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Player Signing Pats add RB D'Ernest Johnson to Practice Squad

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Dont know much about him.

If this is old news my apologies, just saw it pop up and didnt see any thread on this guy.
 
Don’t know much about him either. Mentioned in the trade deadline thread he had 100 carries 534 yards in 2021 and pretty much disappeared. Kinda strange you can average 5.34 ypc in the nfl on a pretty big sample size and do nothing from there. Unless he was hurt or something.

Interesting to see if they try elevating him 3 times to avoid using a roster spot on rb3, might be a pretty effective strategy to just do that every 4 weeks with a different ps rb as long as rham/henderson stay healthy lol
 
Has experience returning kickoffs back in college:

HONORS
2016 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE (RETURN SPECIALIST)
PAUL HORNUNG AWARD CANDIDATE
2015 TEAM CO-OFFENSIVE MVP
USF GAME RECORD FOR ALL-PURPOSE YARDS (281)
USF CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS LEADER (4,186)
USF CAREER RECEIVING YARDS LEADER FOR A RUNNING BACK (909)
USF CAREER RECEPTIONS LEADER FOR A RUNNING BACK (73)

JOHNSON'S CAREER HIGHS
Rushes 24, vs. Temple (9/21/17)
Rushing Yards 111, at ECU (9/30/17)
Long Rush 50, at San Jose State (8/26/17)
Rushing TDs 3, vs. FSU (9/24/16)
Receptions 6, vs. South Carolina, Birmingham Bowl (12/29/16)
Receiving Yards 95, South Carolina, Birmingham Bowl (12/29/16)
Receiving TDs 2, 2X, last at Florida State (9/12/15)
Long Reception 71 (TD), at Florida State (9/12/15)
TD Pass 1, 2X, last vs. WKU in Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15)
All-Purpose Yards 281 vs. Cincinnati (11/26/15
Long Kickoff Return 54, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)
Kickoff Return Yards 181, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)
Kickoff Return Average 45.25 (4), vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)

CAREER: Finished his career as USF's all-time leader in all-purpose yardage with 4,186 yards, including 1,796 career yards rushing...set USF records for a running back with 73 receptions for 909 yards...scored 29 career touchdowns, including 16 rushing, 12 receiving and 1 punt return.




Did not impress at his combine, but does have seven years NFL experience.
892 snaps on offense, 931 snaps on special teams:


 
Has experience returning kickoffs back in college:

HONORS
2016 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE (RETURN SPECIALIST)
PAUL HORNUNG AWARD CANDIDATE
2015 TEAM CO-OFFENSIVE MVP
USF GAME RECORD FOR ALL-PURPOSE YARDS (281)
USF CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS LEADER (4,186)
USF CAREER RECEIVING YARDS LEADER FOR A RUNNING BACK (909)
USF CAREER RECEPTIONS LEADER FOR A RUNNING BACK (73)

JOHNSON'S CAREER HIGHS
Rushes 24, vs. Temple (9/21/17)
Rushing Yards 111, at ECU (9/30/17)
Long Rush 50, at San Jose State (8/26/17)
Rushing TDs 3, vs. FSU (9/24/16)
Receptions 6, vs. South Carolina, Birmingham Bowl (12/29/16)
Receiving Yards 95, South Carolina, Birmingham Bowl (12/29/16)
Receiving TDs 2, 2X, last at Florida State (9/12/15)
Long Reception 71 (TD), at Florida State (9/12/15)
TD Pass 1, 2X, last vs. WKU in Miami Beach Bowl (12/21/15)
All-Purpose Yards 281 vs. Cincinnati (11/26/15
Long Kickoff Return 54, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)
Kickoff Return Yards 181, vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)
Kickoff Return Average 45.25 (4), vs. Cincinnati (11/20/15)

CAREER: Finished his career as USF's all-time leader in all-purpose yardage with 4,186 yards, including 1,796 career yards rushing...set USF records for a running back with 73 receptions for 909 yards...scored 29 career touchdowns, including 16 rushing, 12 receiving and 1 punt return.




Did not impress at his combine, but does have seven years NFL experience.
892 snaps on offense, 931 snaps on special teams:


That…is awful
 
Patriots now have 6 RBs between the Active and PS.

"53":
Stevenson, Henderson, Jennings

"PS":
Baker, Ward, Johnson
 
I liked Johnson in his limited work the last several years. I think he's a decent backup if we need it. He can do some of everything.
Still wondering if they sign a major player to the 53. But might depend on how Henderson fares in his 2nd game after being "featured", and how Jennings does with any reps before the last 4min of a game.
 
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