#26 - Richard Johnson
Position: RB
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Brockton, MA
High School: Canterbury Prep.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 190

2007: Played in nine games, starting in three...rushed 114 times for 460 yards and two touchdowns...caught 13 passes for 70 yards...season-high 135 rushing yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns against Saint Anselm (10/13)...added 29 receiving yards on three catches vs. Stonehill (11/2)...recorded two tackles against Pace (10/27).

2006:  Appeared in 11 games ... rushed 119 times for 546 yards and four touchdowns ... caught 12 passes out of the backfield for 128 yards ... rushed for 157 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries in a win over Southern Connecticut (9/29) ... earned Northeast-10 Rookie of the Week honors after rushing for 114 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries in a win at Saint Anselm (10/14) ... carried 19 times for 76 yards in NCAA First Round victory over SCSU (11/18) ... scored first collegiate touchdown in season-opening win at Stonehill (9/1) ... gained 80 yards on 11 carries - including a long of 57 yards - in a win over American International (10/7) 

Personal/High School: Born February 13, 1987 ... has two siblings - Eric and Marcus ... 2004 Boston Globe All-Scholastic in both football and track ... tallied 3,300 yards and 33 touchdowns in two years as a starter ... rushed for over 1,800 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior at Brockton High School ... guided Brockton to state championship, rushing for over 200 yards - including a 91-yard touchdown run - and three touchdowns in Super Bowl win against Everett ... averaged 9.0 ypc as a senior ... runs a 10.9 100m dash ... suffered a preseason injury which caused him to miss 2005 season at Canterbury Prep ... ranked No. 1 in 100m and 200m in Connecticut Prep League as a senior ... marketing major at Merrimack.

Merrimack Football 2008
Merrimack Individual Game-by-Game
(as of Nov 08, 2008)
All games

#26 Richard Johnson
 
      Rushing  Receiving  Passing  Kick Ret  Punt Ret  all 
Date  Opponent  no.  yds  td  lg  no.  yds  td  lg  c-a-i  yds  td  lg  no.  yds  td  lg  no.  yds  td  lg  purp 
Sep 06, 2008  HUSSON  11  99  79  20  13  0-0-0  119 
Sep 13, 2008  at Bryant  24  11  0-0-0  20  20  46 
Sep. 19 2008  ASSUMPTION  27  20  0-0-0  27 
Sep 27, 2008  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT  14  41  15  33  14  0-0-0  98  58  172 
Oct 04, 2008  at Pace  19  61  13  49  35  0-0-0  31  26  141 
Oct. 10 2008  SAINT ANSELM  20  160  37  60  15  0-0-0  35  21  255 
Oct 18, 2008  at Bentley  25  75  14  0-0-0  87 
Oct 25, 2008  at Stonehill College  26  114  17  52  0-0-0  28  28  194 
Nov 08, 2008  at Assumption  0-0-0 
Totals     128  601  79  26  220  35  0-0-0  12  220  58  1041 

Games played: 9
Avg per rush: 4.7
Avg per catch: 8.5
Kick ret avg: 18.3
All purpose avg/game: 115.7
Total offense avg/gm: 66.8

      Tackles  Sacks  Fumble  Int     pass  blkd  PAT  PAT       
Date  Opponent  solo  ast  total  tfl  yds  no.  yds  ff  fr  yds  no.  yds  qbh  brup  kick  kicks  rush  rcv  saf  pts 
Sep 06, 2008  HUSSON  0.0  0.0  0-0 
Sep 13, 2008  at Bryant  0.0  0.0  0-0 
Sep. 19 2008  ASSUMPTION  0.0  0.0  0-0 
Sep 27, 2008  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT  0.0  0.0  0-0 
Oct 04, 2008  at Pace  0.0  0.0  0-0 
Oct. 10 2008  SAINT ANSELM  0.0  0.0  0-0 
Oct 18, 2008  at Bentley  0.0  0.0  0-0  12 
Oct 25, 2008  at Stonehill College  0.0  0.0  0-0 
Nov 08, 2008  at Assumption  0.0  0.0  0-0 
Totals     0.0  0.0  0-0  36