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2025 season · RB · #20 · 1st season

20Kaleb Johnson

Age 23 · 6'0" · 212 lb · Iowa · Pick 83 overall (2025). Snap share 9% across 10 games.

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PITSteelers offense9% of snaps
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Carries
28
2.8 per game
79th of 89
Rush yards
69
2.5 per carry
86th of 89
Rush TD
0
2 first downs
T-75th of 89
Targets
2
1 catches · 9 yds
88th of 89
Touches / game
3.0
30 total
T-81st of 89
EPA / touch
-0.25
-7.5 total
89th of 89
Explosive
0
10+ run · 20+ catch
T-87th of 89
Snap share
9%
offensive snaps
89th of 89
The short version
  • How goodJohnson's -7.5 EPA is 57th of 89 backs.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+2.0, 75th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy0.8 standard points a game, RB87 of 103.0.8 half-PPR points a game, RB88 of 103.0.9 PPR points a game, RB90 of 103.
  • How he's usedThe passing game barely involves him: 7% of his touches are targets (league 17%).
  • LatelyTouches are steady: 2 a game over his last three against 3 for the season.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 89 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Yards per carry2.588th of 89
2nd
Rush EPA per carry-0.2885th of 89
5th
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets-
Broken tacklesper touch0%71st of 89
11th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch0%87th of 89
2nd
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Touches per game3.081st of 89
9th
Receiving sharetargets per touch7%85th of 89
5th
Yards per touch2.689th of 89
1st
Success rate27%88th of 89
2nd
Total EPA-7.557th of 89
37th
How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

Johnson scores 0.8 standard points a game, RB87 of 103 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.3 and 1.5; 0 boom weeks (12+) and 10 busts (under 5).

Points a game0.8RB87 of 103
Season7.8RB109 · 10 games
Most weeks0.3–1.5his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 1012+ · under 5

Johnson scores 0.8 half-PPR points a game, RB88 of 103 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.3 and 1.6; 0 boom weeks (16+) and 10 busts (under 6.5).

Points a game0.8RB88 of 103
Season8.3RB110 · 10 games
Most weeks0.3–1.6his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 1016+ · under 6.5

Johnson scores 0.9 PPR points a game, RB90 of 103 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 0.3 and 1.6; 0 boom weeks (20+) and 10 busts (under 8).

Points a game0.9RB90 of 103
Season8.8RB114 · 10 games
Most weeks0.3–1.6his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts0 · 1020+ · under 8
How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the RB24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 89 backs

The passing game barely involves him: 7% of his touches are targets (league 17%). Run-pass options feed him: 29% of his carries (league 12%). His share of the team's touches is 3%: on third down it holds at 1%; inside the 20 it holds at 3%. Short yardage goes elsewhere: 3% of those touches against 3% overall.

Ground onlyReceiving share 7% · 5th pctlRPO backRPO 29% · 94th pctlNot the short-yardage backShort-yardage share 3% · 10th pctl
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
57%
60th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
36%
37th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
7%
5th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
1%
3rd
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
3%
2nd
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
3%
10th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
29%
94th
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
50%
30th
How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying backs; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Game logall 22 weeks
WkOpponentDefenseSnapCarYdsTDTgtRecEPA
1at NYJ W 34-3221st D21st vs the run4%1-200+0.8
2vs SEA L 17-311st D1st vs the run3%1100-0.7
3at NE W 21-14Did not play
4vs MIN W 24-2113th D13th vs the run21%62210-1.1
5Bye week
6vs CLE W 23-915th D15th vs the run19%61500-1.8
7at CIN L 31-33Did not play
8vs GB L 25-35Did not play
9vs IND W 27-208th D8th vs the run8%1411+0.5
10at LAC L 10-253rd D3rd vs the run8%2300-1.0
11vs CIN W 34-1231st D31st vs the run12%51500-2.3
12at CHI L 28-31Did not play
13vs BUF L 7-2629th D29th vs the run7%2300-0.4
14at BAL W 27-2211th D11th vs the run6%2400-0.7
15vs MIA W 28-1520th D20th vs the run3%2400-0.8
16at DET W 29-24Did not play
17at CLE L 6-13Did not play
18vs BAL W 26-24Did not play
19vs HOU L 6-30Stats not posted yet
20Bye week
21Bye week
22Bye week
10 games9%2869021-7.5

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season1 season
10Games
28Carries
69Rush yards
0TD
1Receptions
2025 to 2025 · 1 season · 1 team

First season: 10 games in, 78 scrimmage yards, a 17-game pace of 133.

010010025
SeasonTeamGCarYdsYPCTDTgtRecRec ydsEPA/touch
2025PIT1028692.50219-0.25
Career1 tm1028692.50219-0.25
How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 22
Depth chart
not listed
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
1 on 2 targets
Broken tackles
0
Passer rating when targeted
71.9
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    30Jaylen WarrenRB2561291 · 8 TD+10.1
    14Kenneth GainwellRB1991023 · 8 TD+3.3
    4DK MetcalfWR101862 · 7 TD+34.6
    81Jonnu SmithTE63292 · 3 TD+4.4
    19Calvin Austin IIIWR55372 · 3 TD-4.1
    88Pat FreiermuthTE54486 · 4 TD+23.3
    80Darnell WashingtonTE43364 · 1 TD+14.6
    16Adam ThielenWR35186+5.2