#17

Ty Son Lawton

Former running back at Indiana. 2024: 668 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 12 catches.

RB · Indiana · Sr. · #17

5′9″ · 207 lb · Staten Island, NY

CFB Index 58 · #77 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceIndiana 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former running back at Indiana. 2024: 668 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 12 catches.

Transferred from James Madison to Indiana in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Indiana, 1,236 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

202413 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Tom Allen

Indiana

2024

Curt Cignetti

Indiana

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #77 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (85th percentile). Strength: rush tds (91st percentile). Concern: long run (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#67 / 442 · 85th pct

7.9%

Explosive rate#190 / 442 · 57th pct

7.2%

Success rate#203 / 442 · 54th pct

45.7%

EPA / carry#229 / 442 · 48th pct

0.15

Yards / carry#295 / 442 · 33rd pct

4.7

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#26 / 335 · 91st pct

Carries#93 / 335 · 72nd pct

141

Rush yards#111 / 335 · 67th pct

668

Rec yards#119 / 330 · 64th pct

124

Receptions#157 / 330 · 51st pct

Yards / carry#200 / 335 · 38th pct

4.7

Long run#254 / 335 · 24th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

28th → 48th percentile

Success rate

46th → 54th percentile

Explosive rate

45th → 57th percentile

Yards / carry

34th → 33rd percentile

TD rate

51st → 85th 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

139 carries

16%

Stuffed (≤0)

38%

Grind (1–3)

33%

Chunk (4–9)

13%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	56.4	5.3	1.0
Road5g	43.4	4.1	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	51.9	4.8	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	50.8	4.9	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #77 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Indiana	141	668	4.7	12	--
2023	James Madison	126	568	4.5	5	--
Career		267	1,236	4.6	17	--

Season	Team
2024	Indiana	12	124	10.3	0	--
2023	James Madison	19	174	9.2	1	--
Career		31	298	9.6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 20–15

vs Michigan

55 rush yds (12 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With K. Rourke — 206 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 44.3 · -28 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Notre Dame · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Ty Son Lawton run for 22 yds to the ND 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida International · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Ty Son Lawton run for 15 yds to the FIU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Western Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.60Ty Son Lawton run for 19 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 5 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Ty Son Lawton run for 14 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 1 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Ty Son Lawton run for 13 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 8 · Nebraska · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Ty Son Lawton run for 29 yds to the NEB 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Northwestern · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.27Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Ty Son Lawton for 15 yds to the IU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Michigan State · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +2.26Ty Son Lawton run for 15 yds to the 50 yard line
Week 1 · Florida International · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.07Ty Son Lawton run for 2 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 6 · Northwestern · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Ty Son Lawton run for 22 yds to the IU 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Florida International	16	74	4.6	2	15
Wk 2	W 77-3vs Western Illinois	6	42	7.0	1	19
Wk 3	W 42-13@ UCLA	10	33	3.3	0	8
Wk 4	W 52-14vs Charlotte	7	35	5.0	2	10
Wk 5	W 42-28vs Maryland	19	93	4.9	1	14	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 6	W 41-24@ Northwestern	10	52	5.2	1	22
Wk 8	W 56-7vs Nebraska	8	64	8.0	1	29
Wk 9	W 31-17vs Washington	12	41	3.4	0	8
Wk 10	W 47-10@ Michigan State	6	19	3.2	1	15
Wk 11	W 20-15vs Michigan	12	55	4.6	0	13
Wk 13	L 15-38@ Ohio State	15	79	5.3	2	21
Wk 14	W 66-0vs Purdue	10	47	4.7	1	21
Bowl	L 17-27@ Notre Dame	10	34	3.4	0	22
Total		141	668	4.8	12	29

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

139Carries

658Yards

17.5%Top-5 share

15.8%Stuffed rate

Just 17.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 15.8% of his carries. 6 carries for 19 yds vs Michigan State; 18 for 91 vs Maryland.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

30.2%Carry share

12.5%Q4-lead share

88.2%In competitive games

30.2% of carries overall (139/460) → 12.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/136) — 88.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

15/38Inside-5 share

15 of the team's 38 inside-the-5 carries (39.5%).