Senior running back for Oklahoma State. 2025: 243 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 6 catches.
6′2″ · 247 lb · Joliet, IL
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
3 TD · 3.9 per carry · 6 catches
The play that turned itSwung Oklahoma State from 25% to 56% to win.Iowa State at Oklahoma State · 20-13
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Oklahoma State. 2025: 243 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 6 catches.
How he plays
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.
Success rate: 51st percentile.
The full scouting readTrenten Howland
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 84 rush yds, 14 rec yds against Baylor — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Gundy → Doug Meacham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (16th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 31.6 | 3.6 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 21.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 27.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 27.0 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #250 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #27 of 35 Big 12 RBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 63 | 243 | 3.9 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | 41 | 230 | 5.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Indiana | 76 | 354 | 4.7 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Indiana | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Indiana | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 188 | 859 | 4.6 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Indiana | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Indiana | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Indiana | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 3-69@ Oregon | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-45vs Baylor | 16 | 84 | 5.3 | 2 | 18 | Season-high 84 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ Arizona | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-39vs Houston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-49vs Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-42@ Texas Tech | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-38@ Kansas | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-14vs Kansas State | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20vs Iowa State | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Total | 63 | 243 | 3.0 | 3 | 24 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Oklahoma State
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · Oklahoma State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Oklahoma State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #65 · 2026 recruiting class #69
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Anthony Adkins’s 2021 season.
Matches Anthony on
Differs from Anthony on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Caleb Huntley’s path through Ball State.
CJ Evans Jr.
Matches Caleb on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Joshua McCray's graduate season at Georgia (2025).
Matches Joshua on
Differs from Joshua on
Player DNA