Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 21-42@ TCU | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 | Season-high 17 yds |
| Total | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 |
#22
EJ Wilson Jr.
Former running back at Temple. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
5′10″ · 220 lb · Tampa, FL
CFB Index 30 · #305 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceTemple 2024 — college career complete
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.
The story
Former running back at Temple. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearEJ Wilson Jr.
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. EJ Wilson Jr. has played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 17 rush yds, 14 rec yds against TCU — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Temple, 633 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Rod Carey, Stan Drayton, and Everett Withers. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Florida International0-5HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2021Florida International1-11HC: Butch Davis · Balanced, slow tempo
2022Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning
2023Temple3-9HC: Stan Drayton · Pass-leaning
2024Temple3-9HC: Everett Withers · Balanced
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 17.0 YDS/g, 3.4 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Temple | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Temple | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida International | 79 | 278 | 3.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida International | 42 | 239 | 5.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida International | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 155 | 633 | 4.1 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Temple | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Temple | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida International | 19 | 75 | 3.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida International | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida International | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 197 | 5.6 | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Workhorse
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
RB
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Noah Cain’s 2021 season.
Matches Noah on
Yards / carry
Height
Rush TD rate
Differs from Noah on
EPA / carry (adj) (lower)
Receiving share (higher)
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jawaun Northington’s path through Murray State.
Matches Jawaun on
Yards per carry
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kadarius Calloway's junior season at New Mexico State (2025).
Matches Kadarius on
Receiving share
Yards / carry
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Differs from Kadarius on
Yards / reception (lower)
Height (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like EJ Wilson Jr.
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology