Usage / Role
1%
Rotational offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2020-2025UT Martin
John Gentry
RB • 5'11" • 205 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
John Gentry leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
lowhigh
Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston
202122232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Utah State • Sam Houston • UT Martin
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
Player Story
John Gentry built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Sam Houston, UT Martin, and Utah State. The clearest part of John Gentry's career was...
Read the storyJohn Gentry, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston. John Gentry leans balanced backfield option traits and 30.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,043
- Rushing yards
- 737
- Receiving yards
- 306
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
John Gentry quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UT Martin · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,043
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston
- Top game
- Jacksonville State
- High school pipeline
- Cambridge · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah State | 3 | 29 | 33 | -4 | 0 | 33.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah State | 10 | 268 | 235 | 33 | 0 | 42.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 10 | 655 | 394 | 261 | 5 | 66 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 6 | 91 | 75 | 16 | 2 | 20.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UT Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 |
Related Context
Keep exploring John Gentry
Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Utah State to Sam Houston | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 18 | Dec 5, 2022 |
John Gentry played RB for Utah State, Sam Houston, and UT Martin. Across 6 tracked seasons, John Gentry recorded 4 passing yards, 737 rushing yards, and 306 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Sam Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Sam Houston paired 655 primary output with 35 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 30.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah State, Sam Houston, UT Martin.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Game with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2025 Regular Season · UT Martin
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
47.7
Efficiency
30.8
Usage
0.2
Consistency
59.3
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 96. UTEP: 43. Missouri State: 4
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 18 by 42.1. UTEP: 14 by 29.5. Missouri State: 2 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half69.5 · Games = 2 · +65.5 vs Second Half
Second Half4 · Games = 1 · -65.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
42.1 vs Oklahoma State
Player Story
John Gentry story
John Gentry built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Sam Houston, UT Martin, and Utah State. The clearest part of John Gentry's career was his backfield work: 737 rushing yards, 218 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 306 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 passing yards, 306 receiving yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives John Gentry'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
Utah State
2020-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Sam Houston
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
UT Martin
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah State | 29 | 41.8 | 5.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah State | 268 | 38.4 | 11.2 | 239 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | — | — | -268 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 655 | 35 | 26.6 | 655 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 91 | 26.6 | 9 | -564 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UT Martin | 143 | 30.8 | 0.2 | 52 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Jacksonville State
Week 5 · L 28-35 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
182
Scrimmage Yards
81.1 takeover
182 scrimmage yards and 42.3 usage.
#2
vs Boise State
Week 4 · L 3-27 · Conference game
69
Scrimmage Yards
75.8 takeover
Loss with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
69 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
#3
@ No. 121 Oklahoma State
Week 1
96
Scrimmage Yards
71.1 takeover
Game with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#4
@ Rice
Week 1 · W 34-14
64
Scrimmage Yards
70.6 takeover
Win with 64 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
64 scrimmage yards and 24.2 usage.
#5
@ Western Kentucky
Week 12 · L 23-28 · Conference game
109
Scrimmage Yards
65.9 takeover
Loss with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
109 scrimmage yards and 33.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston
655 primary output · 35 efficiency · 26.6 usage
66
#2
2021 Regular Season · Utah State
42.5
268 primary · 38.4 efficiency · 11.2 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Utah State
33.7
29 primary · 41.8 efficiency · 5.9 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring John Gentry
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.