Tyrone Tracy Jr.

Former running back at Purdue. 2023: 716 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · Purdue · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 210 lb · Indianapolis, IN

CFB Index 66 · #54 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceNew York — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 31, #166 overall

The story

Former running back at Purdue. 2023: 716 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Drafted round 5 by the New York in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Purdue, 942 rushing yards — drafted at #166 overall by New York.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2024

Drafted by New Yorkround 5, pick 166

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #166

New York · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018–2022

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

2023

Ryan Walters

Purdue

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Brohm → Ryan Walters. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 3rd NFL season

#166Rd 5 · Pick 31

New YorkEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

66Quality starter #54 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (91st percentile). Strength: yards / carry (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#37 / 426 · 91st pct

12.5%

Yards / carry#66 / 426 · 85th pct

6.4

TD rate#87 / 426 · 79th pct

7.1%

Success rate#113 / 426 · 74th pct

49.1%

EPA / carry#139 / 426 · 67th pct

0.24

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#25 / 333 · 92nd pct

6.3

Rush TDs#60 / 333 · 80th pct

Receptions#75 / 327 · 76th pct

Long run#80 / 333 · 75th pct

Rush yards#97 / 333 · 71st pct

716

Rec yards#96 / 327 · 70th pct

132

Carries#138 / 333 · 59th pct

113

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

112 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

30%

Grind (1–3)

33%

Chunk (4–9)

21%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	67.8	5.5	1.0
Road5g	61.8	6.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	49.3	5.9	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	84.0	6.2	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #54 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Purdue	113	716	6.3	8	--
2022	Purdue	17	133	7.8	0	--
2021	Iowa	7	33	4.7	1	--
2020	Iowa	2	22	11.0	0	--
2019	Iowa	6	39	6.5	1	--
2018	Iowa	1	-1	-1.0	0	--
Career		146	942	6.5	10	--

Season	Team
2023	Purdue	19	132	6.9	0	--
2022	Purdue	22	165	7.5	0	--
2021	Iowa	15	106	7.1	1	--
2020	Iowa	14	154	11.0	1	--
2019	Iowa	36	589	16.4	3	--
2018	Iowa	1	22	22.0	0	--
Career		107	1,168	10.9	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 24–17

at Virginia Tech

51 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With H. Card — 248 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 59.0 · 16 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · J. Ansell — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Northwestern · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.21Tyrone Tracy Jr. run for no gain to the NU 1
Week 12 · Northwestern · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +4.21Tyrone Tracy Jr. run for 62 yds to the NU 7 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Northwestern · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -3.79Tyrone Tracy Jr. run for no gain to the NU 15
Week 12 · Northwestern · 2&13 · Q1 · EPA +3.37Tyrone Tracy Jr. run for 27 yds to the NU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Wisconsin · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Tyrone Tracy Jr. run for 19 yds for a TD (Julio Macias KICK)
Week 12 · Northwestern · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Tyrone Tracy Jr. run for 20 yds for a TD (Ben Freehill KICK)
Week 2 · Virginia Tech · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.02Tyrone Tracy Jr. run for 21 yds for a TD (Ben Freehill KICK)
Week 12 · Northwestern · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Ryan Browne pass complete to Tyrone Tracy Jr. for 28 yds to the NU 30 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Hudson Card pass complete to Tyrone Tracy Jr. for 52 yds to the MINN 6 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Fresno State · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Tyrone Tracy Jr. run for 1 yd for a TD (Ben Freehill KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 35-39vs Fresno State	3	3	1.0	1	2
Wk 2	W 24-17@ Virginia Tech	4	51	12.8	1	22
Wk 3	L 20-35vs Syracuse	10	38	3.8	1	14
Wk 4	L 17-38vs Wisconsin	8	84	10.5	1	24
Wk 5	W 44-19vs Illinois	21	112	5.3	1	14
Wk 6	L 14-20@ Iowa	4	8	2.0	0	6
Wk 9	L 14-31@ Nebraska	10	29	2.9	0	8
Wk 10	L 13-41@ Michigan	11	61	5.5	0	24
Wk 11	W 49-30vs Minnesota	15	122	8.1	2	33
Wk 12	L 15-23@ Northwestern	16	160	10.0	1	62	Season-high 160 yds
Wk 13	W 35-31vs Indiana	11	48	4.4	0	28
Total		113	716	6.0	8	62

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology