Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Tulsa
Tahj Gary
RB • 5'8" • 220 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Tahj Gary leans balanced backfield option traits and 57.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Tulsa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Virginia Tech • Tulsa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Player Story
Tahj Gary built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Tulsa and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Tahj Gary's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Virginia Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Tahj Gary, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Tulsa. Tahj Gary leans balanced backfield option traits and 57.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 276
- Rushing yards
- 272
- Receiving yards
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Tahj Gary quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulsa · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 276
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Tulsa
- Top game
- Temple
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Woodward Academy · Virginia Tech
- High school pipeline
- Woodward Academy · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 191 scrimmage yards · RB 358th (top 51%) · American Athletic 118th (top 43%) · National 1,090th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 48.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulsa | 3 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulsa | 5 | 191 | 187 | 4 | 2 | 64.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Virginia Tech to Tulsa | P4 to G5/FCS | 18 | Feb 3, 2022 |
Tahj Gary played RB for Virginia Tech and Tulsa. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tahj Gary recorded 272 rushing yards, 4 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Tulsa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Tulsa paired 191 primary output with 57.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 57.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Tulsa.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Win with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Tulsa
Games
5
Scrimmage Yards / G
38.2
Efficiency
57.5
Usage
11.4
Consistency
67.7
Best Game by takeover score
Temple
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 12. Oklahoma: 12. Northern Illinois: 51. Temple: 63. Florida Atlantic: 53
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 2 by 62.5. Oklahoma: 6 by 20.8. Northern Illinois: 8 by 66.4. Temple: 7 by 87.5. Florida Atlantic: 11 by 50.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins42 · Games = 3 · +9.5 vs Losses
Losses32.5 · Games = 2 · -9.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Temple
Best efficiency game
87.5 vs Temple
Player Story
Tahj Gary story
Tahj Gary built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Tulsa and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Tahj Gary's career was his backfield work: 272 rushing yards, 51 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 4 receiving yards across 9 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tahj Gary's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Virginia Tech
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Tulsa
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 24 | 62.5 | 7.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | — | — | -24 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulsa | 61 | 44.6 | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulsa | 191 | 57.5 | 11.4 | 130 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Temple
Week 5 · W 48-26 · Conference game
Win with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
63
Scrimmage Yards
72.4 takeover
63 scrimmage yards and 10.4 usage.
#2
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 6 · L 17-20 · Conference game
53
Scrimmage Yards
63.4 takeover
Loss with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
53 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#3
@ Northern Illinois
Week 4 · W 22-14
51
Scrimmage Yards
62.8 takeover
Win with 51 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
51 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.
#4
vs Northern Illinois
Week 2 · W 38-35
36
Scrimmage Yards
62.6 takeover
Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
36 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.
#5
vs Rhode Island
Week 7 · W 34-17
24
Scrimmage Yards
60.9 takeover
Win with 24 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
24 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Tulsa
191 primary output · 57.5 efficiency · 11.4 usage
64.4
#2
2019 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
48.8
24 primary · 62.5 efficiency · 7.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Tulsa
41.4
61 primary · 44.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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