EPA per Play Leaders: College Football Running backs, 2026

Cole Tabb (Cincinnati) leads FBS running backs in EPA per play with 0.73, ahead of Samuel Brown V (Temple, 0.62) and Dylone Brooks (Louisiana Tech, 0.59). Rates count players with enough of a sample to qualify, the same minimum as the player pages.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 361 running backs rank; the top 150 are below.

Running backs by EPA per play

Rank	Player	Team	EPA per play
1	Cole Tabb	Cincinnati	0.73
2	Samuel Brown V	Temple	0.62
3	Dylone Brooks	Louisiana Tech	0.59
4	Jonaz Walton	Notre Dame	0.57
5	Jaylon Coleman	Liberty	0.54
6	Jabree Coleman	South Carolina	0.53
7	Samuel Singleton	Florida State	0.52
8	Jamal Rule	Nebraska	0.51
9	Titan Lacaden	Hawai'i	0.49
10	AJ Newberry	Oregon State	0.49
11	Cardae Mack	Arizona State	0.48
12	Jalen Likely	Jacksonville State	0.47
13	Viron Ellison Jr.	Delaware	0.46
14	Maurice Turner	Tulane	0.46
15	EJ Crowell	Alabama	0.46
16	Nathan Mcneil	Iowa	0.45
17	DJ Murray Jr.	Georgia State	0.43
18	Kam Davis	Liberty	0.43
19	Trelain Maddox	Georgia Tech	0.42
20	A'Marion Peterson	UTSA	0.42
21	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	0.40
22	Davian Jackson	Texas State	0.40
23	Clay Thevenin	Rutgers	0.40
24	LJ Martin	BYU	0.38
25	Joseph Himon II	Northwestern	0.38
26	Noah Vaughn	Virginia	0.38
27	Demon June	North Carolina	0.38
28	Cyncir Bowers	UConn	0.37
29	Jahiem White	North Texas	0.37
30	Sedrick Irvin	Stanford	0.37
31	Jalen Bonds	Ball State	0.37
32	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	0.36
33	Herschel Turner	Nevada	0.35
34	Kaderris Roberts	Delaware	0.35
35	Jalen Dupree	Kansas	0.35
36	Wayne Knight	UCLA	0.34
37	Xay Davis	Virginia	0.33
38	Nicholas Woodford	Central Michigan	0.32
39	Ja'Kobi Jackson	Ohio State	0.32
40	Terron Kellman	Liberty	0.32
41	Nolan James Jr.	Notre Dame	0.32
42	Rocco Conti	Air Force	0.31
43	Dylan Riley	Boise State	0.31
44	TJ Lester	Marshall	0.30
45	TJ Engleman	East Carolina	0.30
46	Chauncey Bowens	Georgia	0.30
47	Nate Sheppard	Duke	0.30
48	Torrance Burgess Jr.	Texas State	0.29
49	Connor Lair	Missouri State	0.29
50	Anthony Woods	UCLA	0.29
51	Kenji Christian	UConn	0.28
52	Quincy Craig	Arizona	0.28
53	Sire Gaines	Boise State	0.28
54	Shavane Anderson Jr.	Syracuse	0.28
55	Keyjuan Brown	Louisville	0.28
56	Jaylin Lucas	Tulane	0.28
57	Javion Kinnard	San Diego State	0.28
58	Lucas Farrington	Jacksonville State	0.28
59	Johnnie Daniels	Tulane	0.27
60	Jamarion Morrow	Texas A&M	0.27
61	Nate Frazier	Georgia	0.27
62	Aneyas Williams	Notre Dame	0.27
63	Aiden Flora	Iowa State	0.26
64	David Mbadinga	Georgia Southern	0.26
65	Braydon Bennett	Eastern Michigan	0.26
66	Jason Patterson	Kentucky	0.26
67	Antwan Roberts	Arizona	0.26
68	Kiefer Sibley	New Mexico	0.25
69	Aidan Laughery	Illinois	0.25
70	CJ Baxter Jr.	Kentucky	0.25
