Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ Alabama | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | 16 | 99 | 6.2 | 0 | 45 | Season-high 99 yds |
| Total | 22 | 116 | 4.5 | 0 | 45 |
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Ashton Gray
Junior running back for East Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 208 lb · Marion, AR · Marion
CFB Index 45 · #174 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceTransferred North Texas → East Carolina for 2026
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
116
rushing yards · 2026
5.3 per carry · 1 catches
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 99 rush yds, 9 rec yds, vs App State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 running back for East Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Texas in 2024.
- Transferred from North Texas to East Carolina in 2026.
Ashton Gray
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Drew Svoboda and Blake Harrell. One game to point at: 99 rush yds, 9 rec yds against App State — Week 2, 2026.
116 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 22 CARRIES
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with North Texas3-star out of Marion
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to East Carolina
2025North Texas
2026East Carolina
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025North Texas12-2HC: Drew Svoboda · Balanced
2026East Carolina0-2HC: Blake Harrell · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
High confidence
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 58.0 YDS/g, 4.5 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 22 | 116 | 5.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | North Texas | 58 | 377 | 6.5 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 80 | 493 | 6.2 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | East Carolina | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | North Texas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · App State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.62(02:44) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 A.Gray rush left for 45 yards gain to the APP20 (#44 M.Lewis; #15 A.Mitchell), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · App State · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.59(01:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 A.Gray rush middle for 4 yards gain to the APP49 (#44 M.Lewis), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · App State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.43(05:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 A.Gray rush middle for 7 yards gain to the APP01 (#25 K.Purdy; #15 A.Mitchell), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · App State · 1&1 · Q1 · EPA -1.13(04:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 A.Gray rush middle for 1 yard loss to the APP02 (#25 K.Purdy)
- Week 2 · App State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.11(00:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 M.Griffis pass complete short right to #3 A.Gray caught at ECU25, for 9 yards to the ECU29 QB hurried by #33 A.Benton (#4 J.Gude)
- Week 1 · Alabama · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA -1.09Ashton Gray run for no gain to the ECU 44
- Week 2 · App State · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +0.95(14:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 A.Gray rush middle for 2 yards gain to the ECU36 (#25 K.Purdy; #50 J.Brown), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · App State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -0.70(03:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 A.Gray rush middle for 0 yards to the ECU25 (#0 J.Berchal)
- Week 1 · Alabama · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA -0.70Ashton Gray run for no gain to the ECU 34
- Week 1 · Alabama · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.68Ashton Gray run for 9 yds to the ECU 34
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Khobie Martin’s 2025 season.
81%match
Matches Khobie on
Yards / carry
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Rush TD rate
Differs from Khobie on
EPA / carry (adj) (higher)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to King Miller’s path through USC.
Matches King on
Height
Yards per carry
Weight
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Tate Carney's freshman season at Wake Forest (2023).
72%match
Matches Tate on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
EPA / carry (adj)
Yards / carry
Differs from Tate on
Class year (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Ashton Gray
Background
Mid-year transfer from North Texas who, enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2026 … Earned first varsity letter from North Texas in 2025 … Played in 15 career games (3/2024, 12/2025) … Rushed for 383 yards on 58 carries with five touchdowns … Recorded first career 100-yard rushing game against...
The backfield · East Carolina
- #21Michael Allen385 rushing yards · 2025
- #3Ashton Gray377 rushing yards · 2025
- #4TJ Engleman Jr.306 rushing yards · 2025
- #5DeJuan Lacy44 rushing yards · 2025
- #22Michael Beatty1 game · 2025
2 more on the roster · East Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology