Senior running back for Army. 2025: 335 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 2 catches.
6′0″ · 220 lb · Tampa, FL
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
3 TD · 4.5 per carry · 2 catches
Swing playSwung Army from 50% to 77% to win.Army at UAB · 31-13
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Army. 2025: 335 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 2 catches.
How he plays
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.
TD rate: 73rd percentile.
The full scouting readHayden Reed
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Fourth year in the Army backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 113 rush yds, 2 receptions against North Texas, Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Monken.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Jeff Monken — 31-20 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (13th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 65.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 18.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 53.7 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 6.5 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
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 #307 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #32 of 37 American Athletic RBs
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.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 24–21
at Kansas State
10 rush yds (5 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With N. Short — 52 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 61 rush yds (10 car) · C. Hellums — 43 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.0 · 124 rush yds (41 car) · 2 TD
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 27-30vs Tarleton State | 19 | 88 | 4.6 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-21@ Kansas State | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-45vs North Texas | 19 | 113 | 5.9 | 1 | 37 | Season-high 113 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 6-28@ East Carolina | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-13@ UAB | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7vs Charlotte | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-17@ Air Force | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 14-13vs Temple | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 74 | 335 | 3.5 | 3 | 37 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 40 inside-the-5 carries (5.0%).
2026 Outlook
Army
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Army
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Army · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #136 · 2026 recruiting class #138
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malachi Thomas’s 2021 season.
Matches Malachi on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gerrid Doaks’s path through Cincinnati.
Kierre Crossley
Matches Gerrid on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kye Robichaux's senior season at Boston College (2024).
Matches Kye on
Player DNA