71	Kendrick Raphael	SMU	0.25
72	Judah Price	Marshall	0.25
73	James Jones	New Mexico State	0.25
74	Jekail Middlebrook	Virginia	0.25
75	Deuce Lawrence	Wake Forest	0.25
76	Jayden Clerveaux	Central Michigan	0.25
77	Taeo Todd	Georgia Southern	0.24
78	Jayden Brown	Colorado State	0.24
79	Amareon Blue	Eastern Michigan	0.24
80	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	0.24
81	Xavier Williams	Iowa	0.24
82	Dwight Phillips Jr.	Georgia	0.24
83	Durell Robinson	Colorado State	0.24
84	Jaden Allen-Hendrix	Coastal Carolina	0.24
85	Dominic Knicely	Coastal Carolina	0.24
86	Jake Rendina	Army	0.24
87	Godspower Nwawuihe	Army	0.23
88	Jadan Baugh	Florida	0.23
89	CJ Miller	Toledo	0.23
90	Javian Mallory	Miami	0.23
91	Preston Rex	BYU	0.23
92	Turbo Richard	Indiana	0.22
93	DeJuan Williams	Maryland	0.22
94	Dekalon Taylor	Colorado	0.22
95	Latrelle Murrell	Kennesaw State	0.22
96	Jalen Buckley	Western Michigan	0.22
97	Nino Hill	Buffalo	0.22
98	Dylan Edwards	Kansas	0.22
99	Kenyon Clay	Arkansas State	0.22
100	Jordon Davison	Oregon	0.21
101	Daune Morris	Tennessee	0.21
102	Viliami Teu	San José State	0.21
103	George Pettaway	James Madison	0.21
104	Trae'von Dunbar	South Alabama	0.21
105	Terrance Gibbs	Georgia Southern	0.21
106	Keenan Phillips	South Alabama	0.20
107	Tylik Hill	Syracuse	0.20
108	Jaylin Carter	Memphis	0.20
109	Caleb Komolafe	Northwestern	0.19
110	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	0.19
111	Leonard Farrow	Florida Atlantic	0.19
112	Abu Sama III	Wisconsin	0.19
113	KJ Edwards	Texas A&M	0.19
114	Cameron Dickey	Texas Tech	0.19
115	Cornell Hatcher Jr.	Oregon State	0.19
116	Ousmane Kromah	Florida State	0.19
117	Yasin Willis	Kansas	0.18
118	Kewan Lacy	Ole Miss	0.18
119	King Miller	USC	0.18
120	Antwan Raymond	Rutgers	0.18
121	Will Henderson III	UTSA	0.18
122	Markell Holman	Wyoming	0.18
123	Henry Rutledge	Charlotte	0.18
124	Kamari Moulton	Iowa	0.18
125	Adam Mohammed	California	0.18
126	Curtis Kimmons IV	Massachusetts	0.18
127	Jake Reichle	Oregon State	0.17
128	Sean Patrick	Akron	0.17
129	Tre Wisner	Florida State	0.16
130	Daniel Bray	Utah	0.16
131	Alan Woods III	Kennesaw State	0.16
132	Victor Rosa	Ohio	0.16
133	Mekhi Nelson	Nebraska	0.16
134	Shahn Alston	USC	0.16
135	Jaquari Lewis	App State	0.15
136	Rodney Fields Jr.	Kansas State	0.15
137	Matthew Fuller	South Carolina	0.15
138	Gavin Griffin	Troy	0.15
139	Duke Watson	UCF	0.15
140	Re'Shaun Sanford II	Houston	0.15
141	Waymond Jordan	USC	0.15
142	Caden Knighten	Baylor	0.15
143	Jaylen Jenkins	Texas State	0.15
144	Ja'Kyrian Turner	Pittsburgh	0.14
145	Jordan Marshall	Michigan	0.14
146	Jaylen McGill	North Carolina	0.14
147	Steven Blanco	Louisiana	0.14
148	Landen Chambers	UCF	0.14
149	Brandon High	UTSA	0.14
150	Daylan Smothers	Texas	0.14

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