Anthony Hankerson

Senior running back for Oregon State. 2025: 1,088 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · Oregon State · Sr.

5′8″ · 206 lb · Boynton Beach, FL

CFB Index 49 · #138 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Oregon State)

The numbers

1,088

rushing yards · 2025

9 TD · 4.4 per carry · 22 catches

Backed by 25 car · 204 yds · 4 TD -- top 1% rushing TDs game. -- Best game: 204 rush yds, 4 TD, vs Lafayette

The play that turned itSwung Oregon State from 19% to 96% to win.Colorado State at Oregon State · 39-31

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Oregon State. 2025: 1,088 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado in 2022.
1,082 rushing yards in 2024. Then 1,088 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

TD rate: 44th percentile.

The full scouting read

Anthony Hankerson

RB · Oregon State · Sr

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 204 rush yds, 4 rush TD against Lafayette — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Colorado1-11HC: Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2024Oregon State5-7HC: Trent Bray · Run-leaning

2025Oregon State2-10HC: Trent Bray · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #138 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (98th percentile). Strength: rush yards (93rd percentile). Concern: epa / carry (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#254 / 456 · 44th pct

2.4%

Explosive rate#280 / 456 · 39th pct

5.2%

Success rate#307 / 456 · 33rd pct

39.8%

Yards / carry#332 / 456 · 27th pct

4.4

EPA / carry#339 / 456 · 26th pct

0.01

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#6 / 349 · 98th pct

247

Rush yards#25 / 349 · 93rd pct

1088

Rush TDs#43 / 349 · 87th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 201 · 87th pct

Receptions#63 / 338 · 81st pct

Long run#75 / 349 · 78th pct

Rec yards#119 / 338 · 65th pct

123

Yards / carry#241 / 349 · 29th pct

4.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

41st → 26th percentile

Success rate

49th → 33rd percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 39th percentile

Yards / carry

33rd → 27th percentile

TD rate

73rd → 44th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

251 carries

14%

Stuffed (≤0)

44%

Grind (1–3)

29%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	122	4.9	1.1
Road5g	46.2	2.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	66.7	3.3	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	124	5.1	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #138 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #138 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oregon State	247	1,088	4.4	9	--
2024	Oregon State	232	1,082	4.7	15	--
2023	Colorado	78	319	4.1	1	--
2022	Colorado	68	274	4.0	3	--
Career		625	2,763	4.4	28	--

Season	Team
2025	Oregon State	22	123	5.6	0	--
2024	Oregon State	27	151	5.6	0	--
2023	Colorado	16	71	4.4	1	--
2022	Colorado	5	24	4.8	0	--
Career		70	369	5.3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 45–13

vs Lafayette

204 rush yds (25 car) · 4 TD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Lafayette.

With G. Johnson — 79 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.9 · 82 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · C. Hatcher Jr. — 63 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Lafayette · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.24Anthony Hankerson run for 65 yds for a TD (Caleb Ojeda KICK)
Week 6 · App State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.21Anthony Hankerson run for a loss of 2 yards to the APP 3
Week 14 · Washington State · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.06(01:26) Shotgun #10 T.Ti'a pass complete short middle to #0 A.Hankerson caught at WSU45, for 14 yards to the WSU35 (#23 M.Durrance; #9 C.Francl), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · Oregon · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.75Maalik Murphy pass complete to Anthony Hankerson for 13 yds to the ORE 38 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Sam Houston · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.67(06:59) Shotgun #0 A.Hankerson rush middle for 13 yards gain to the SAM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:53, 1ST DOWN #28 C.Ojeda kick attempt good (H: #38 A.Winsor, LS: #50 W.Haverland)
Week 12 · Tulsa · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA -2.63(06:16) Shotgun #0 A.Hankerson rush right for 2 yards gain to the Tulsa29 (#33 W.Alexander; #13 N.Campbell), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 8 · Lafayette · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Anthony Hankerson run for 15 yds for a TD (Caleb Ojeda KICK)
Week 4 · Oregon · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45Anthony Hankerson run for 1 yd for a TD (Caleb Ojeda KICK)
Week 8 · Lafayette · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Anthony Hankerson run for 1 yd for a TD (Caleb Ojeda KICK)
Week 8 · Lafayette · 1&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Anthony Hankerson run for 9 yds for a TD (Caleb Ojeda KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 15-34vs California	15	42	2.8	1	14
Wk 2	L 27-36vs Fresno State	25	136	5.4	0	26
Wk 3	L 14-45@ Texas Tech	11	12	1.1	0	3
Wk 4	L 7-41@ Oregon	14	38	2.7	1	17
Wk 5	L 24-27vs Houston	23	74	3.2	0	14
Wk 6	L 23-27@ App State	19	64	3.4	0	23
Wk 7	L 14-39vs Wake Forest	22	101	4.6	0	16
Wk 8	W 45-13vs Lafayette	25	204	8.2	4	65	Season-high 204 yds
Wk 10	W 10-7vs Washington State	25	134	5.4	1	37
Wk 11	L 17-21vs Sam Houston	33	166	5.0	2	19	166-yard day
Wk 12	L 14-31@ Tulsa	19	46	2.4	0	8
Wk 14	L 8-32@ Washington State	16	71	4.4	0	11
Total		247	1088	4.0	9	65

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

251Carries

1104Yards

16.0%Top-5 share

14.3%Stuffed rate

Just 16.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.3% of his carries. 11 carries for 11 yds vs Texas Tech; 25 for 204 vs Lafayette.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

66.9%Carry share

58.1%Q4-lead share

66.7%In competitive games

66.9% of carries overall (253/378) → 58.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/31) — 66.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

16/183rd/4th & short

19/24Inside-5 share