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2022 Football Roster

Carla Wehmeyer - Arkansas State
Arkansas State

2 Johnnie Lang

  • Position RB
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Iowa State
  • Hometown Palmetto, Fla.

Biography

2022: Was named to the Doak Walker Watch List … Played in all 12 contests with 10 starts for the Red Wolves … As the team’s kickoff return specialist, he finished with 886 kick return yards including a kickoff return for a touchdown against ULM for 98 yards … Led the nation in kick return yards and total kick off returns with 37 … His return for 98 yards against ULM was a conference-long … Finished with two games of over 100 kick return yards … Recorded a career-high 419 rushing yards with three touchdowns … Finished with a career-high 124 rushing yards and one touchdown in the season opening victory against Grambling … Also had a career-long run of 49 yards against Grambling … Hauled in a career-high 238 receiving yards with three touchdowns … Had eight games with at least 10 rushing attempts and a career-high 18 attempts, twice, at home against ULM and at Southern Miss.

2021: Was named a Phil Steele and PFF First Team All-Sun Belt punt returner … Played in all 12 games with three starts at running back for Arkansas State … Led the Red Wolves with 124 punt return yards on 15 attempts, including a 63-yard return for a touchdown against Tulsa … Finished first in the Sun Belt Conference with a punt return average of 8.3 yards per return … Finished the year ranked second on the team with 263 rushing yards on 65 carries … Posted a season-high 45 rushing yards against Louisiana … Had at least two rushing attempts in every contest … Also recorded 93 receiving yards on 17 catches … was targeted through the air at least once in every game but one … His season-high of 26 receiving yards also came against the Ragin’ Cajuns.

Iowa State: Spent four seasons at Iowa State before transferring to Arkansas State ... Saw action in six games during the 2020 season, recording three rushing attempts for two yards while also hauling in four catches for 24 receiving yards ... Played in 12 games with four starts in 2019 ... Third on the team in rushing (238), averaging 4.8 yards per carry ... Third on the team in rushing touchdowns with three ... Also had eight catches for 54 yards and a touchdown ... Totaled five kickoff returns for 85 yards (17.0) ... Led the team in rushing vs. UNI with 60 yards on 14 carries ... Scored two touchdowns versus Baylor with a 3-yard rush and 12-yard catch ... Also had 35 rushing yards against Baylor ... Tallied career bests in carries (16), rushing yards (72) and rushing touchdowns (2) versus TCU ... Also had a career-long rush (23) and reception (23) vs. TCU  ... tallied two rushes for 24 yards vs. Oklahoma ... Played in all 13 games in 2018, earning one start ... Rushed for 79 yards on 22 carries, averaging 3.6 yards per rush ... Also caught four passes for 30 yards ... Had seven carries for 22 yards versus Akron ... Earned first career start vs. Oklahoma State ... Caught a nine-yard pass against the Cowboys ... Had 18 yards on four carries and first career touchdown against Baylor ... Ran for a career-high 23 yards versus Texas ... Played in three games before receiving a medical redshirt in 2017 ... Had four carries for five yards.

High School: Led his East High (Salt Lake City, Utah) team to the Class 4A state championship as a senior ... played QB in a triple-option attack, rushing for 1,788 yards and 23 TDs to earn first-team Class 4A All-State honors ... Averaged 12.7 yards per carry and passed for four TDs ... Missed the first three games of the season ... Team averaged over 42 points per game in the games he played ... Rushed for 199 yards and three TDs in the state championship game ... As a junior, was a running back at Manatee High School in Bradenton, Fla., leading his team to the state title game and 12-2 record ... Named Class 8A first-team all-state, All-USA Florida, Herald All-Area Offensive Player of the Year and was third in the balloting for the Class 8A Player of the Year ... Named All-Southwest Florida MVP ... Rushed for 2,116 yards, the second-best season total in school history, and 32 TDs . . . Had three TDs in six of 14 games and recorded three 200-yard games ... Rushed for 1,011 yards and 14 TDs as a sophomore ... Had offers from Florida State, West Virginia, Arizona and Kentucky after junior season ... Coached by John Booth (Manatee) and Brandon Matich (East).

Personal: Born Nov. 9, 1996.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2021Redshirt Junior

    RB
    5'8" 186 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Redshirt Senior

    RB
    5'8" 193 lbs
    2