- 19.0
D'Ernest Johnson baseline
- RYOE / att
- 1.42
- Efficiency
- 3.60
- Time to LOS
- 3.19
- Yards / carry
- 5.34
- 8+ box rate
- 25.0