Senior running back for James Madison. 2025: 415 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 1 catch.
5′11″ · 229 lb · North Hampton, NH
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
5 TD · 5.1 per carry · 1 catches
Swing playSwung James Madison from 47% to 68% to win.James Madison at Louisville · 28-14
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for James Madison. 2025: 415 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 1 catch.
How he plays
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.
Success rate: 74th percentile.
The full scouting readJordan Fuller
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Holy Cross to James Madison — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 137 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Georgia Southern — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: td rate (19th 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 | 55.0 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 48.8 | 4.7 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 78.0 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 25.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
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
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #28 of 36 Sun Belt 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.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 82 | 415 | 5.1 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 82 | 415 | 5.1 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 63–27
vs Old Dominion
28 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 36-point win at home against Old Dominion.
With A. Barnett — 295 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 153 rush yds (17 car) · 4 TD · M. Sluka — 18 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5 · 35 rush yds (5 car)
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 2 | L 14-28@ Louisville | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-10vs Georgia Southern | 16 | 137 | 8.6 | 1 | 26 | Season-high 137 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 14-7@ Georgia State | 18 | 94 | 5.2 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-14vs Louisiana | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | W 63-27vs Old Dominion | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-20@ Texas State | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 2 | 17 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-23@ Marshall | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-10vs App State | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 82 | 415 | 4.5 | 5 | 26 |
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
10 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.9%). 5 of the team's 32 inside-the-5 carries (15.6%).
2026 Outlook
James Madison
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · James Madison
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
James Madison · Last season: 12-2 (AP #19) · Talent rank #101 · 2026 recruiting class #80
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cartevious Norton’s 2024 season.
Matches Cartevious on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to CJ Evans Jr.’s path through Samford.
CJ Evans Jr.
Ailym Ford
Matches CJ on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cartevious Norton's junior season at Charlotte (2024).
Matches Cartevious on
Player DNA
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peaked at #220 this season.