Senior running back for Sam Houston. 2025: 391 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 15 catches.
5′11″ · 210 lb · Roswell, 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.
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
2 TD · 6.7 per carry · 15 catches
Backed by 10 car · 191 yds · 2 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 191 rush yds, 2 TD, 7 rec yds, at Louisiana Tech
The play that turned itSwung North Carolina from 37% to 70% to win.Pittsburgh at North Carolina · 42-24
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Sam Houston. 2025: 391 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 15 catches.
How he plays
Wins in space out of the backfield.
Explosive rate: 67th percentile.
The full scouting readElijah Green
Wins in space out of the backfield. Three head coaches in six seasons, at three different programs. The receipt: 191 rush yds, 7 rec yds against Louisiana Tech — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (94th percentile). Strength: long run (93rd percentile). Concern: td 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 46.7 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 50.2 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 18.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 79.2 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #136 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #13 of 28 Conference USA RBs
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 58 | 391 | 6.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Indiana | 29 | 201 | 6.9 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 131 | 558 | 4.3 | 8 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 243 | 1,256 | 5.2 | 15 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 15 | 133 | 8.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Indiana | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 17 | 107 | 6.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 32 | 240 | 7.5 | 2 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-41@ Western Kentucky | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-38vs UNLV | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-37@ Hawai'i | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-55@ Texas | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-35vs UTEP | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-55@ Louisiana Tech | 10 | 191 | 19.1 | 2 | 80 | Season-high 191 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 21-17@ Oregon State | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-56vs Florida International | 11 | 98 | 8.9 | 0 | 34 | |
| Total | 58 | 391 | 5.1 | 2 | 80 |
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Sam Houston
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Sam Houston
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Sam Houston · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #117 · 2026 recruiting class #126
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to C'Bo Flemister’s 2022 season.
Matches C'Bo on
Differs from C'Bo on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Calvin Turner’s path through Hawai'i.
Cooper Wallace
Matches Calvin on
Player DNA