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The Big Ten announces Nebraska Junior running back Emmett Johnson is the Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year.
Johnson, who's from Minneapolis, also earned first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the coaches and the media.
Nebraska Athletics Communications reports Johnson's 1,451 rushing yards rank in the top 10 in NU history and the most by a Husker since 2014.
Johnson has rushed for better than 100 yards eight 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, and his 1,821 yards from scrimmage rank second nationally and first among Power Four Conference players.
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.
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