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Fantasy Football with Josh & Hayden

Emmett Johnson - 2026 NFL Draft Profile & Comparisons

Fantasy Football with Josh & Hayden

Underdog Fantasy

Sports, Football, Fantasy Sports

4.8791 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Emmett Johnson Highlights – 2026 NFL DRAFT Josh and Hayden break down Emmett Johnson out of Nebraska and what his role could look like at the next level. Can he carve out more than a committee role in the NFL? We dive into his strengths, weaknesses, projection, and favorite NFL comps. Underdog Fantasy SIGN UP HERE: Play 5, get 50 → https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-underedog-football-show Must be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for select games; 21+ in AZ & MA) and present in a state where Underdog Fantasy operates. Terms apply. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit www.ncpgambling.org. NY: Call 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369). 📲 Follow the Show IG: https://www.instagram.com/udfootballshow/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@underdogfootballshow Twitter/X: https://x.com/UDFootballShow 🎧 Subscribe to the Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-underdog-football-show/id1558961587 💬 Join the Discord (Giveaways + Promos)https://discord.gg/underdog 📝 Hayden’s Updated NFL Team Needshttps://underdognetwork.com/football/nfl-draft/2026-nfl-draft-team-needs-after-free-agency 0:00 Emmett Johnson Prospect Profile – 2026 NFL Draft0:30 Strengths & Weaknesses3:45 Role in the NFL5:30 NFL Comparisons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Nebraska running back Emmett Johnson.

0:13.2

He might be small, but he just handled 297 touches this last year, 15 touchdowns,

0:19.3

1,800 scrimmage yards. He kind of runs high,

0:22.6

but he forces some mistackles. I'm still trying to get a good feel if he's an actually good

0:27.3

athlete or not. One of these guys, the more you watch and the more questions you have. 510202,

0:32.9

456, 159, 10 yards split. And then we look at the agility is a 51st percentile shuttle,

0:38.7

13th percentile three cone, but thank you for doing it, sir. And average jumps on top of it.

0:44.2

There's a really interesting profile here in that underlying metrics are actually sensational

0:50.2

in comparison to maybe what the eye test shows and does that look sensational.

0:55.1

Like I give you a few examples here, okay?

0:57.6

He forced a high rate of mistackles, including finishing second and mistackle force rate on rushing

1:03.1

attempts at 27.5% in this class.

1:06.0

Only 8% of his runs failed to produce yardage, the lowest rate in this class.

1:10.6

And when he was hit at or behind the line of scrimmage, he gained yardage on a class high, 75 percent of those runs. That's according to our buddy, Retrieve-bar. So I guess my question is, Hayden, did you see those numbers on tape? Like, do you think he runs like one of the best on contact players in this draft class? I did not see that. I would say that he's not a violent runner at all.

1:30.4

And he's not like a laterally agile player to me either.

1:34.0

I think his best trait, it's a weird one.

1:36.7

It's like this deceleration.

1:38.5

Like he can start and stop his momentum really, really well.

1:42.2

And you kind of drop his weight and change react,

1:45.2

change direction. You're not seeing somebody moving laterally and like jukeing guys out. It's more

1:49.6

like start, stop, guy flies by you and then he finds another lane. And then when he has more

1:54.6

space, he's more of a glider to me and kind of runs upright again. It's a fascinating thing.

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