Trestan Ebner

Former running back at Baylor. 2021: 799 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 28 catches.

RB · Baylor · Sr. · #1

5′11″ · 208 lb · Henderson, TX

CFB Index 61 · #65 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamChicago — drafted 2022, Rd 6, Pick 25, #203 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 440 nationally · Signed with Baylor

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Baylor. 2021: 799 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 28 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2017.
Drafted round 6 by the Chicago in 2022.
Named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Baylor, 1,693 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #203 overall by Chicago.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 120 yds at Texas State.Texas State · W 29-202021

20179 games

Signed with Baylor3-star out of Henderson

20209 games

All-Big 12first

202113 games

Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Yearwinner
All-Big 12first

2022

Drafted by Chicagoround 6, pick 203

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#440 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #203

Chicago · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2019

Matt Rhule

Baylor

2020–2021

Dave Aranda

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 5th NFL season

#203Rd 6 · Pick 25

ChicagoEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Baylor1-11HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2018Baylor7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Baylor11-3HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2020Baylor2-7HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2021Baylor12-2HC: Dave Aranda · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #65 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (93rd percentile). Strength: receptions (92nd percentile). Concern: td rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#98 / 409 · 76th pct

9.8%

Yards / carry#157 / 409 · 62nd pct

5.7

EPA / carry#218 / 409 · 47th pct

0.16

Success rate#274 / 409 · 33rd pct

41.8%

TD rate#380 / 409 · 7th pct

1.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#24 / 331 · 93rd pct

284

Receptions#24 / 331 · 92nd pct

Rush yards#76 / 343 · 78th pct

799

Carries#85 / 343 · 75th pct

148

Yards / carry#108 / 343 · 67th pct

5.4

Long run#115 / 343 · 66th pct

Rush TDs#243 / 343 · 22nd pct

Fumbles lost#220 / 222 · 1st pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	64.1	6.2	0.0
Road6g	52.3	4.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	70.9	6.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	44.5	4.1	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #65 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #65 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Baylor	148	799	5.4	2	--
2020	Baylor	50	107	2.1	1	--
2019	Baylor	53	255	4.8	3	--
2018	Baylor	69	411	6.0	1	--
2017	Baylor	23	121	5.3	2	--
Career		343	1,693	4.9	9	--

Season	Team
2021	Baylor	28	284	10.1	2	--
2020	Baylor	26	299	11.5	3	--
2019	Baylor	24	317	13.2	2	--
2018	Baylor	29	348	12.0	1	--
2017	Baylor	20	267	13.3	3	--
Career		127	1,515	11.9	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2021

W 21–16

at Oklahoma State

17 rush yds (5 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With I. Power — 52 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 61 LONG · B. Shapen — 180 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · -9 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.86Blake Shapen pass complete to Trestan Ebner for 61 yds for a TD, (Isaiah Hankins KICK)
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA -4.00Trestan Ebner run for 4 yds to the OKSt 26 Trestan Ebner fumbled, forced by Malcolm Rodriguez, recovered by OKSt Tyler Lacy
Week 2 · Texas Southern · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.80Jacob Zeno pass complete to Trestan Ebner for 41 yds to the TexSo 25 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · BYU · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.49Trestan Ebner run for 37 yds to the BYU 27 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Kansas State · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Trestan Ebner run for 31 yds to the KanSt 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Texas Tech · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +3.34Blake Shapen pass complete to Trestan Ebner for 20 yds to the TexTc 49 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Texas Southern · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.31Trestan Ebner run for 58 yds to the TexSo 14 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Kansas · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.03Trestan Ebner run for 11 yds to the Kans 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ole Miss · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Trestan Ebner run for 17 yds to the Miss 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Kansas State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Trestan Ebner run for 29 yds to the Bayl 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 29-20@ Texas State	20	120	6.0	0	17
Wk 2	W 66-7vs Texas Southern	10	125	12.5	0	58	Season-high 125 yds
Wk 3	W 45-7@ Kansas	12	72	6.0	0	17
Wk 4	W 31-29vs Iowa State	8	31	3.9	0	11
Wk 5	L 14-24@ Oklahoma State	8	0	0.0	0	3
Wk 6	W 45-20vs West Virginia	8	53	6.6	0	30
Wk 7	W 38-24vs BYU	11	95	8.6	0	37
Wk 9	W 31-24vs Texas	12	66	5.5	0	18
Wk 10	L 28-30@ TCU	12	39	3.3	1	9
Wk 11	W 27-14vs Oklahoma	13	41	3.2	0	13
Wk 12	W 20-10@ Kansas State	11	66	6.0	1	31
Wk 13	W 27-24vs Texas Tech	12	38	3.2	0	12
Wk 14	W 21-16@ Oklahoma State	5	17	3.4	0	10
Total		142	763	5.2	2	58