TJ Horton

#4 · RB · 4th-year · Ball State5′10″ · 200 lb · Lexington, KY · Frederick Douglass

Rushing yards43796th of 279 running backsLast gameL 30–31at Massachusetts · Nov 4
Nextvs BuffaloWed Nov 11 · time TBA
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437 rushing yards in 9 games; their best was 125 vs Stony Brook.
Game 1: at Ohio State, loss 3-56, 4 rushing yards4LOSU@Game 2: against Stony Brook, win 41-17, 125 rushing yards, 1 touchdown, FCS opponent125WSTBKFCSGame 3: at Liberty, loss 15-51, 79 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns79LLIB@Game 4: at Kent State, loss 13-26, 4 rushing yards4LKENT@Game 5: against Toledo, loss 24-39, 90 rushing yards, 1 touchdown90LTOLGame 6: at Northwestern, loss 14-45, 10 rushing yards, 1 touchdown10LNU@Game 7: at Bowling Green, win 32-31, 81 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns81WBGSU@Game 8: against Sacramento State, win 34-17, 33 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns33WSACGame 9: at Massachusetts, loss 30-31, 11 rushing yards11LMASS@Season high
Game 1: at Ohio State, loss 3-56, 4 rushing yardsLOSU@Game 2: against Stony Brook, win 41-17, 125 rushing yards, 1 touchdown, FCS opponent125 · season highWSTBKFCSGame 3: at Liberty, loss 15-51, 79 rushing yards, 2 touchdownsLLIB@Game 4: at Kent State, loss 13-26, 4 rushing yardsLKENT@Game 5: against Toledo, loss 24-39, 90 rushing yards, 1 touchdownLTOLGame 6: at Northwestern, loss 14-45, 10 rushing yards, 1 touchdownLNU@Game 7: at Bowling Green, win 32-31, 81 rushing yards, 2 touchdownsWBGSU@Game 8: against Sacramento State, win 34-17, 33 rushing yards, 2 touchdownsWSACGame 9: at Massachusetts, loss 30-31, 11 rushing yards11LMASS@
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Massachusetts · L 30-31

4 carries, 11 yards

The other 8 games average 53 yards. This one was 42 below.

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Dashed line: 100 yards.

This week

  • RecordBall State is 3-6.
  • Next gamevs Buffalo · Wed Nov 11

Worth knowing

  • TJ Horton has 311 kick return yards, 9th among FBS running backs who returned a kick.

A play from this season

  1. Q2, 8:20 · Ball State down 21TJ Horton runs 1 yard for a touchdownBall State at Northwestern, week 6Q2, 8:20 · Ball State 7, Northwestern 217-21score after the play7-21score after the playT.Horton rush middle for 1 yard gain to the NU00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this playCFB ON FOX

24% of the carries, 33% of the yards, 56% of the touchdowns

  • Carries24%72 of 294
  • Yards33%437 of 1,308
  • Touchdowns56%9 of 16
  • Yards a carry: 6.1. Everyone else on the team: 3.9.
  • A touchdown every 8.0 carries. Everyone else on the team: one every 31.7.

Share of the team's rushing yards, game by game

No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.

Who carried it

Share of the team's total this season.

Every carry this season

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leftmiddlerightno spot
a carry, up for a gain and down for a lossa touchdown

Each line is one carry: taller means more yards, and a line pointing down lost yards. Black lines are touchdowns. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside each lane the carries are lined up shortest to longest, not placed. Of the carries with a spot in the play text: left 22, middle 25, right 20. The longest went for 66 yards.

TJ Horton

RB · Ball State · #4

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 5

TJ Horton takes over from Qua Ashley at Ball State.

437rushing yards9rushing TD72carries

Rushing value per play

+0.30

our model · 2026 · 66 plays

Read the story so far

TJ Horton arrived as a 3-star prospect. TJ Horton lines up at RB for Ball State.

On the field, the headline is 437 rush yds, with 9 rush td.

TJ Horton inherited the RB job from Qua Ashley.

The number to watch: +0.30 — rushing value per play.

RB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromQua Ashley

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-05

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Style of play

Play style

Wins in space out of the backfield.

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