Running back for Notre Dame. 2016: 334 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 8 catches.
5′9″ · Cocoa, FL
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 106 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2016 running back for Notre Dame. 2016: 334 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 8 catches.
Tarean Folston
Third year in the Notre Dame backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt: 88 rush yds, 17 rec yds against Texas — Week 1, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Notre Dame, 1,242 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brian Kelly.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 22-16 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (86th percentile). Concern: rush tds (20th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 31.6 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 37.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 39.0 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 27.8 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 77 | 334 | 4.3 | 2 | -- |
| 2015 | Notre Dame | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2014 | Notre Dame | 175 | 889 | 5.1 | 6 | -- |
| Career | 255 | 1,242 | 4.9 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 8 | 66 | 8.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Notre Dame | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Notre Dame | 18 | 190 | 10.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 26 | 256 | 9.8 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016
W 30–27
vs Miami
7 rush yds (4 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With D. Kizer — 263 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.3 · 31 rush yds (8 car) · T. Newsome — 43 AVG · 52 LONG · 3 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 47-50@ Texas | 18 | 88 | 4.9 | 0 | 54 | Season-high 88 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 39-10vs Nevada | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-36vs Michigan State | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38vs Duke | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-17vs Stanford | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-27vs Miami | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-28@ Navy | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-6vs Army | 13 | 84 | 6.5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-34vs Virginia Tech | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-45@ USC | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 77 | 334 | 3.9 | 2 | 54 |