Anthony Tyus III

Former running back at Ohio. 2024: 1,215 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 16 catches.

RB · Ohio · Sr. · #2

6′1″ · 226 lb · Portage, MI

CFB Index 57 · #82 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceOhio 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 579 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Ohio. 2024: 1,215 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 16 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2021.
Transferred from Northwestern to Ohio in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Ohio, 1,719 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20218 games

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Portage Northern

202413 games

Entered the portal
All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#579 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Tim Albin

Ohio

Played his entire career under Tim Albin.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

2024Ohio11-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

57Quality starter #82 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (94th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#157 / 442 · 65th pct

47.8%

Explosive rate#231 / 442 · 48th pct

6.5%

Yards / carry#244 / 442 · 45th pct

5.1

EPA / carry#264 / 442 · 40th pct

0.12

TD rate#273 / 442 · 38th pct

3.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#11 / 335 · 97th pct

237

Rush yards#19 / 335 · 94th pct

1215

Rush TDs#57 / 335 · 81st pct

Rec yards#105 / 330 · 68th pct

137

Receptions#103 / 330 · 67th pct

Yards / carry#147 / 335 · 55th pct

5.1

Long run#165 / 335 · 50th pct

Fumbles lost#202 / 204 · 1st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

52nd → 40th percentile

Success rate

40th → 65th percentile

Explosive rate

59th → 48th percentile

Yards / carry

34th → 45th percentile

TD rate

20th → 38th 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

231 carries

16%

Stuffed (≤0)

34%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	82.8	4.9	0.6
Road8g	100	5.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	99.9	5.6	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	86.0	4.7	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #82 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #82 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ohio	237	1,215	5.1	9	--
2023	Northwestern	50	238	4.8	1	--
2022	Northwestern	19	56	2.9	0	--
2021	Northwestern	50	210	4.2	1	--
Career		356	1,719	4.8	11	--

Season	Team
2024	Ohio	16	137	8.6	2	--
2023	Northwestern	2	16	8.0	0	--
2022	Northwestern	5	49	9.8	1	--
2021	Northwestern	3	16	5.3	0	--
Career		26	218	8.4	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024

W 21–6

vs Morgan State

90 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD

With J. Wilson — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG · P. Navarro — 162 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 38.8 · 5 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Syracuse · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.57Anthony Tyus III run for 46 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 11 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -3.76Anthony Tyus III run for 3 yds to the KENT 38 Anthony Tyus III fumbled, recovered by KENT Keenan Landry
Week 14 · Ball State · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.06Anthony Tyus III run for 34 yds to the BALL 41 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.98Parker Navarro pass complete to Anthony Tyus III for 13 yds to the JVST 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Parker Navarro pass complete to Anthony Tyus III for 11 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 13 · Toledo · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA -2.72Anthony Tyus III run for 5 yds to the TOL 21
Week 15 · Miami (OH) · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.63Anthony Tyus III 21 Yd Run (Gianni Spetic Kick)
Week 7 · Central Michigan · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.62Anthony Tyus III run for 28 yds to the CMU 16 Anthony Tyus III fumbled, recovered by CMU Elijah Rikard
Week 3 · Morgan State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Parker Navarro pass complete to Anthony Tyus III for 19 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)
Week 11 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Anthony Tyus III run for 19 yds for a TD (Gianni Spetic KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 22-38@ Syracuse	16	203	12.7	2	46	Season-high 203 yds
Wk 2	W 27-20vs South Alabama	17	74	4.4	1	15
Wk 3	W 21-6vs Morgan State	16	90	5.6	1	13
Wk 4	L 6-41@ Kentucky	8	24	3.0	0	6
Wk 5	W 30-10vs Akron	30	109	3.6	0	26
Wk 7	W 27-25@ Central Michigan	17	95	5.6	0	28
Wk 8	L 20-30@ Miami (OH)	8	15	1.9	1	4
Wk 11	W 41-0@ Kent State	14	84	6.0	1	19
Wk 12	W 35-10vs Eastern Michigan	12	32	2.7	1	10
Wk 13	W 24-7@ Toledo	33	125	3.8	1	34
Wk 14	W 42-21vs Ball State	13	109	8.4	0	34
Wk 15	W 38-3@ Miami (OH)	27	151	5.6	1	21	151-yard day
Bowl	W 30-27@ Jacksonville State	26	104	4.0	0	17
Total		237	1215	5.2	9	46

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

231Carries

1172Yards

15.1%Top-5 share

16.5%Stuffed rate

Just 15.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 16.5% of his carries. 8 carries for 15 yds vs Miami (OH); 14 for 153 vs Syracuse.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

42.6%Carry share

29.3%Q4-lead share

79.1%In competitive games

42.6% of carries overall (229/538) → 29.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (43/147) — 79.1% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

11/143rd/4th & short

11/32Inside-5 share