Trey Benson

Former running back at Florida State. 2023: 905 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 20 catches.

RB · Florida State · Jr. · #3

6′1″ · 223 lb · Greenville, MS

CFB Index 72 · #42 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceArizona — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 2, #66 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 372 nationally · Signed with St. Joseph

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Florida State. 2023: 905 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 20 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to St. Joseph in 2020.
Transferred from Oregon to Florida State in 2022.
Drafted round 3 by the Arizona in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida State, 1,917 rushing yards — drafted at #66 overall by Arizona.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2020

Recruited4-star out of St. Joseph

202213 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

202313 games

All-ACCsecond

2024

Drafted by Arizonaround 3, pick 66

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#372 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #66

Arizona · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

9 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Mike Norvell

Florida State

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

#66Rd 3 · Pick 2

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oregon10-4HC: Bryan McClendon · Run-leaning

2022Florida State10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2023Florida State13-1HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #42 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (90th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (81st percentile). Concern: success rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#44 / 426 · 90th pct

9.0%

Explosive rate#81 / 426 · 81st pct

9.6%

Yards / carry#120 / 426 · 72nd pct

5.8

EPA / carry#296 / 426 · 31st pct

0.08

Success rate#352 / 426 · 17th pct

37.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#4 / 333 · 99th pct

Rush TDs#15 / 333 · 95th pct

Rec yards#40 / 327 · 88th pct

227

Rush yards#50 / 333 · 85th pct

905

Yards / carry#58 / 333 · 82nd pct

5.8

Carries#69 / 333 · 79th pct

156

Receptions#69 / 327 · 78th pct

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

72nd → 31st percentile

Success rate

65th → 17th percentile

Explosive rate

96th → 81st percentile

Yards / carry

84th → 72nd percentile

TD rate

66th → 90th percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

156 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

41%

Grind (1–3)

28%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	74.4	6.4	1.0
Road5g	62.0	5.1	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	77.2	7.2	1.0
Weeks 8+7g	63.1	4.8	1.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #42 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #42 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Florida State	156	905	5.8	14	--
2022	Florida State	154	990	6.4	9	--
2021	Oregon	6	22	3.7	1	--
Career		316	1,917	6.1	24	--

Season	Team
2023	Florida State	20	227	11.3	1	--
2022	Florida State	13	144	11.1	0	--
2021	Oregon	--	--	--	--	--
Career		33	371	11.2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 45–24

vs LSU

47 rush yds (12 car)

Dominant 21-point win at home against LSU.

With J. Travis — 342 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 93.8 · 38 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · A. Mastromanno — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.62Trey Benson run for 85 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 9 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39Jordan Travis pass complete to Trey Benson for 80 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.95Trey Benson run for 62 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Trey Benson run for 55 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA -4.02Trey Benson run for 1 yd to the PITT 7
Week 11 · Miami · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.88Trey Benson run for 38 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 2 · Southern Miss · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.81Trey Benson run for 42 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 13 · Florida · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.40Trey Benson run for 36 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 2 · Southern Miss · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.31Trey Benson run for 19 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 13 · Florida · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.18Trey Benson run for 26 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-24vs LSU	12	47	3.9	0	14
Wk 2	W 66-13vs Southern Miss	9	79	8.8	3	42	3 rushing TDs
Wk 3	W 31-29@ Boston College	12	38	3.2	1	7
Wk 4	W 31-24@ Clemson	7	25	3.6	0	12
Wk 6	W 39-17vs Virginia Tech	11	200	18.2	2	85	Season-high 200 yds
Wk 7	W 41-3vs Syracuse	14	74	5.3	0	19
Wk 8	W 38-20vs Duke	10	26	2.6	0	10
Wk 9	W 41-16@ Wake Forest	10	55	5.5	1	18
Wk 10	W 24-7@ Pittsburgh	12	97	8.1	1	55
Wk 11	W 27-20vs Miami	16	80	5.0	2	38
Wk 12	W 58-13vs North Alabama	6	22	3.7	1	7
Wk 13	W 24-15@ Florida	19	95	5.0	3	36	3 rushing TDs
Wk 14	W 16-6vs Louisville	18	67	3.7	0	21
Total		156	905	5.9	14	85

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Feast or famine

fact

156Carries

905Yards

31.2%Top-5 share

16.7%Stuffed rate

31.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 16.7% of his carries. 6 carries for 22 yds vs North Alabama; 11 for 200 vs Virginia Tech.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

36.3%Carry share

26.7%Q4-lead share

83.9%In competitive games

36.3% of carries overall (156/430) → 26.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (31/116) — 83.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

7/22Inside-5 share

7 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (31.8%).