Senior running back for Marshall. 2025: 18 rushing yards.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Orlando, FL
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
rushing yards · 2025
2.3 per carry
Best game: 7 rush yds, vs Old Dominion
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Marshall. 2025: 18 rushing yards.
Tony Mathis Jr.
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Tony Mathis Jr. has played for three head coaches across six seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 7 rush yds against Old Dominion — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff, and Tony Gibson. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshall | 8 | 18 | 2.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Houston | 41 | 170 | 4.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 136 | 562 | 4.1 | 5 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 72 | 312 | 4.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 18 | 55 | 3.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 279 | 1,131 | 4.1 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshall | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Houston | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | West Virginia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 28 | 143 | 5.1 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025
W 48–24
vs Old Dominion
7 rush yds (2 car)
Dominant 24-point win at home against Old Dominion.
With C. Del Rio-Wilson — 219 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.1 · 95 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · N. Totten — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | L 51-54@ Louisiana | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-24vs Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | Season-high 7 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 40-37vs Texas State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 8 | 18 | 2.4 | 0 | 5 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Marshall
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · Marshall
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #97 · 2026 recruiting class #123
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Dylan Downing’s 2021 season.
Matches Dylan on
Differs from Dylan on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gino Campiotti’s path through Massachusetts.
Jawaun Northington
Matches Gino on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kenyon Clay's graduate season at Arkansas State (2025).
Matches Kenyon on
Differs from Kenyon on
Player DNA