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Chooses Chanticleers John will transfer to Coastal Carolina, he announced via his personal X account.

Impact The tailback is coming off a breakout season in his redshirt junior year with Massachusetts. John, who also spent time at Arizona, ran for 583 yards and five touchdowns on 5.3 yards-per-carry in 2024. He also caught 17 passes for 119 yards. He'll have one season of eligibility remaining in Conway.

JANUARY 17 • ROTOWIRE

Enters portal John announced that he'll enter the transfer portal.

Impact After two seasons with UMass, John will now seek an opportunity elsewhere. It's a tough blow for the Minutemen, as John rushed for 583 yards with five touchdowns on 111 carries this season as a redshirt junior.

DECEMBER 14, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Leads Minutemen in rushing John totaled 18 carries for 78 yards and one touchdown and hauled in all two targets for 19 yards during Saturday's 47-42 loss to Connecticut.

Impact John led UMass on the ground against UConn as well as the season for the Minutemen. The junior finished with a career best 583 rushing yards on 111 carries including five touchdowns in 2024. Barring transfers, John could be the number one back for the Minutemen in 2025.

DECEMBER 3, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Leads UMass in rushing John tallied nine carries for 107 yards and one touchdown during Saturday's 59-21 defeat versus Georgia.

Impact John has started to peak near the end of the season. His best career games on the ground have come in back-to-back weeks. The junior had a career best 119 rushing yards the previous week against Liberty (Nov. 16). John might have a tougher time against UConn this Saturday (Nov. 30) who are top 40 in the nation against the run. But the UConn defense is a step down from the Georgia defense.

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Leads Minutemen in rushing John tallied 15 rushes for 119 yards and two touchdowns during Saturday's 35-34 overtime loss versus Liberty.

Impact John had quite a day that turned out to be his career best on the ground. The junior is on the heels of UMass's leading rusher, sophomore CJ Hester, for the team lead, 400 to 398 yards. John will have a tougher task against Georgia on Saturday (Nov. 23). The Bulldogs defense is in the top 30 in the country against the run.

NOVEMBER 18, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Back in action John (undisclosed) is back in action for the Minutemen, per 247Sports.com.

Impact John was questionable heading into Saturday, but the tailback has returned to the gridiron against Wagner. When he's healthy, John is a workhorse back - he's logged double-digit carries in four of the six games in which he's played.

OCTOBER 26, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Won't play Saturday John (undisclosed) has been ruled out for Saturday's game against Missouri, Kevin McCaskill of Forest Park Media reports.

Impact John will miss a second straight contest due to an undisclosed injury, leaving lead running back duties to CJ Hester against Missouri. John's next chance to play will come Oct. 26 against Wagner.

OCTOBER 12, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Out versus NIU John (undisclosed) missed UMass' loss to Northern Illinois on Saturday, per Nathan Strauss of UMass Athletics.

Impact CJ Hester served as the team's starting running back with John not playing. John has rushed for 210 yards and a touchdown on 60 carries so far this season and will look to make his return next week versus Missouri.

OCTOBER 6, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Busy day, small numbers John notched 11 rushes for 28 yards and reeled in 5 of 6 targets for 29 yards during Saturday's 34-3 loss to Buffalo.

Impact John had his chances but could not make the most of it as the University of Massachusetts offense struggled. The junior could have a good week against FCS Central Connecticut State on Sep. 21.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Leads RBs Against Toledo John headed the list of Massachusetts' running backs with 37 yards on the ground on 14 carries on Sept. 7 in the 38-23 defeat at the hands on Toledo.

Impact John and the other Minutemen running backs took a backseat again to quarterback Taisun Phommachanh who had 44 rushing yards to lead UMass.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Leads in Catches in Loss John collected five passes for 42 yards to lead Massachusetts in receiving in the Minutemen's 28-14 loss to Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

Impact The redshirt junior also had the most rushing yards, 53, of the Massachusetts's running backs against Eastern Michigan. John had a total of only 10 rushing attempts for 31 yards last season. But John is looking to take advantage of a void in the Minutemen backfield this season. Almost all of the rushing yards from the 2023 running backs have left the program.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Finds new home John has committed to transfer to Massachusetts, Rivals.com reports.

Impact John is now set to suit up for the Minutemen next fall following his three-year stint at Arizona. After serving as a complementary backfield option across his first two collegiate seasons, the 225-pound running back didn't record any offensive snaps throughout this past campaign with the Wildcats.

JANUARY 19, 2023 • ROTOWIRE