Senior running back for Indiana. 2023: 227 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 4 catches.
5′11″ · 205 lb · Buford, GA
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.
Recruiting
LB recruit
No. 1404 nationally · Signed with Indiana
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Indiana. 2023: 227 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 4 catches.
Christian Turner
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Three head coaches in five seasons, at three different programs. The receipt: 67 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Akron — Week 4, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Indiana, 1,512 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (6th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 27.8 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Road2g | 44.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 34.0 | 4.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 23.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Indiana | 52 | 227 | 4.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 128 | 516 | 4.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 126 | 506 | 4.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan | 44 | 171 | 3.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan | 20 | 92 | 4.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 370 | 1,512 | 4.1 | 15 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Indiana | 4 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 18 | 97 | 5.4 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-23vs Ohio State | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-7vs Indiana State | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-21vs Louisville | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-27vs Akron | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 1 | 17 | Season-high 67 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 17-44@ Maryland | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-52@ Michigan | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-31vs Rutgers | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 52 | 227 | 4.4 | 2 | 17 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (22.2%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to TJ Green’s 2021 season.
Matches TJ on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Darius Wilson’s path through William & Mary.
Darius Wilson
Ryan Ingram
Matches Darius on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Larry McCammon III's graduate season at Florida Atlantic (2022).
Matches Larry on
Player DNA