2025 BIG TEN AMECHE-DAYNE RUNNING BACK OF THE YEAR: Emmett Johnson, Nebraska,...Johnson is Nebraska's first winner of the Ameche-Dayne Award and the first Husker to capture a positional award since Austin Allen was named the Big Ten's Tight End of the Ye ar in 2021. Johnson's 2025 season has been one of the best by a running back in Nebraska football history. His 1,451 rushing yards rank in the top 10 in school history and the most by a Husker since 2014. Johnson has rushed for better than 100 yards eigh t times this season, including six times in conference play.Johnson's average of 120.9 rushing yards per game leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth nationally. Johnson also leads all FBS running backs with 46 receptions for 370 yards. His 1,821 yards from scrimmage rank second nationally and first among Power Four Conference players. His season stacks up well historically with Big Ten greats. Johnson is just the seventh Big Ten player since 1956 to have 1,400 rushing yards and 350 receiving yards in a season. Johnson and Penn State's Saquon Barkley (2015) are the only Big Ten players to reach those milestones in the past 20 years. - Nebraska Football
(DS#9 RB) rJr/2027 RB Emmett Johnson, Nebraska
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