Former running back at Georgia State. 2024: 71 rushing yards, 3 catches.
5′9″ · 205 lb · Norfolk, VA
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.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1844 nationally · Signed with Coastal Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Georgia State. 2024: 71 rushing yards, 3 catches.
CJ Beasley
Wins in space out of the backfield. Four head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 30 rush yds, 14 rec yds against App State — Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia State, 1,095 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 10.5 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 16.7 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 10.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 15.2 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia State | 13 | 71 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 68 | 262 | 3.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 140 | 715 | 5.1 | 5 | -- |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 235 | 1,095 | 4.7 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Georgia State | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 15 | 151 | 10.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 21 | 197 | 9.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 39 | 364 | 9.3 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 14-21vs Old Dominion | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-35@ Marshall | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-33@ App State | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 20 | Season-high 30 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 27-34@ UConn | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-48vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 13 | 71 | 5.1 | 0 | 20 |
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Will Jones’s 2021 season.
Matches Will on
Differs from Will on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Darius Wilson’s path through William & Mary.
Matches Darius on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Dewayne Coleman's junior season at Army (2025).
Matches Dewayne on
Player DNA