Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 9-61@ Pittsburgh | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 17 | Season-high 38 yds |
Taj Butts
5′11″ · 205 lb · Saint Louis, MO · De Smet Jesuit
Taj Butts: RB · Missouri.
Taj Butts
One game to point at: 38 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards against Pittsburgh — Week 1, 2025.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Missouri in the news
Where to follow him
Career stats
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Missouri | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Career | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 |
Game log
Signature game
Week 1 · 2025
L 9-61
at Pittsburgh
38 rush yds (10 car) · 1 rec · 4 yds
With M. Hartshorn — 36 yards per punt · 4 punts · 50 long · J. Johnson Jr. — 3 rec · 21 yds
Teams and coaches
2022Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 38.0 YDS/g, 3.8 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
39.6%
360 pass / 550 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Five seasons, two schools
- 2025 DuquesneYear 5 · 1 game
- 2024 DuquesneYear 4 · 1 game
- 2023 DuquesneYear 3 · 2 games
- Apr 2023 Entered the transfer portal
- 2022 Missouri DrinkwitzYear 2 · 1 game
- 2021 Missouri DrinkwitzYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Missouri in 2021 as a 3-star recruit, No. 744 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Missouri in the 2021 class, a 3-star recruit.
- Entered the transfer portal from Missouri, Apr 16, 2023.
How it ended
One season at Missouri — his college career is complete.
His career
2021
- Signed with Missouri3-star out of De Smet Jesuit
2023
- Entered the portalfrom Missouri