Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
6/30Inside-5 share
6 of the team's 30 inside-the-5 carries (20.0%).
Tajay Ahmed
Last confirmed: Buffalo, 2022. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Lockport, NY
Tajay Ahmed: RB · Buffalo · #25.
Tajay Ahmed
Three seasons at Buffalo, two different head coaches: Lance Leipold and Maurice Linguist. On tape: 98 rushing yards and 17 receiving yards against Georgia Southern, Bowl, 2022.
How he plays
How he plays
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Buffalo in the news
Where to follow him
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bowl | W 23-21vs Georgia Southern | 27 | 98 | 3.6 | 1 | 11 |
Signature game
Bowl · 2022
W 23-21
vs Georgia Southern · neutral site
98 rush yds (27 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 17 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at a neutral site.
With A. Venneri — 47 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20 · C. Snyder — 265 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Tajay Ahmed run for 5 yds for a TD (Alex McNulty KICK)
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.62Tajay Ahmed run for 4 yds to the Buff 48 for a
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.32Tajay Ahmed run for 10 yds to the GeoSo 2 for a
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 2 · Q3 · EPA −1.32Tajay Ahmed run for a loss of 4 yards to the GeoSo 6
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.04Tajay Ahmed run for no gain to the Buff 36
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.02Tajay Ahmed run for 11 yds to the Buff 40 for a
4 more plays
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.02Tajay Ahmed run for 8 yds to the Buff 48
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.93Cole Snyder pass complete to Tajay Ahmed for 11 yds to the Buff 36 for a
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 2 · Q4 · EPA −0.85Tajay Ahmed run for no gain to the GeoSo 2
- Week 1 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +0.70Tajay Ahmed run for 8 yds to the GeoSo 24 for a
Teams and coaches
2020Buffalo6-1HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2021Buffalo4-8HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-leaning
2022Buffalo7-6HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 98.0 YDS/g, 3.6 YPC, 1.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Maurice Linguist
Pass share
45.8%
419 pass / 496 run
Plays / game
70.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
458 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
27 carries and 2 catches in 1 game
More touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Four seasons at Buffalo
- 2022 Buffalo LinguistYear 4 · 1 game
- 2021 Buffalo LinguistYear 3 · 3 games
- 2020 Buffalo LeipoldYear 2 · 3 games
- 2019 Buffalo LeipoldYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
How it ended
Three seasons at Buffalo, 184 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coaches2019–2020
Buffalo
Coaching transition mid-career: Lance Leipold → Maurice Linguist. Worth noting in scheme + development context.