Tawee Walker

Senior running back for Cincinnati. 2025: 709 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 18 catches.

RB · Cincinnati · Sr. · #3

5′8″ · 218 lb · North Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 61 · #69 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Cincinnati for 2026

The numbers

709

rushing yards · 2025

4 TD · 5.9 per carry · 18 catches

Backed by 24 car · 198 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game.

The play that turned itSwung Cincinnati from 32% to 92% to win.Cincinnati at Kansas · 37-34

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Cincinnati. 2025: 709 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 18 catches.

Transferred from Wisconsin to Cincinnati in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

Success rate: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

Tawee Walker

RB · Cincinnati · Sr · #3

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Three head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. The receipt on tape: 119 rush yds, 2 receptions against Arizona, Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Wisconsin5-7HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #69 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (88th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#52 / 456 · 88th pct

52.9%

Yards / carry#80 / 456 · 83rd pct

5.9

Explosive rate#130 / 456 · 72nd pct

8.4%

EPA / carry#163 / 456 · 64th pct

0.16

TD rate#243 / 456 · 47th pct

2.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#52 / 349 · 84th pct

5.9

Rush yards#85 / 349 · 76th pct

709

Receptions#93 / 338 · 71st pct

Carries#115 / 349 · 67th pct

120

Long run#122 / 349 · 64th pct

Rush TDs#153 / 349 · 50th pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Rec yards#187 / 338 · 45th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

35th → 64th percentile

Success rate

46th → 88th percentile

Explosive rate

20th → 72nd percentile

Yards / carry

23rd → 83rd percentile

TD rate

59th → 47th percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

119 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

27%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

18%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	60.4	6.0	0.2
Road4g	56.5	6.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	57.3	6.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	60.8	6.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #69 of 326 RBs

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #9 of 35 Big 12 RBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Cincinnati	120	709	5.9	4	--
2024	Wisconsin	190	864	4.5	10	--
2023	Oklahoma	102	513	5.0	7	--
2022	Oklahoma	18	62	3.4	0	--
Career		430	2,148	5.0	21	--

Season	Team
2025	Cincinnati	18	78	4.3	1	--
2024	Wisconsin	11	21	1.9	0	--
2023	Oklahoma	10	81	8.1	0	--
2022	Oklahoma	1	7	7.0	0	--
Career		40	187	4.7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025

W 38–30

vs Iowa State

89 rush yds (14 car)

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With B. Sorsby — 214 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.0 · 64 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · M. Fletcher — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 60 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · BYU · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.18(14:53) Shotgun #3 T.Walker rush middle for 0 yards to the BYU03 (#57 K.Tanuvasa; #13 T.Akana), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 10 · Utah · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.52(00:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 T.Walker rush middle for 41 yards gain to the UTA23 (#9 E.Davis), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Arizona · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.39(09:15) Shotgun #3 T.Walker rush middle for 54 yards gain to the ARZ20 (#2 T.Stukes; #9 A.Garnes), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Iowa State · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA -2.97Tawee Walker run for no gain to the ISU 39 Tawee Walker fumbled, recovered by ISU Jace J. Gilbert
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.64Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Tawee Walker for 10 yds for a TD (Stephen Rusnak KICK)
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Tawee Walker run for 15 yds for a TD (Stephen Rusnak KICK)
Week 12 · Arizona · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.45(12:32) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 T.Walker rush middle for 39 yards gain to the ARZ25 (#2 T.Stukes), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -2.17Tawee Walker run for 5 yds to the NWST 47 Cincinnati Penalty, Offensive Holding (Ethan Green) to the CIN 43
Week 3 · Northwestern State · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.02Brendan Sorsby pass complete to Tawee Walker for 13 yds to the CIN 48 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · TCU · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.95(13:17) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 T.Walker rush right for 9 yards gain to the TCU35 (#97 P.Oyewale; #33 M.Carroll), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-20vs Nebraska	7	53	7.6	0	11
Wk 2	W 34-20vs Bowling Green	11	32	2.9	0	9
Wk 3	W 70-0vs Northwestern State	6	66	11.0	1	22
Wk 5	W 37-34@ Kansas	18	73	4.1	2	17
Wk 6	W 38-30vs Iowa State	14	89	6.4	0	17
Wk 7	W 20-11vs UCF	8	31	3.9	0	10
Wk 8	W 49-17@ Oklahoma State	7	38	5.4	0	15
Wk 9	W 41-20vs Baylor	19	84	4.4	1	11
Wk 10	L 14-45@ Utah	7	67	9.6	0	41
Wk 12	L 24-30vs Arizona	12	119	9.9	0	54	Season-high 119 yds
Wk 13	L 14-26vs BYU	5	9	1.8	0	5
Wk 14	L 23-45@ TCU	6	48	8.0	0	20
Total		120	709	6.2	4	54

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

CFB Index positional classification

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

30.4%Carry share

31.0%Q4-lead share

77.8%In competitive games

30.4% of carries overall (118/388) → 31.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/58) — 77.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

2026 Outlook

Cincinnati

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Cincinnati

Returning around him

8% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
4 Cincinnati players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +0 net (23 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Cincinnati · Last season: 7-6 (AP #22) · Talent rank #77 · 2026 recruiting class #58

DNA match

Player DNA

Workhorse

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jevon Jackson’s 2025 season.

Jevon Jackson

67%match

UAB · 2025

Noah Whittington

Oregon · 2022

64%

Corey Kiner

Cincinnati · 2023

63%

Jevyon Ducker

Temple · 2025

62%

Matches Jevon on

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Receiving share

Yards / carry

Differs from Jevon on

EPA / carry (adj) (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jevon Jackson's senior season at UAB (2025).

Jevon Jackson

74%match

UAB · 2025

Montrell Johnson

Florida · 2024

All-Sun Belt

70%

Jalen John

Massachusetts · 2024

70%

Harrison Waylee

Wyoming · 2023

All-MAC

69%

Rashod Dubinion

App State · 2025

All-Sun Belt

68%

Matches Jevon on

Yards / carry

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Receiving share

Differs from Jevon on

EPA / carry (adj) (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Tawee Walker

Terron Kellman

Wyoming · 2025

78%

Chavon Wright

Northern Illinois · 2025

70%

Jonah Coleman

Washington · 2024

68%

Brandon High

UTSA · 2024

63%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #218

Final rank

#306

Avg #278.0

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #218 this season.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Tawee Walker

Attention percentile: 24th · Production percentile: 57th

202411 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Workhorse

Players who play like Tawee Walker

Heisman trajectory

Peak #218