Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5/22Inside-5 share
5 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (22.7%).
Trent Battle
Trent Battle is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at TCU.
Battle does a little of everything without one standout trait. Four seasons in the TCU backfield to date. One game to point at: 89 rushing yards and 15 receiving yards against West Virginia — Week 9, 2025.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Where to follow
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-14@ North Carolina | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 1 | 28 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-21vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-24vs SMU | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 0 | 27 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27@ Arizona State | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-21vs Colorado | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-41@ Kansas State | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-36vs Baylor | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | 65 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-17@ West Virginia | 19 | 89 | 4.7 | 1 | 46 | Season-high 89 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 17-20vs Iowa State | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-44@ No. 12 BYU | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-23vs Cincinnati | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 10 | |
 Bowl | W 30-27vs No. 16 USC | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 64 | 349 | 5.5 | 6 | 65 |
Signature game
Week 8 · 2025
W 42-36
vs Baylor
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 8 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +5.24Trent Battle 65 Yd Run
- Week 1 · North Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Trent Battle run for 28 yds for a TD (Kyle Lemmermann KICK)
- Week 1 · USC · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.47Seals to Battle: a 15-yard pass.
- Week 9 · West Virginia · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45T.Battle rush middle for 1 yard gain for a touchdown
- Week 5 · Arizona State · 2nd and 4 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Trent Battle run for 13 yds for a TD (Nate McCashland KICK)
- Week 9 · West Virginia · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA −2.29T.Battle rush right for 9 yards loss (M.Oxley)
4 more plays
- Week 9 · West Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.03T.Battle rush left for 46 yards gain (N.Taylor)
- Week 4 · SMU · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.98Trent Battle run for 27 yds to the SMU 35 for a
- Week 3 · Abilene Christian · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.96Trent Battle run for 9 yds to the ACU 1 for a
- Week 9 · West Virginia · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.86T.Battle rush right for 12 yards gain (B.Bogle; J.Chambers)
Rushing profile
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
63 of 64 carries matched to play-by-play
Success rate
39%61 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer yds27%of carries
17 carries
Grind
1–3 yds33%of carries
21 carries
Chunk
4–9 yds22%of carries
14 carries
Explosive
10+ yds17%of carries
11 carries
4 of 4 (100%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go) · 1 of 4 (25%) scored from inside the 5-yard line
5.5 yds/carry on 64 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 39% success rate.
Teams and coaches
4 seasons under Sonny Dykes — 36-17 over that span.
2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning
2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning
2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 30.8 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 32.0 | 8.2 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 23.3 | 7.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 37.2 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
51.9%
460 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
68.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
64 carries and 10 catches in 12 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
44 · #181 of 326 RBs · 2025
Three-star recruit. Now #181 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #25 of 35 Big 12 RBs
How the All-Big 12 base rate is computed
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%).
Five seasons at TCU
- 2025 TCU DykesYear 5 · 12 games
- 2024 TCU DykesYear 4 · 7 games
- 2023 TCU DykesYear 3 · 9 games
- 2022 TCU DykesYear 2 · 11 games
- 2021 TCU PattersonYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- High school DaphneDaphne, AL · Class of 2021Three-star, No. 785 in the 2021 class. Signed with TCU.Also from Daphne: Malique Franklin (Alabama), Talib Graham (Ole Miss) and Edrick Williams (Louisiana).
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
2021
- Signed with TCUThree-star, out of Daphne
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coaches2021
Gary Patterson, then Jerry Kill
TCU
Played under 3 different head coaches: Gary Patterson, Jerry Kill, and Sonny Dykes. Multi-era developmental context.