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Heisman / Players / Angel Johnson /Washington State

Angel Johnson

RB · Washington State · Sr · #1

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

252 RUSH YDS · 1 RUSH TD · 75 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Washington State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Washington State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Washington State

Returning around him

  • 25% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -13 net (28 in / 41 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Washington State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #71

RB · WASHINGTON STATE · PAC-12

Angel Johnson

  • 4
  • #1
  • 5-9 | 192 lb
  • Viborg, SD

CFB Zeitgeist Score

24

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by long run at the 58th percentile.

Heisman Heat

Awaiting

Not on the live Heisman board this week.

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Washington State
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Heisman futures · live sportsbook odds

#29 in market ▼ from #23 · 5 books

+35002.8% implied▲ tightened from +6600

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey1
Measurements5-9 | 192 lb
HometownViborg, SD
Primary teamWashington State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Washington State 2025
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 3, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 South Dakota State -> Washington State 3-star | 0.8400 | Immediate

Heisman Lens

Where the model places this player relative to the rest of the Heisman field.

Current nowcast--Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast--Where the full season sim points
Win probability--Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability--Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability--Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Angel Johnson

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Angel Johnson

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

final
Through 13g
252Rush yards
75Carries
1Rush TDs
Per game
19.4Rush yards
6Carries
0Rush TDs
Final
252Rush yards
75Carries
1Rush TDs

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Angel Johnson's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Washington State, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place -- -- win | -- finalist
Role load 9.9% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 307 252 rush | 55 rec | #301/735 (59th pct)
Rush TD 1 75 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 3.4 Per-rush efficiency | #591/735 (20th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
75 70th
YDS
252 59th
YPC
3.4 20th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
7 51st
YDS
55 52nd
YPR
7.9 60th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 13-10vs Idaho10-4-0.405
Wk 2W 36-13vs San Diego State8283.5012
Wk 3L 10-59@ North Texas581.604
Wk 4L 24-59vs Washington9111.205
Wk 5W 20-3@ Colorado State8324.0011
Wk 7L 21-24@ Ole Miss7213.007
Wk 8L 20-22@ Virginia5336.6015
Wk 9W 28-7vs Toledo4-1-0.301
Wk 10L 7-10@ Oregon State4307.5021
Wk 12W 28-3vs Louisiana Tech561.202
Wk 13L 20-24@ James Madison
Wk 14W 32-8vs Oregon State46416.0150Season-high 64 yds
BowlW 34-21@ Utah State6244.0024
Total752524.0150
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Washington State752523.41--
Career1 loaded season752523.41--
SeasonTeam
2025Washington State7557.90--
Career1 loaded season7557.90--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 7 55 rec yds | #270/552 (51st pct)
Usage 9.9% 18.3% rush share | #320/738 (57th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.00 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #346/362 (5th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 252 #301/735 59th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 3.4 #591/735 20th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 7 #270/552 51st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 55 #263/548 52nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.00 #346/362 5th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 63 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 9.9% #320/738 57th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 75 #223/739 70th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 50 #162/733 78th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 31 #124/540 77th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 7.9 #218/548 60th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 18.3% #284/738 62nd pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 13.5% #259/738 65th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 12.4% #288/738 61st pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 11.3% #296/738 60th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 4.6% #478/738 35th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 2.2% #386/738 48th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 0.6% #621/738 16th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #78/256 70th pct Turnoversvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home6g17.33.50.2
Road7g21.14.50.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins7g21.34.00.1
Losses6g17.24.00.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-77g17.12.40.0
Weeks 8+6g22.06.20.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

24Below cohort
8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (3rd).

Long run#144 / 349 · 58th pct
50rush
Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct
1fumb
Carries#223 / 349 · 35th pct
75rush
Rec yards#224 / 338 · 33rd pct
55rece
Receptions#240 / 338 · 27th pct
7rece
Rush yards#300 / 349 · 14th pct
252rush
Rush TDs#284 / 349 · 13th pct
1rush
Yards / carry#335 / 349 · 4th pct
3.4rush

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2025

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

wepa_rushing0Below (<p25) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Angel JohnsonWashington StateTae MeadowsTroy· 64% simJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 62% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 61% sim
Long run
58
Johnson
53
Meadows
73
Brunson
49
Wright
Fumbles lost
49
Johnson
49
Meadows
49
Brunson
49
Wright
Carries
35
Johnson
84
Meadows
85
Brunson
92
Wright
Rec yards
33
Johnson
38
Meadows
3
Brunson
10
Wright
Receptions
27
Johnson
45
Meadows
2
Brunson
32
Wright
Rush yards
14
Johnson
74
Meadows
80
Brunson
84
Wright
Rush TDs
13
Johnson
72
Meadows
50
Brunson
62
Wright
Yards / carry
4
Johnson
29
Meadows
41
Brunson
33
Wright

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

RB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kobe Johnson’s 2023 season.

Kobe Johnson

77%match

Colorado State · 2023

#2

Amir Rasul

Middle Tennessee · 2021

69%
#3

Joshua Fields

UTEP · 2020

62%
#4

Kevin Mensah

UConn · 2021

67%
#5

Destin Coates

Georgia State · 2021

All-Sun Belt
65%

Matches Kobe on

Yards / carry
Weight
Rush TD rate

Differs from Kobe on

EPA / carry (adj) (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Raiden Hunter’s path through Idaho State.

Raiden Hunter

99%match

Idaho State · 2023

#2

Lamagea McDowell

Prairie View A&M · 2024

99%
#3

Zach Hrbacek

Weber State · 2025

94%
#4

Davis Bryson

Kennesaw State · 2024

93%
#5

Kobe Johnson

Colorado State · 2023

92%

Matches Raiden on

Yards per carry

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kobe Johnson's sophomore season at Colorado State (2023).

Kobe Johnson

89%match

Colorado State · 2023

#2

Patrick Smith

Vanderbilt · 2022

74%
#3

Justin Tomlin

Georgia Southern · 2021

70%
#4

Jamari Ferrell

Wyoming · 2024

70%
#5

D'Eriq King

Miami · 2021

65%

Matches Kobe on

Total rush EPA (college ability)
Yards / carry
Weight

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Pass share

48.7%

407 pass / 429 run

Plays / game

64.3

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.1%

327 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2025

1 coach
2025
Jimmy Rogers
Washington State

Played his entire career under Jimmy Rogers.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownViborg, SD
Height5'9"
Weight192 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey1

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
This player hasn’t appeared on a Heisman ballot tracked by the model.

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Washington State Pac-12 RB 4 No. 1 | 5-9 | 192 lb | Viborg, SD