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2025 NIU Football Roster

Keith Lucas
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Lon Horwedel
Lon Horwedel

45 Telly Johnson Jr.

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 209
  • Class Sophomore
  • Position Running Back
  • Hometown Augusta, Ga.
  • High School Hephzibah

Biography

2024
• Played in the final six games of his true freshman season beginning on October 26 versus Ball State.  
• Carried six times for 48 yards in his debut with a 26-yard run. 
• Took on a larger role the next week after the season-ending injury to Antario Brown at Western Michigan (11/6).
• Rushed for 141 yards on season-high 23 carries with two touchdowns in the win at WMU and was named MAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week.  
• The 141-yard total was the highest in a single game by a Huskie on the year. 
• Third on the team with 480 yards on 115 carries and four rushing touchdowns, tied for the team lead 
• Averaged 4.7 yards per carry, and a team-leading 80 yards per game.
• Added two catches for three yards.   
• Rushed for 104 yards in win over Akron (11/13), including a season-long 38-yard pickup. 
• Carried 15 times for 47 yards and scored NIU’s only touchdown of the game at Miami (11/19). 
• Ran for 84 yards on 20 carries with a four-yard touchdown run versus Central Michigan (11/30) in the regular season finale. 
• In the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, totaled 56 yards on 18 carries with one of his two catches on the season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Honors and Awards

• Named First Team All-Conference (2022, 2023)
• Team MVP (2022, 2023)
• Three-year varsity letterwinner

Individual Stats
• 2023: Gained 1,339 yards on 169 carries with 21 TDs
• 2022: Ran for 1,205 yards on 146 carries and scored 23 TDs
• 2021: Carried 65 times for 275 yards and a touchdown

Team Results/Records
• 2023: The Rebels finished the year 7-4
• 2022: Hephzibah went 6-6, fell in the first round of the playoffs
• 2021: The Rebels finished 5-5 and missed the playoffs

Academic and Club/Sport Involvement
• Honor Roll (2022, 2023)

PERSONAL
• A sport management major. 

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 215 lbs
  • 22

    2024Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 205 lbs
    22
  • 45

    2025Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'11" 209 lbs
    45