Temple · W 17-9
16 carries, 107 yards, 1 TD
The other 7 games average 83 yards. This one was 24 above.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Ahead of Mitchell’s 2022 pace
Backs who run like Engleman, and how their seasons went
Engleman against this year’s top backs, game by game
The road ahead: 689 yards, 86 a game, 4 regular-season games left.
Already their own best season; their previous best was 306, in 2025.
“Did TJ Engleman get hurt or something? Been ECU's best offesne for a few weeks and he's just not being used?”
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Each line is one carry: taller means more yards, and a line pointing down lost yards. Black lines are touchdowns. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside each lane the carries are lined up shortest to longest, not placed. Of his carries with a spot in the play text: left 9, middle 71, right 6. His longest went for 88 yards.
Play style
Hits the crease and outruns the angle.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
37.5% of carries overall (104/277) → 35.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/53) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 105 | 689 | 6.6 | 5 | 88 |
| 2025 | East Carolina | 59 | 306 | 5.2 | 1 | 23 |
| Career | 164 | 995 | 6.1 | 6 | 88 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 1 | 25 |
| 2025 | East Carolina | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | 20 |
| Career | 16 | 108 | 6.8 | 1 | 25 |
Last game (Wk 9): 107 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 catch.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ No. 13 Alabama | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-17@ Old Dominion | 16 | 99 | 6.2 | 0 | 40 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-9vs North Carolina Central | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 2 | 88 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-12vs Rice | 14 | 136 | 9.7 | 1 | 43 | Season-high 136 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 17-30@ UAB | 26 | 104 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | L 34-41@ Memphis | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-9vs Temple | 16 | 107 | 6.7 | 1 | 22 | |
| Total | 105 | 689 | 6.6 | 5 | 88 |
Oct. 31 · W 17-9 vs Temple, play by play
16 carries for 107 yards and a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, with East Carolina ahead by one score, he carried 4 times for 10 yards.
22-yard run. Second quarter, up 7-0.
8-yard catch on 3rd and 6. Fourth quarter, up 17-9. Converted.
3-yard run on 3rd and 4. Fourth quarter, up 17-9.
18 carries for 92 yards and a touchdown.
Not drawn: the play-by-play and the box score disagree.
26 carries for 104 yards. In the fourth quarter, with East Carolina ahead by one score, he carried 4 times for 7 yards. He converted a 4th and 1 with East Carolina up 14-9.
6-yard run on 3rd and 6. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
8-yard run on 3rd and 2. First quarter, up 7-0. Converted.
2-yard run on 3rd and 1. Third quarter, up 14-9. Converted.
16-yard catch on 3rd and 7. Fourth quarter, up 17-9. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
14 carries for 136 yards and a touchdown, his most this season. He converted a 4th and 1 with East Carolina down 9-7.
43-yard run. First quarter, tied 0-0.
1-yard run on 3rd and 2. Third quarter, down 9-7.
4-yard run on 4th and 1. Third quarter, down 9-7. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
10 carries for 129 yards and 2 touchdowns.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
5-yard touchdown run on 3rd and 5. First quarter, made it 7-3.
88-yard touchdown run on 3rd and 2. Second quarter, made it 35-3.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
16 carries for 99 yards. In the fourth quarter, with East Carolina ahead by one score, he carried 8 times for 58 yards. He converted a 3rd and 1 with East Carolina up 20-17.
2-yard run on 3rd and 15. Third quarter, tied 17-17.
40-yard run. Fourth quarter, up 20-17.
1-yard run on 3rd and 1. Fourth quarter, up 20-17. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
4 carries for 24 yards.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
8-yard run. Second quarter, down 10-7.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
1 carry for -2 yards.
2-yard loss. Third quarter, down 38-10.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
Week 4 · 2026
W 42-9
129 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 33 yds · 1 TD
Dominant 33-point win at home against North Carolina Central.
With E. Williams — 341 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 29.3 · T. O'Halloran — 48.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
31st in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +21 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
46%105 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.6 yds/carry on 105 carries · 16% explosive (10+ yds) · 46% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Blake Harrell — 13-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 99.0 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 73.2 | 3.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 81.7 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 99.5 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
45.5%
245 pass / 294 run
Plays / game
67.4
8 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
277 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
105 carries and 9 catches in 8 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #21 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #27 of 37 American Athletic RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,513 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the American Athletic.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
