D'Ernest Johnson

RB · CLE/JAX/NE · 2019–2025

Born February 27, 1996 · College University of South Florida · Undrafted · 5-10, 208 lb

EPA per carry by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2019	CLE	9	4	21	0	5.25	−0.231	−0.125−0.190 to −0.061	20.0	−1.2	−0.00
2020	CLE	8	33	166	0	5.03	−0.066	−0.076−0.139 to −0.013	39.4	−2.2	+0.11
2021	CLE	13	100	534	3	5.34	+0.018	−0.078−0.138 to −0.018	43.8	+1.9	+0.40
2022	CLE	8	4	17	0	4.25	−0.016	−0.088−0.152 to −0.024	50.0	−0.1	+0.00
2023	JAX	15	41	108	0	2.63	−0.340	−0.130−0.192 to −0.067	19.0	−14.3	−0.20
2024	JAX	12	32	143	0	4.47	+0.100	−0.084−0.147 to −0.021	34.4	+3.2	+0.06
2025	NE	5	14	25	0	1.79	−0.442	−0.092−0.155 to −0.028	6.7	−6.6	−0.03
Career	NE	70	228	1,014	3	4.45	−0.081		34.7	−19.2	+0.33

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	CLE	9	7	6	71	85.7	+0.294	2.4	4.9	+2.1	+0.04
2020	CLE	8	4	3	14	75.0	−0.235	1.7	0.0	−0.9	−0.02
2021	CLE	13	25	19	137	76.0	+0.028	6.4	0.2	+0.7	−0.13
2022	CLE	8	3	3	7	100.0	−0.322	1.3	-0.3	−1.0	−0.00
2023	JAX	15	12	10	140	83.3	+0.818	2.2	0.8	+9.8	+0.12
2024	JAX	12	19	12	96	63.2	−0.671	5.2	0.4	−12.7	−0.56
Career	NE	70	70	53	465	75.7	−0.030	3.2	0.8	−2.1	−0.55

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2019	CLE	9	7
2020	CLE	8	1
2020 playoffs	CLE	2	4
2021	CLE	13	1
2022	CLE	8	6
2024	JAX	12	1
Career	NE	70	16

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2019	CLE	6	38	12.5	1	1.6
2020	CLE	8	72	14.1	–	–
2021	CLE	14	319	36.1	–	–
2022	CLE	5	29	8.4	–	–
2023	JAX	17	189	16.5	–	–
2024	JAX	13	186	24.6	–	–
2025	ARI/NE	6	42	10.7	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested catch %
2022	3	100.0	0	0.0	–
2023	12	83.3	0	0.0	–
2024	19	73.7	2	14.3	–

Game logs

2025 game log (5 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
7	2025-10-19	vs GB	L 23–27	1	0	−0.4
10	2025-11-09	@ TB	W 28–23	1	1	−0.2
11	2025-11-13	vs NYJ	W 27–14	3	6	−2.4
17	2025-12-28	@ NYJ	W 42–10	4	5	−1.7
18	2026-01-04	vs MIA	W 38–10	5	13	−1.9

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2024-09-15	vs CLE	L 13–18	5	26	+0.9	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2024-09-23	@ BUF	L 10–47	2	12	+0.4	1	0	0	−0.6	0
4	2024-09-29	@ HOU	L 20–24	2	0	−1.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2024-10-06	vs IND	W 37–34	1	1	−0.3	3	2	9	−0.4	0
6	2024-10-13	@ CHI	L 16–35	6	28	+1.7	2	2	16	+0.6	0
7	2024-10-20	vs NE	W 32–16	9	38	+0.1	4	3	32	+0.2	0
8	2024-10-27	vs GB	L 27–30	1	3	−0.4	2	1	20	−0.7	0
9	2024-11-03	@ PHI	L 23–28	2	6	+0.4	1	0	0	−4.9	0
11	2024-11-17	@ DET	L 6–52	2	3	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2024-12-22	@ LV	L 14–19	0	0	0.0	2	1	8	−3.6	0
17	2024-12-29	vs TEN	W 20–13	0	0	0.0	2	2	11	−0.9	0
18	2025-01-05	@ IND	L 23–26 OT	2	26	+2.9	2	1	0	−2.4	0

2023 game log (15 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2023-09-10	@ IND	W 31–21	1	-4	−1.2	0	0	0	0.0
2	2023-09-17	vs KC	L 9–17	1	8	+0.5	1	1	9	+0.9
3	2023-09-24	vs HOU	L 17–37	3	6	−0.9	2	2	6	−0.2
4	2023-10-01	vs ATL	W 23–7	1	-2	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0
6	2023-10-15	vs IND	W 37–20	1	19	+1.1	0	0	0	0.0
8	2023-10-29	@ PIT	W 20–10	2	8	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0
10	2023-11-12	vs SF	L 3–34	3	12	−1.0	2	2	28	+2.7
11	2023-11-19	vs TEN	W 34–14	7	20	−2.7	1	1	34	+5.1
12	2023-11-26	@ HOU	W 24–21	7	19	−1.7	2	1	42	+2.0
13	2023-12-04	vs CIN	L 31–34 OT	5	4	−1.8	1	1	5	+0.2
14	2023-12-10	@ CLE	L 27–31	3	12	−0.3	3	2	16	−0.9
15	2023-12-17	vs BAL	L 7–23	2	5	−0.3	0	0	0	0.0
16	2023-12-24	@ TB	L 12–30	1	2	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0
17	2023-12-31	vs CAR	W 26–0	3	0	−2.8	0	0	0	0.0
18	2024-01-07	@ TEN	L 20–28	1	-1	−1.3	0	0	0	0.0

2022 game log (8 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2022-10-02	@ ATL	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2022-10-16	vs NE	L 15–38	0	0	0.0	2	2	9	−0.0	1
8	2022-10-31	vs CIN	W 32–13	4	17	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2022-11-13	@ MIA	L 17–39	0	0	0.0	1	1	-2	−0.9	0
11	2022-11-20	@ BUF	L 23–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2022-12-17	vs BAL	W 13–3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2022-12-24	vs NO	L 10–17	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2023-01-01	@ WAS	W 24–10	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2021-09-26	vs CHI	W 26–6	2	9	0	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ MIN	W 14–7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2021-10-17	vs ARI	L 14–37	1	2	0	−0.4	1	1	7	−0.0	0
7	2021-10-21	vs DEN	W 17–14	22	146	1	+5.1	2	2	22	+1.5	0
8	2021-10-31	vs PIT	L 10–15	4	22	1	+0.5	3	1	7	−1.0	0
9	2021-11-07	@ CIN	W 41–16	8	16	0	−4.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2021-11-14	@ NE	L 7–45	19	99	0	−0.5	8	7	58	+2.3	0
11	2021-11-21	vs DET	W 13–10	5	26	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2021-12-12	vs BAL	W 24–22	4	22	0	−1.4	1	1	7	+1.8	0
15	2021-12-20	vs LV	L 14–16	1	-2	0	−1.3	4	4	17	−2.5	0
16	2021-12-25	@ GB	L 22–24	4	58	0	+4.4	2	1	8	−0.2	0
17	2022-01-03	@ PIT	L 14–26	5	13	0	−2.7	3	1	1	−1.5	0
18	2022-01-09	vs CIN	W 21–16	25	123	1	+2.6	1	1	10	+0.4	0

2020 game log (10 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	@ BAL	L 6–38	1	5	+0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2020-10-04	@ DAL	W 49–38	13	95	+3.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2020-10-11	vs IND	W 32–23	8	32	−0.6	1	1	4	+0.1	1
6	2020-10-18	@ PIT	L 7–38	4	1	−4.8	1	0	0	−0.4	0
7	2020-10-25	@ CIN	W 37–34	1	3	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2020-11-01	vs LV	L 6–16	2	6	−0.7	1	1	5	−0.4	0
13	2020-12-06	@ TEN	W 41–35	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	−0.2	0
15	2020-12-20	@ NYG	W 20–6	4	24	+0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2021-01-10	@ PIT	W 48–37	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	3
P19	2021-01-17	@ KC	L 17–22	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2019 game log (9 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs TEN	L 13–43	1	13	−0.5	2	2	23	+0.0	0
2	2019-09-16	@ NYJ	W 23–3	3	8	−0.7	4	3	42	+1.9	0
4	2019-09-29	@ BAL	W 40–25	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2019-10-07	@ SF	L 3–31	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	+0.1	0
10	2019-11-10	vs BUF	W 19–16	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2019-11-14	vs PIT	W 21–7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	2019-12-15	@ ARI	L 24–38	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2019-12-22	vs BAL	L 15–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2019-12-29	@ CIN	L 23–33	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2