| No. 23 –Chicago Bears | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born: | (2001-01-31)January 31, 2001 (age 24) Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Port Neches–Groves(Port Neches, Texas) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Texas (2019–2022) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2023: 4th round, 115th pick | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2024 | |||||||||||||
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Roschon Johnson (born January 31, 2001) is an American professionalfootballrunning back for theChicago Bears of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football atTexas and was selected by the Bears in the fourth round of the2023 NFL draft.
Johnson was born on January 31, 2001, inPort Arthur, Texas. During his early childhood, he would move toGroves, Texas, and attendedPort Neches–Groves High School inPort Neches, Texas.[1] Johnson playedquarterback for the Port Neches–Groves football team, completing 181 of 279 pass attempts for 2,918 yards and 35 touchdowns with five interceptions and 227 rushes for 1,627 yards and 29 touchdowns in 2017.[2] Johnson passed 2,343 yards and 24 touchdowns while also rushing for 1,623 yards and 26 touchdowns in his senior season.[3] He finished as Port Neches–Groves' all-time leading passer with 7,710 yards and second with 4,900 rushing yards.[4] Johnson was rated a four-star recruit and committed to playcollege football for theTexas Longhorns.[5][6]
Johnson began attending theUniversity of Texas in January 2019.[7] He moved torunning back during his freshman season due to injuries at the RB position.[8] Johnson finished the season with 649 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 123 carries and 158 receiving yards and one touchdown on 23 receptions.[9] As a sophomore, Johnson served mostly as the Longhorns' backup running back behindBijan Robinson and rushed 80 times for 418 yards and six touchdowns and caught eight passes for 51 yards and one touchdown.[10] He rushed for 569 yards and five touchdowns on 96 carries in his junior season.[11] Johnson enrolled at theMcCombs School of Business in January 2021 and graduated with a degree in business management in May 2022.[12][13]
| Texas Longhorns | ||||||||||||||
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| Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |||||
| 2019 | 13 | 0 | 123 | 649 | 5.3 | 7 | 23 | 158 | 6.9 | 1 | ||||
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | 80 | 418 | 5.2 | 6 | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | 12 | 3 | 96 | 569 | 5.9 | 5 | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 12 | 1 | 93 | 554 | 6.0 | 5 | 14 | 128 | 9.1 | 1 | ||||
| Career | 47 | 5 | 392 | 2,190 | 5.6 | 23 | 56 | 420 | 7.5 | 3 | ||||
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
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| 6 ft0+1⁄4 in (1.84 m) | 219 lb (99 kg) | 32 in (0.81 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.58 s | 1.52 s | 2.66 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) | 10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) | ||||
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Johnson was selected by theChicago Bears in the fourth round (115th overall) of the2023 NFL draft.[16] Johnson scored his first professional touchdown on a two yard rush in the fourth quarter of the Bears' Week 1 loss to the Packers.[17] As a rookie, he appeared in 15 games. He finished with 81 carries for 352 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns to go with 34 receptions for 209 receiving yards.[18]
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career best |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2023 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 81 | 352 | 4.3 | 29 | 2 | 34 | 209 | 6.1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | CHI | 14 | 0 | 55 | 150 | 2.7 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 104 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 29 | 0 | 136 | 502 | 3.7 | 29 | 8 | 50 | 313 | 6.3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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