#22

Charvis Thornton

Junior running back for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 270 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 7 catches.

RB · Louisiana Tech · Jr. · #22

5′10″ · 202 lb · Baton Rouge, LA

CFB Index 31 · #295 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceLouisiana Tech 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 817 nationally · Signed with Southern Lab

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 270 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 7 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Southern Lab in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Louisiana Tech, 734 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Recruited3-star out of Southern Lab

2024

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#817 national

CFB

College

Louisiana Tech

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020

Skip Holtz

Louisiana Tech

2022–2023

Sonny Cumbie

Louisiana Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Skip Holtz → Sonny Cumbie. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Louisiana Tech5-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2023Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

31Below cohort / limited sample #295 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: success rate (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#360 / 426 · 16th pct

3.8%

EPA / carry#371 / 426 · 13th pct

-0.01

Yards / carry#373 / 426 · 13th pct

4.1

TD rate#372 / 426 · 13th pct

1.9%

Success rate#419 / 426 · 2nd pct

28.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#148 / 333 · 55th pct

Yards / carry#160 / 333 · 50th pct

4.9

Receptions#220 / 327 · 30th pct

Rush yards#266 / 333 · 20th pct

270

Rec yards#265 / 327 · 19th pct

Carries#270 / 333 · 19th pct

Fumbles lost#154 / 207 · 16th pct

Rush TDs#271 / 333 · 11th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

62nd → 13th percentile

Success rate

51st → 2nd percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 16th percentile

Yards / carry

65th → 13th percentile

TD rate

36th → 13th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	35.8	8.2	0.2
Road4g	13.8	2.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	29.2	4.8	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	23.8	7.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Cumbie

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #295 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #295 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Louisiana Tech	55	270	4.9	1	--
2022	Louisiana Tech	81	464	5.7	3	--
2020	Louisiana Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		136	734	5.4	4	--

Season	Team
2023	Louisiana Tech	7	28	4.0	1	--
2022	Louisiana Tech	5	25	5.0	0	--
2020	Louisiana Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		12	53	4.4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 51–21

vs Northwestern State

38 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 30-point win at home against Northwestern State.

With K. Willis — 188 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · B. Ochsendorf — 32 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 41 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Middle Tennessee · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.51Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Charvis Thornton for 10 yds for a TD (Jacob Barnes KICK)
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Charvis Thornton run for 30 yds for a TD (Jacob Barnes KICK)
Week 1 · Florida International · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.41Charvis Thornton run for 19 yds to the FIU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida International · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.23Charvis Thornton run for 13 yds to the FIU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · SMU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.59Hank Bachmeier pass complete to Charvis Thornton for a loss of 2 yards to the LT 43
Week 1 · SMU · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA -1.56Charvis Thornton run for a loss of 2 yards to the SMU 48
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.39Charvis Thornton run for a loss of 1 yard to the LT 30 Charvis Thornton fumbled, recovered by NWST Trevion Sneed
Week 9 · New Mexico State · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.37Charvis Thornton run for 10 yds to the LT 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.28Charvis Thornton run for 9 yds to the LT 35
Week 3 · North Texas · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.15Charvis Thornton run for 4 yds to the LT 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 22-17vs Florida International	8	51	6.4	0	19	Season-high 51 yds
Wk 1	L 14-38@ SMU	8	24	3.0	0	8	Season-high 51 yds
Wk 2	W 51-21vs Northwestern State	7	38	5.4	1	30
Wk 3	L 37-40vs North Texas	4	18	4.5	0	6
Wk 6	L 28-35vs Western Kentucky	4	22	5.5	0	7
Wk 7	L 23-31@ Middle Tennessee	6	22	3.7	0	10
Wk 9	L 24-27vs New Mexico State	12	38	3.2	0	10
Wk 10	L 30-56@ Liberty	2	4	2.0	0	3
Wk 11	L 27-42vs Sam Houston	2	48	24.0	0	47
Wk 12	L 17-56@ Jacksonville State	2	5	2.5	0	6
Total		55	270	6.0	1	47

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Charvis Thornton

2019

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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