Senior running back for Houston. 2022: 363 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 21 catches.
5′7″ · 180 lb · Houston, TX
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.
Recruiting
APB recruit
No. 917 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Houston. 2022: 363 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 21 catches.
Ta'Zhawn Henry
Wins in space out of the backfield. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Kliff Kingsbury, Matt Wells and Dana Holgorsen. The receipt: 112 rush yds, 7 rec yds against Rice — Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Houston, 1,568 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Major Applewhite → Dana Holgorsen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: rec yards (91st percentile). Concern: yards / carry (20th 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
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 52.7 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 15.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 44.2 | 3.5 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 32.7 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #166 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Houston | 87 | 363 | 4.2 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Houston | 111 | 524 | 4.7 | 7 | -- |
| 2019 | Texas Tech | 75 | 340 | 4.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2018 | Texas Tech | 86 | 341 | 4.0 | 8 | -- |
| Career | 359 | 1,568 | 4.4 | 21 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Houston | 21 | 246 | 11.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Houston | 20 | 105 | 5.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Texas Tech | 22 | 138 | 6.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Texas Tech | 22 | 145 | 6.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 85 | 634 | 7.5 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 37–35
at UTSA
25 rush yds (8 car)
Edged out UTSA on the road in a shootout.
With C. Tune — 206 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.3 · 51 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · L. Wilkins — 46 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-35@ UTSA | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33@ Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-48vs Kansas | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Rice | 17 | 112 | 6.6 | 1 | 28 | Season-high 112 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27vs Tulane | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-36vs Temple | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-3@ East Carolina | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-37vs Tulsa | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 0 | 44 | |
| Bowl | W 23-16vs Louisiana | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 87 | 363 | 3.9 | 3 | 44 |
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Ron Cook Jr.’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ron Cook Jr.'s senior season at Buffalo (2021).
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Player DNA