Senior running back for Texas A&M. 2025: 216 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
5′8″ · 197 lb · Miami, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
1 TD · 5.3 per carry · 2 catches
Best game: 106 rush yds, 1 TD, vs Samford
The play that turned itSwung Texas A&M from 35% to 67% to win.Texas A&M at Auburn · 43-41
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Texas A&M. 2025: 216 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 2 catches.
How he plays
Hits the crease and outruns the angle.
Yards / carry: 65th percentile.
The full scouting readAmari Daniels
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Five seasons at Texas A&M, three different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson and Mike Elko. The receipt: 106 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Samford — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson, and Mike Elko. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (2nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 26.4 | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 10.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 11.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 44.3 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Elko
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #251 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #30 of 37 SEC RBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 41–40
at Notre Dame
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs UTSA | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-22vs Utah State | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-40@ Notre Dame | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 16-10vs Auburn | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-9vs Mississippi State | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-17vs Florida | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-42@ Arkansas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-25@ LSU | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-0vs Samford | 9 | 106 | 11.8 | 1 | 41 | Season-high 106 yds |
| Bowl | L 3-10vs Miami | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 41 | 216 | 4.4 | 1 | 41 |
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 37 inside-the-5 carries (2.7%).
2026 Outlook
Texas A&M
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Texas A&M
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas A&M · Last season: 11-2 (AP #7) · Talent rank #7 · 2026 recruiting class #10
Player DNA
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jawon Hamilton’s 2021 season.
Matches Jawon on
Differs from Jawon on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Asim Rose’s path through Kentucky.
Cooper Wallace
Julius Loughridge
Matches Asim on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Houston's graduate season at Marshall (2024).
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on
Player DNA