Christopher Frew

Senior running back for Air Force. 2025: 285 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

RB · Air Force · Sr. · #8

5′9″ · 190 lb · Green Cove Springs, FL

CFB Index 41 · #209 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Air Force for 2026

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

EPA / carry: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

285

rushing yards · 2025

2 TD · 5 per carry · 7 catches

Best game: 49 rush yds, 1 TD, 10 rec yds, vs Wyoming

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Air Force. 2025: 285 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 7 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Air Force in 2022.
260 rushing yards in 2024. Then 285 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Christopher Frew

RB · Air Force · Sr · #8

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. This is his second year in the same backfield at Air Force. The receipt on tape: 52 rush yds against Bucknell, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Troy Calhoun, all run-heavy offenses — 9-15 over that span.

2024Air Force5-7HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #209 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / carry (86th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / carry#65 / 456 · 86th pct

0.34

Success rate#92 / 456 · 79th pct

50.0%

TD rate#164 / 456 · 64th pct

3.4%

Yards / carry#207 / 456 · 55th pct

5.1

Explosive rate#427 / 456 · 6th pct

1.7%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#157 / 349 · 53rd pct

5.0

Rec yards#235 / 338 · 30th pct

Receptions#240 / 338 · 27th pct

Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct

Rush yards#270 / 349 · 23rd pct

285

Carries#288 / 349 · 17th pct

Long run#319 / 349 · 8th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

71st → 86th percentile

Success rate

68th → 79th percentile

Explosive rate

50th → 6th percentile

Yards / carry

73rd → 55th percentile

TD rate

19th → 64th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	24.7	4.4	0.3
Road6g	22.8	6.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	24.5	6.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	23.0	4.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #209 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #209 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #23 of 34 Mountain West RBs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Air Force	57	285	5.0	2	--
2024	Air Force	45	260	5.8	1	--
Career		102	545	5.3	3	--

Season	Team
2025	Air Force	7	52	7.4	--
2024	Air Force	2	15	7.5	--
Career		9	67	7.4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 49–13

vs Bucknell

52 rush yds (5 car)

Dominant 36-point win at home against Bucknell.

With C. Harris — 66 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · J. Johnson — 112 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 5 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · UNLV · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Liam Szarka pass complete to Kade Frew for 15 yds to the UNLV 34 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wyoming · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.94Kade Frew 9 Yd Run (Reagan Tubbs Kick)
Week 10 · Army · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.86(04:30) Shotgun #9 L.Szarka pass complete short left to #8 K.Frew caught at Army45, for 13 yards to the Army27 (#30 C.Matteson), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Wyoming · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Liam Szarka pass complete to Kade Frew for 10 yds to the WYO 43 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Hawai'i · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Kade Frew run for 11 yds for a TD (Jacob Medina KICK)
Week 7 · UNLV · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.25Kade Frew run for 13 yds to the UNLV 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · San José State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.19(12:12) #8 K.Frew rush left for 2 yards gain to the SJSU48, out of bounds at SJSU48, 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Wyoming · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.83Kade Frew run for a loss of 4 yards to the AF 37
Week 4 · Boise State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.76Kade Frew run for 10 yds to the BOIS 25 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wyoming · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.70Kade Frew run for 7 yds to the AF 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-13vs Bucknell	5	52	10.4	0	14	Season-high 52 yds
Wk 3	L 30-49@ Utah State	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 4	L 37-49vs Boise State	4	13	3.3	0	10
Wk 5	L 35-44vs Hawai'i	3	28	9.3	1	12
Wk 6	L 31-34@ Navy	7	10	1.4	0	6
Wk 7	L 48-51@ UNLV	5	36	7.2	0	13
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Wyoming	13	49	3.8	1	10
Wk 10	L 17-20vs Army	2	-6	-3.0	0	0
Wk 11	W 26-16@ San José State	3	26	8.7	0	17
Wk 12	L 16-26@ UConn	7	38	5.4	0	11
Wk 13	L 3-20vs New Mexico	5	12	2.4	0	9
Wk 14	W 42-21@ Colorado State	2	19	9.5	0	12
Total		57	285	5.5	2	17