Trenten Howland

#24 · RB · Sr. · Oklahoma State6′2″ · 247 lb · Joliet, IL · Joliet West

Trenten Howland is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Oklahoma State.

Howland just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Tom Allen, Mike Gundy and Doug Meacham. A game that shows it: 84 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards against Baylor — Week 5, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Anthony AdkinsArmy · 2021 · 80% season match
Kaden FeaginIllinois · 2024 · 78% season match
Antwain Littleton IIMaryland · 2023 · 70% season match
Ja'Quinden JacksonUtah · 2023 · 67% season match
Tyson RileyArmy · 2021 · 65% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	63	243	3.9	3	24
2024	Oklahoma State	41	230	5.6	1	23
2023	Indiana	76	354	4.7	2	19
2022	Indiana	2	12	6.0	0	9
2021	Indiana	6	20	3.3	0	8
Career		188	859	4.6	6	24

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	6	37	6.2	0	11
2024	Oklahoma State	3	7	2.3	0	5
2023	Indiana	3	22	7.3	0	11
2022	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
Career		12	66	5.5	0	11

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 3-69@ No. 6 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 No. 24 Cincinnati	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 9	L 0-42@ No. 14 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	3.9	3	24

Signature game

Week 5 · 2025

L 27-45

vs Baylor

84 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 14 yds · 13 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT

With W. Pahl — 42.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · Z. Flores — 232 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.4 · 25 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Kansas State · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA −4.59T.Howland pass intercepted by D.Cobbs at KSU05 D.Cobbs return 17 yards (G.Freeman)
Week 14 · Iowa State · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68T.Howland rush right for 8 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 5 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Trent Howland 10 Yd Run
Week 7 · Houston · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA −2.40Trent Howland run for no gain to the HOU 22 Oklahoma State Penalty, Offensive holding (Jakobe Sanders) to the HOU 32
Week 12 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.11T.Howland rush left for 24 yards gain (Z.Rich), out of bounds
Week 9 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.08S.Jackson V pass complete short middle to T.Howland for 11 yards (C.Wisniewski)

4 more plays

Week 5 · Baylor · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.04Trent Howland run for 12 yds to the BAY 28 for a
Week 14 · Iowa State · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA −1.83T.Howland rush right for 3 yards loss (K.Ebel)
Week 5 · Baylor · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.60Trent Howland run for a loss of 3 yards to the 50 yard line
Week 9 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.56T.Howland rush middle for 6 yards gain (J.Rodriguez)

Rushing profile

Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security

How he gets his yards, and how often it works

63 car · 243 yds · 3 TD

59 of 63 carries matched to play-by-play

Success rate

44%59 carries

Fumble rate

3.2%2 of 63 carries

Stuffed

0 or fewer yds

22%of carries

13 carries

Grind

1–3 yds

27%of carries

16 carries

Chunk

4–9 yds

41%of carries

24 carries

Explosive

10+ yds

10%of carries

6 carries

3 of 4 (75%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go)

3.9 yds/carry on 63 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.

Teams and coaches

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

2023Indiana3-9HC: Tom Allen · Run-leaning

2024Oklahoma State3-9HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Mike Gundy and Doug Meacham · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 37 (#250 of 326). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

37Below cohort / limited sample #250 of 326 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#221 / 456 · 51st pct

44.1%

TD rate#330 / 456 · 27th pct

1.7%

Yards / carry#366 / 456 · 20th pct

4.2

Explosive rate#374 / 456 · 18th pct

3.4%

EPA / carry#385 / 456 · 16th pct

-0.03

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 201 · 87th pct

Rush TDs#200 / 349 · 38th pct

Carries#264 / 349 · 24th pct

Receptions#253 / 338 · 23rd pct

Rec yards#264 / 338 · 22nd pct

Long run#282 / 349 · 19th pct

Rush yards#306 / 349 · 12th pct

243

Yards / carry#303 / 349 · 12th pct

3.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

80th → 16th percentile

Success rate

76th → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

59th → 18th percentile

Yards / carry

67th → 20th percentile

TD rate

22nd → 27th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Doug Meacham

Pass share

47.5%

365 pass / 403 run

Plays / game

64.0

12 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

396 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

63 carries, 6 catches and 5 pass attempts in 9 games

Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

37 · #250 of 326 RBs · 2025

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

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%).