Trent Battle

Senior running back for TCU. 2025: 349 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · TCU · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 200 lb · Daphne, AL

CFB Index 44 · #181 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to TCU for 2026

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

TD rate: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

349

rushing yards · 2025

6 TD · 5.5 per carry · 10 catches

Swing playSwung TCU from 46% to 67% to win.Colorado at TCU · 35-21

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for TCU. 2025: 349 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2021.

His career, year by year

Trent Battle

RB · TCU · Sr · #6

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He has spent four seasons in the TCU backfield. One game to point at: 89 rush yds, 15 rec yds against West Virginia — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Sonny Dykes — 36-17 over that span.

2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning

2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning

2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #181 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (89th percentile). Concern: carries (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#50 / 456 · 89th pct

6.3%

Yards / carry#144 / 456 · 69th pct

5.5

Explosive rate#144 / 456 · 68th pct

7.9%

EPA / carry#156 / 456 · 66th pct

0.17

Success rate#318 / 456 · 30th pct

39.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#75 / 349 · 78th pct

Rush TDs#83 / 349 · 72nd pct

Yards / carry#98 / 349 · 71st pct

5.5

Receptions#198 / 338 · 39th pct

Rec yards#209 / 338 · 38th pct

Rush yards#234 / 349 · 33rd pct

349

Carries#261 / 349 · 25th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

23rd → 66th percentile

Success rate

54th → 30th percentile

Explosive rate

52nd → 68th percentile

Yards / carry

21st → 69th percentile

TD rate

48th → 89th percentile

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	27.0	6.2	0.4
Road5g	32.0	8.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	23.3	7.4	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	37.2	6.5	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #181 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #181 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #25 of 35 Big 12 RBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	TCU	64	349	5.5	6	--
2024	TCU	44	186	4.2	2	--
2023	TCU	10	25	2.5	0	--
2022	TCU	9	38	4.2	0	--
Career		127	598	4.7	8	--

Season	Team
2025	TCU	10	65	6.5	--
2024	TCU	6	29	4.8	--
2023	TCU	4	68	17.0	--
2022	TCU	7	91	13.0	--
Career		27	253	9.4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 30–27

vs USC

4 rush yds (2 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With K. Seals — 258 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 65.0 · -2 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · E. Craw — 41 AVG · 50 LONG · 5 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.24Trent Battle 65 Yd Run (Nate McCashland Kick)
Week 1 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Trent Battle run for 28 yds for a TD (Kyle Lemmermann KICK)
Week 1 · USC · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.47(09:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 K.Seals pass complete short right to #6 T.Battle caught at TCU33, for 15 yards to the TCU44 (#31 J.Walker), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · West Virginia · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45(04:31) Shotgun #6 T.Battle rush middle for 1 yard gain to the WVU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:31 #99 N.McCashland kick attempt good (H: #97 E.Black, LS: #96 C.Keeler)
Week 5 · Arizona State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Trent Battle run for 13 yds for a TD (Nate McCashland KICK)
Week 9 · West Virginia · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA -2.29(14:59) Shotgun #6 T.Battle rush right for 9 yards loss to the TCU37 (#45 M.Oxley)
Week 9 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.03(02:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 T.Battle rush left for 46 yards gain to the WVU12 (#19 N.Taylor), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · SMU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.98Trent Battle run for 27 yds to the SMU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Abilene Christian · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.96Trent Battle run for 9 yds to the ACU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · West Virginia · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.86(06:57) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 T.Battle rush right for 12 yards gain to the WVU38 (#32 B.Bogle; #23 J.Chambers), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-14@ North Carolina	1	28	28.0	1	28
Wk 3	W 42-21vs Abilene Christian	4	20	5.0	1	9
Wk 4	W 35-24vs SMU	7	60	8.6	0	27
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Arizona State	9	30	3.3	1	13
Wk 6	W 35-21vs Colorado	6	16	2.7	0	11
Wk 7	L 28-41@ Kansas State	2	5	2.5	0	5
Wk 8	W 42-36vs Baylor	4	75	18.8	1	65
Wk 9	W 23-17@ West Virginia	19	89	4.7	1	46	Season-high 89 yds
Wk 11	L 17-20vs Iowa State	5	3	0.6	1	4
Wk 12	L 13-44@ BYU	3	8	2.7	0	6
Wk 14	W 45-23vs Cincinnati	2	11	5.5	0	10
Bowl	W 30-27vs USC	2	4	2.0	0	4
Total		64	349	7.0	6	65