Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-37vs Massachusetts | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-28@ Boston College | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 | 11 | Season-high 36 yds |
| Total | 10 | 40 | 3.2 | 0 | 11 |
#9
Clay Thevenin
Senior running back for Rutgers. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′8″ · 195 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL · TRU Prep Academy
CFB Index 53 · #107 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceTransferred Louisiana Tech → Rutgers 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
40
rushing yards · 2026
4 per carry
2 games into 2026 so far -- Backed by 11 car · 143 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing TDs game. -- Best game: 36 rush yds, at Boston College
Swing playSwung Louisiana Tech from 39% to 69% to win.Louisiana Tech at Delaware · 25-24
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Rutgers. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed with Louisiana Tech in 2025.
- Transferred from Louisiana Tech to Rutgers in 2026.
Clay Thevenin
Wins in space out of the backfield. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Sonny Cumbie and Greg Schiano. The receipt on tape: 36 rush yds against Boston College, Week 2, 2026.
40 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 10 CARRIES
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
202513 games
- Signed with Louisiana Techout of Navarro College
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Rutgers
2025Louisiana Tech
2026Rutgers
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Louisiana Tech8-5HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-heavy
2026Rutgers0-2HC: Greg Schiano · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
High confidence
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 20.0 YDS/g, 3.2 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
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 | Rutgers | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Louisiana Tech | 131 | 634 | 4.8 | 8 | -- |
| Career | 141 | 674 | 4.8 | 8 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rutgers | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Louisiana Tech | 33 | 269 | 8.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 33 | 269 | 8.2 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 2 · Boston College · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA -1.11(05:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 2 yards loss to the BC 27 (#88 C.McGee)
- Week 2 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +0.93(05:14) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 11 yards gain to the RU 36 (#32 C.Comella; #7 C.Davis), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.86(06:09) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 9 yards gain to the BC 32 (#5 M.Upton)
- Week 1 · Massachusetts · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA -0.60(03:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 0 yards to the RU33 (#42 A.DePaepe)
- Week 1 · Massachusetts · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA -0.47(11:04) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 1 yard gain to the RU29 (#44 T.Hinspeter)
- Week 1 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.43(07:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 3 yards gain to the RU47 (#9 J.Krueger; #90 T.Passmore, Jr.)
- Week 2 · Boston College · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +0.31(09:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 6 yards gain to the BC 19 (#28 Z.Thomas), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Boston College · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA -0.30(05:27) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush left for 8 yards gain to the BC 24 (#2 K.Price), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.23(04:49) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 2 yards gain to the BC 22 (#2 K.Price)
- Week 2 · Boston College · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA -0.17(02:23) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 C.Thevenin rush middle for 2 yards gain to the BC 04 (#55 C.Hudson; #28 Z.Thomas)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Satellite Back
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Lloyd Avant’s 2025 season.
Matches Lloyd on
Receiving share
Rush TD rate
EPA / carry (adj)
Differs from Lloyd on
Yards / reception (lower)
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Taron Keith’s path through South Florida.
98%match
#4
Andrew Body
96%
Matches Taron on
Height
Weight
Yards per carry
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to J'Koby Williams's freshman season at Texas Tech (2024).
75%match
All-Big 12
Matches J'Koby on
Yards / carry
Rush TD rate
Yards / reception
Differs from J'Koby on
EPA / carry (adj) (lower)
Weight (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Clay Thevenin
Background
2024 NJCAA Honorable Mention All-America 2024 First Team All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference Career: Played in 29 collegiate games ... led Louisiana Tech in 2025 with 131 carries, 634 rushing yards and 996 all-purpose yards in 13 games ... added eight rushing touchdowns ... totaled 1...
The backfield · Rutgers
- #3Antwan Raymond1,241 rushing yards · 2025
- #9Clay Thevenin634 rushing yards · 2025
- #20Ja'shon Benjamin328 rushing yards · 2025
- #23Edd Guerrier25 rushing yards · 2025
- #26Terrell Mitchell14 rushing yards · 2025
3 more on the roster · Rutgers team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology