Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/16Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (12.5%).
- touchdown
Oregon State · W 38-22
2 carries, 10 yards
The other 7 games average 20 yards. This one was 10 below.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
This week
- RecordFresno State is 5-3.
- Next gameat Utah State · Sat Nov 7
14% of the carries, 13% of the yards, 25% of the touchdowns
- Carries14%36 of 253
- Yards13%153 of 1,194
- Touchdowns25%4 of 16
- A touchdown every 9.0 carries. Everyone else on the team: one every 18.1.
Share of the team's rushing yards, game by game
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Who carried it
- Bryson Donelson407 yards, 81 carries, 6 touchdowns
- Rayshon Luke377 yards, 61 carries, 1 touchdown
- Jayden Mandal163 yards, 59 carries, 4 touchdowns
- Julius Gillick153 yards, 36 carries, 4 touchdowns
- Ezekiel Avit19 yards, 1 carry
- 6 others79 yards
Share of the team's total this season.
Julius Gillick
Second year in the Fresno State backfield. A game that shows it: 39 rushing yards against Sacramento State — Week 2, 2026.
153 rushing yards · 4 rushing TD · 36 carries
Style of play
Style of play
Named in
Where to follow
The latest game
Against Oregon State on Oct. 31: 2 carries for 10 yards. In the 8 games drawn here: 36 carries for 153 yards.
First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter
- W 38-22 vs Oregon State2 carries, 10 yds
- L 23-26 at San Diego State6 carries, 25 yds, 2 TD
- L 31-38 vs Boise State3 carries, 16 yds
- W 26-6 at Washington State4 carries, 21 yds, 1 TD
- W 38-24 vs Rice6 carries, 14 yds, 1 TD
- W 26-10 at San José State5 carries, 19 yds
- W 49-3 vs Sacramento State7 carries, 39 yds
- L 0-39 at USC3 carries, 9 yds
a carry, by its yardsa loss, below the linea catcha touchdown
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.
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fresno State | 36 | 153 | 4.2 | 4 | 33 |
| 2025 | Fresno State | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Career | 38 | 169 | 4.4 | 4 | 33 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fresno State | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2025 | Fresno State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 20 |
Last game (Wk 9): 10 rushing yards.
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-39@ No. 14 USC | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-3vs Sacramento State | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 33 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 26-10@ San José State | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-24vs Rice | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 26-6@ Washington State | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-38vs No. 23 Boise State | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-26@ San Diego State | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-22vs Oregon State | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 36 | 153 | 4.2 | 4 | 33 |
Signature game
Week 7 · 2026
L 23-26
25 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD
With N. Verdugo — 42.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20 · J. Mandal — 141 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 34.4
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · Sacramento State · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA −4.33J.Gillick rush middle for 2 yards loss (M.Kindle; W.Smith Jr.), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
- Week 2 · Sacramento State · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.41J.Gillick rush left for 33 yards gain (A.Taylor)
- Week 5 · Washington State · 1st and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.32J.Gillick rush middle for 8 yards gain for a touchdown
- Week 7 · San Diego State · 1st and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.20J.Gillick rush right for 7 yards gain for a touchdown
- Week 4 · Rice · 1st and 5 · Q4 · EPA +1.88J.Gillick rush middle for 5 yards gain for a touchdown
- Week 3 · San José State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.58Mandal to Gillick: a 20-yard pass.
4 more plays
- Week 7 · San Diego State · 1st and 2 · Q4 · EPA +1.21J.Gillick rush right for 2 yards gain for a touchdown
- Week 9 · Oregon State · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.13J.Gillick rush middle for 9 yards gain (D.Layne)
- Week 4 · Rice · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +0.99J.Gillick rush middle for 2 yards gain (A.Harnetiaux; K.Condoll)
- Week 4 · Rice · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA −0.95J.Gillick rush left for 1 yard gain (A.Clemmons)
Where he ranks
Rushing touchdowns4tied for 10th in the Pac-12 this season.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +14 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Matt Entz — 14-7 over that span.
2025Fresno State9-4HC: Matt Entz · Run-leaning
2026Fresno State5-3HC: Matt Entz · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 19.8 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 18.5 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 20.4 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 10.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Entz
Pass share
46.2%
217 pass / 253 run
Plays / game
58.8
8 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
239 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
36 carries and 2 catches in 8 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
38 · #252 of 330 RBs
Three-star recruit. Now #252 at the position.
Starter
The No. 1,325 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Pac-12 as a redshirt freshman.
Two seasons at Fresno State
2026 is in progress.
- 2026 Fresno State EntzYear 2 · 8 games
- 2025 Fresno State EntzYear 1 · 1 game
- High school EdisonHuntington Beach, CA · Class of 2025Three-star, No. 1,325 in the 2025 class. Signed with Fresno State.Also from Edison: Nico Brown (Stanford) and Devyn Blake (Sacramento State).
2025
- Signed with Fresno StateThree-star, out of Edison