Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-7vs Wagner | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 18 | Season-high 33 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 17-42@ Texas Tech | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 32 | 5.0 | 0 | 18 |
#25
Justin Thurman
Freshman running back for Kansas. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Tampa, FL · Jesuit HS
Returning to Kansas for 2026
The numbers
32
rushing yards · 2025
8 per carry
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 33 rush yds, vs Wagner
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 running back for Kansas. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2025.
Justin Thurman
One game to point at: 33 rush yds against Wagner — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Kansas3-star out of Tampa Jesuit
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Kansas
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (99th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 16.0 YDS/g, 5.0 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 46–7
vs Wagner
33 rush yds (3 car)
Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.
With J. Daniels — 280 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.7 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · T. Nagy — 2 rec · 20 yds
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Kansas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Kansas
Returning around him
- 18% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 2 Kansas players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +5 net (31 in / 26 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kansas · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #62 · 2026 recruiting class #61
Background
NAME PRONUNCIATION Get to Know Justin ... Who is your biggest role model and why? My biggest role model is my father because he has taught me all of the ins and outs of football. He has also taught me to be the young man that I am today. Tell us about your hometown/where you’re from? I played mos...
The backfield · Kansas
- #6Yasin Willis553 rushing yards · 2025
- #4Jalen Dupree508 rushing yards · 2025
- #1Dylan Edwards205 rushing yards · 2025
- #25Justin Thurman32 rushing yards · 2025
- #24John Kelly8 rushing yards · 2025
3 more on the roster · Kansas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology