Arkansas State · W 31-7
No carries.
Kansas · W 22-16
3 carries, 10 yards
The other 6 games average 25 yards. This one was 15 below.
Denman has carries in 7 of TCU’s 8 games: none against Arkansas State.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
“Jaden Craig sucks and also the most obvious hold of all time by garbage Denman too lol”
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Jon Denman
Second year in the TCU backfield. One game to point at: 58 rushing yards and 15 receiving yards against West Virginia — Week 8, 2026.
158 rushing yards · 2 rushing TD · 47 carries
Play style
Does a little of everything without one standout trait.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Against Kansas on Oct. 31: 3 carries for 10 yards. In the 7 games drawn here: 47 carries for 158 yards.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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Last game (Wk 9): 10 rushing yards.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-15vs North Carolina | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Grambling | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-21@ UCF | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-17vs No. 10 BYU | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-6@ Baylor | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24vs West Virginia | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 0 | 21 | Season-high 58 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 22-16vs Kansas | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 47 | 158 | 3.4 | 2 | 28 |
Week 2 · 2026
W 63-7
vs Grambling
The plays that mattered most
395th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from +0 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
38%47 carriesFumble rate
2.1%1 of 47 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds3.4 yds/carry on 47 carries · 4% explosive (10+ yds) · 38% success rate.
2 seasons under Sonny Dykes, all balanced offenses — 13-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 32.0 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 18.0 | 2.5 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 34.0 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
50.8%
270 pass / 261 run
Plays / game
66.4
8 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
302 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #310 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #33 of 35 Big 12 RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,203 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Big 12.
2026 is in progress.
