A third-round rookie out of FCS Northern Iowa, David Johnson got his first NFL start two weeks ago. He doesn’t seem to be looking back. Johnson cleared 120 yards from scrimmage twice in five days, finishing as the RB5 and RB13 in Weeks 13 and 14, respectively.
A cut up 6-foot-1, 224 pounds, Johnson has a receiver’s hands and breakaway speed. Carson Palmer has called Johnson “probably as natural of a catcher as there is,” while he hit 20.15 miles per hour as a runner against the Vikings. As NFL.com’s Chris Wesseling points out, that’s as fast as John Brown was on his 65-yard touchdown.