{"id":301509,"date":"2025-08-19T20:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/301509\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:48:11","slug":"sdsu-alum-packers-rb-amar-johnson-will-join-overtime-wed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/301509\/","title":{"rendered":"SDSU Alum, Packers RB Amar Johnson Will Join Overtime Wed."},"content":{"rendered":"

South Dakota State alum Amar Johnson has been one of the brightest stars thus far this preseason for the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

Those of us familiar with his game from his time in Brookings aren’t all that surprised.<\/p>\n

Johnson has played in both of the team’s first two games and has scored a touchdown in both while running for 89 yards.<\/p>\n

\"KSOO-AM<\/p>\n

Johnson, who starred in Brookings for the Jackrabbits from 2021-2024, finished his Jackrabbit career with 2,866 yards and 24 rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n

As the featured back last season, he led the Jackrabbits with 1,222 yards, 15 total touchdowns, and averaged 6.3 yards per carry.<\/p>\n

Johnson will join\u00a0Overtime with Bert Remien on ESPN Sioux Falls on Wednesday at 11:40am to talk about his training camp highlights, preseason journey, and what’s ahead in Green Bay.<\/p>\n

At present, the former Jackrabbit and Missouri native is battling for a roster spot in a very deep running back room in Green Bay. Josh Jacobs is the surefire starter, but behind the pro bowler, it’s anyone’s guess how the backfield might shake out.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:\u00a0The Spread is Out for South Dakota’s Wk1 Game at Iowa State<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s Johnson’s first NFL touchdown just a few short weeks ago:<\/p>\n

Don’t miss Johnson’s interview Wednesday morning on ESPN Sioux Falls! Listen to Overtime with Bert Remien\u00a0from 11am – 1pm weekdays on ESPN 102.3 AM 1000 KSOO!<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0Jay Elsen Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

The Last 10 Matchups in the South Dakota Showdown Series<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Bert Remien<\/p>\n

The Last Ten Years of South Dakota Coyote Football<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Bert Remien<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Dakota State alum Amar Johnson has been one of the brightest stars thus far this preseason for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[1104,7,41,345,2514,2513,4438,6,1666,428,9,266],"class_list":{"0":"post-301509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-articles","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-green-bay","11":"tag-green-bay-packers","12":"tag-greenbay","13":"tag-greenbaypackers","14":"tag-newsletter","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-overtime","17":"tag-packers","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-sports-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115057400518674550","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}