Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 26-7@ South Carolina | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | Season-high -1 yds |
| Total | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
#8
Taylor Tatum
Sophomore running back for Michigan. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
5′10″ · 212 lb · Longview, TX · Longview
CFB Index 34 · #263 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceTransferred Oklahoma → Michigan for 2026
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.
The numbers
-1
rushing yard · 2025
-1 per carry
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: -1 rush yds, at South Carolina
The play that turned itSwung Oklahoma from 17% to 53% to win.Oklahoma at Missouri · 30-23
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Michigan. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2024.
- Transferred from Oklahoma to Michigan in 2026.
In Their Words
64 windows · 2026 fan posts
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Taylor Tatum
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He got to Michigan by way of Oklahoma.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
His career
202411 games
- Signed with Oklahoma4-star out of Longview
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Oklahoma
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Michigan
2025era →
Biff Poggi
Michigan
Coaching transition mid-career: Sherrone Moore → Biff Poggi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Michigan
2025Oklahoma
2026Michigan
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Brent Venables — 16-10 over that span.
2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning
2025Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
High confidence
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 1 game: -1.0 YDS/g, -1.0 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
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
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Nate Frazier’s 2024 season.
Matches Nate on
Rush TD rate
Yards / carry
Yards / reception
Differs from Nate on
EPA / carry (adj) (lower)
Total rush EPA (college ability) (lower)
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Cooper Wallace’s path through The Citadel.
Cooper Wallace
91%match
Matches Cooper on
Yards per carry
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to TJ Green's freshman season at Liberty (2021).
Matches TJ on
Yards / reception
Yards / carry
Height
Differs from TJ on
Class year (lower)
Background
CAREER HIGHS Rushing • Attempts: 10 - vs. Maine (Nov. 2, 2024) • Yards: 69 - vs. Temple (Aug. 30, 2024) • TD: 1 - 3x, last vs. Maine (Nov. 2, 2024) • Long: 35 - vs. Temple (Aug. 30, 2024) Receiving • Catches: 2 - at Missouri (Nov. 9, 2024) • Yards: 18 - vs. South Carolina (Oct. 19, 2024) • TDs: 1...
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology