Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-59@ Texas | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-31vs UTSA | 17 | 149 | 8.8 | 0 | 65 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-35vs North Texas | 25 | 214 | 8.6 | 0 | 76 | Season-high 214 yds |
| Total | 54 | 397 | 6.7 | 0 | 76 |
#4
Torrance Burgess Jr.
Take Torrance Burgess Jr. off Texas State's roster and the first thing you'd miss is No.131 3★, national recruit.
5′8″ · 176 lb · Pearland, TX
CFB Index 40 · #217 of 310 RBsHigh confidence
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.
How he plays
Hits the crease and outruns the angle.
Yards / carry: 88th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
397
rushing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 214 rush yds, 6 rec yds, vs North Texas
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior running back for Texas State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UTEP in 2022.
- Transferred from UTEP to Texas State in 2024.
Torrance Burgess Jr.
Filling the Shoesas of 2026-09-22
Torrance Burgess Jr. is a cornerstone for Texas State — measured against the line he joined.
397RUSH YDS0RUSH TD54CARRIES
3★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT
No.131
recruiting national rank
Read the story so far
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2022
- Signed with UTEP3-star out of Tyler J.C.
202311 games
The role got bigger.
- All-Conference USAhonorable_mention
202410 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2023)
Badges
- Program Benchmark
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coaches2022
Texas State
Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas State | 54 | 397 | 7.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Texas State | 20 | 95 | 4.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Texas State | 60 | 367 | 6.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | UTEP | 124 | 620 | 5.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | UTEP | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 262 | 1,482 | 5.7 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas State | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas State | 10 | 111 | 11.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | UTEP | 17 | 227 | 13.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | UTEP | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 31 | 363 | 11.7 | 0 | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Torrance Burgess Jr.'s 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 49–35
vs North Texas
214 rush yds (25 car)
Edged out North Texas at home in a shootout.
With B. Jackson — 268 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.6 · 30 rush yds (9 car) · D. Jackson — 77 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 3 · North Texas · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +4.71(02:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Burgess Jr. rush middle for 76 yards gain to the UNT07 (#4 C.Coombes), 1ST DOWN
- Week 2 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.87(13:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Burgess Jr. rush middle for 65 yards gain to the UTSA16 (#20 Z.Morris), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · North Texas · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.79(07:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Burgess Jr. rush middle for 24 yards gain to the UNT41 (#0 B.Jones), 1ST DOWN
- Week 1 · Texas · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.58(02:46) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Burgess Jr. rush middle for 11 yards gain to the TEXAS44 (#2 D.Williams Jr.), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · North Texas · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.37(04:50) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 B.Jackson pass complete short left to #4 T.Burgess Jr. caught at TXST43, for 7 yards to the TXST48 (#34 B.Reese), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.25(14:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Burgess Jr. rush middle for 9 yards gain to the TXST34 (#7 A.Alexander; #34 B.Reese)
- Week 2 · UTSA · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +1.19(11:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Burgess Jr. rush left for 9 yards gain to the TXST30 (#14 J.Rogers), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · North Texas · 2&15 · Q3 · EPA -1.19(12:33) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 B.Jackson pass complete short right to #4 T.Burgess Jr. caught at UNT46, for 1 yard loss to the UNT43 (#24 P.Taylor; #42 B.Knox)
- Week 1 · Texas · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA -1.15(13:07) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Burgess Jr. rush middle for 1 yard loss to the TXST39 (#4 J.McDonald)
- Week 3 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.05(04:41) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Burgess Jr. rush left for 11 yards gain to the TXST42 (#17 C.Roberts), 1ST DOWN
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +214 rushing yards, +2 catches.
Season context · Team result + system
2022UTEP5-7HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning
2023UTEP3-9HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning
2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning
2025Texas State7-6HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-heavy
2026Texas State1-2HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-heavy
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
High confidence
Elite: yards / carry (88th percentile). Strength: long run (95th percentile). Concern: td rate (5th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Box-score rates (7)
Season trend
EPA / carry— first qualifying season
Success rate— first qualifying season
Explosive rate— first qualifying season
Yards / carry— first qualifying season
TD rate— first qualifying season
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Rushing profile
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
53 of 54 carries matched to play-by-play
Success rate
47%53 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer yds9%of carries
5 carries
Grind
1–3 yds40%of carries
21 carries
Chunk
4–9 yds32%of carries
17 carries
Explosive
10+ yds19%of carries
10 carries
7.4 yds/carry on 54 carries · 19% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 182 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 34.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 132 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Pass share
36.8%
81 pass / 139 run
Plays / game
73.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
73 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Hits the crease and outruns the angle.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
RB
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Tylan Hines’s 2022 season.
69%match
All-Mountain West
Matches Tylan on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Yards / carry
Receiving share
Differs from Tylan on
Class year (higher)
Rush TD rate (lower)
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Charles Pierre Jr.’s path through South Dakota.
Matches Charles on
Yards per carry
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Perris Jones's graduate season at Virginia (2023).
38%match
Matches Perris on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Differs from Perris on
Class year (lower)
Yards / carry (higher)
Rush TD rate (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Torrance Burgess Jr.
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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology