2025 Football Roster
Roster
Johnnie Daniels
- Position:
- RB
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Crystal Springs, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Crystal Springs HS (Copiah-Lincoln CC)
Career Honors
2025 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes
Played in 15 career games with zero starts โฆ Ended his time at Mississippi State with 584 career yards on 117 carries with four touchdowns โฆ Entered the transfer portal following the 2025 season.
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2025 (Senior Season)
Played in four games with zero starts โฆ Sat out the final nine games of the season โฆ Earned a redshirt โฆ Finished the season with 44 yards on nine carries.
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2024 (Junior Season)ย
Played in 12 games with zero starts โฆ On the year, Daniels had 540 rushing yards on 108 carries with four touchdowns โฆ Averaged 5.0 yards per carry and 45.0 yards per game โฆ Had eight receptions for 76 yards โฆ Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Had five carries for 21 yards โฆ at Arizona State (9/7): Ran the ball three times for one yard ... Toledo (9/14): Ran the ball 10 times for 59 yards ... Also had three receptions for 38 yards ... Rushed the ballย 10 times for 59 yards ... Had a long rush of 15 yards ... Added three receptions for 38 yards and had a long reception of 21 yards ... Led the Bulldogs in rushing for the first time in his career ... Florida (9/21): Ran the ball 14 times for 77 total yards and a touchdown ... Scored his first collegiate touchdown ... His 77 rushing yards are the most by a Bulldog in a game to this point in the season ... His 77 rushing yards were a new season-highย ... Second-straight game leading the team in rushingย ... at Texas (9/28): Ran the ball 15 times for 75 yards ... Caught one pass for three yards ... Led the team in rushing for a third-straight game ... His 15 carriers were a season highย ... at Georgia (10/12): Ran the ball nine times for 29 yards โฆ Set a new career longest rush with a 19-yard carry in the third quarter ...ย Texas A&M (10/19): Ran the ball 13 times for a total of 50 yards ... Caught one pass for a three-yard loss ... Recorded a season-long 25-yard rush ...ย Arkansas (10/26): Ran the ball 11 times for 42 yards ... Also caught one pass for 29 yards ... His 29-yard reception is the longest reception of his career ...ย UMass (10/2): Ran the ball six times for 92 yards and a touchdown ... Averaged 15.3 yards per carry ... His 36-yard touchdown carry is the longest rush of his career ... His 92 rushing yards are a season-high ...ย at Tennessee (11/9): Ran the ball 10 times for a total of 63 yards and a touchdown โฆ Caught one pass for five yards โฆ Has a rushing touchdown in back-to-back games ...ย Missouri (11/23): Ran the ball six times for 21 total yards โฆ at Ole Miss (11/29): Had 10 yards on six carries โฆ Added one reception for four yards.
2022-23 (Copiah-Lincoln C.C.)
No. 1 ranked JUCO running back according to 247Sports โฆ 3-star recruit by 247Sports and On3 โฆ Committed to Mississippi State on Nov. 29, 2023 โฆ Was the first commit for first time head coach Jeff Lebby โฆ Earned NJCAA All-Region 23 honors in 2023 โฆ MACCC South Offensive Player of the Year โฆ Was named to the All-MACCC First Team โฆ Earned NJCAA Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 15 following a 4 touchdown performance with a career-high 163 yards rushing โฆ Rushed for 1,253 yards on 183 carries while scoring 15 touchdowns โฆ Averaged 104.4 yards per game and 6.8 yards per carry โฆ Had a long rush of 88 yards โฆ Led the MACCC in all mentioned rushing statistical categories โฆ Also had 23 receptions for 209 yards and two touchdowns โฆ Led the NJCAA in touchdowns and was second in yards, yards per game โฆ Scored four rushing touchdowns in a single game twice โฆ Helped led Co-Lin to a 10-2 overall record, just the second 10-win season in program history โฆ In 2022 as a freshman, Daniels appeared in seven games โฆ Rushed for 485 yards and two scores โฆ Averaged 69.3 yards per game in 2022.
High School
Prepped at Crystal Springs High School under the direction of head coach Tim McNair โฆ Was invited to the 2021 Under Armour All-American Camp Series with high school teammate and current Bulldog, Trevion Williams โฆ Had an impressive prep career rushing for 4,407 yards on 428 carries with 56 rushing touchdowns โฆ He also 580 receiving yards on 40 receptions with five receiving scores โฆ Had three 1,000+ yards seasons with a career-best 1,387 yards as a sophomore โฆ Scored 18 touchdowns in a single-season twice โฆ Four sport athlete in high school, playing football, basketball and baseball while also running track โฆ Had a PR 100m time of 11.2 โฆ Had scholarships offers from Memphis, Samford and Alcorn State.ย
Personal
Born Nov. 27ย ... Parents are Teresa and Johnnie ... Chose Mississippi State over Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech and others
Career-Highs
Rushing Attempts: 15, at Texas (09/28/2024)
Rushing Yards: 92, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Rushing Touchdowns: 1, 4x, last at Tennessee (11/09/2024)
Longest Rush: 36 yards, vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Receptions: 3, vs. Toledo (09/14/2024)
Receiving Yards: 38, vs. Toledo (09/14/2024)
Longest Reception: 29 yards, vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
