Usage Score
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Duquesne
Taj Butts
RB • 5'11" • 205 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Taj Butts leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.7 efficiency.
Efficiency
39.7
Consistency
100
Season Value
79.9
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Duquesne
212225
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 3
- Program Path
- Missouri • Duquesne
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Scouting Read
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Taj Butts, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Duquesne. Taj Butts leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.7 efficiency.
Taj Butts played RB for Missouri and Duquesne. Across 3 tracked seasons, Taj Butts recorded 10 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Missouri.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Duquesne paired 42 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.7 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Duquesne.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Game with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Duquesne
Games
1
Scrimmage Yards / G
42
Efficiency
39.7
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
39.7 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 8/30 | @ Pittsburgh | — | 10 | 38 | 3.80 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.8 |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Missouri
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Duquesne
2025
Final stop
Season Progression
202120222025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Missouri | 10 | 83.3 | 1.9 | 10 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duquesne | 42 | 39.7 | — | 32 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Toledo
Game with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44
Primary metric
44 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#2
Coastal Carolina
44
Primary metric
Game with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#3
Pittsburgh
42
Primary metric
Game with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#4
Kentucky
10
Primary metric
Loss with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
10 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.
#5
West Virginia
21
Primary metric
Game with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Regular Season · Duquesne
42 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · — usage
79.9
#2
2022 Regular Season · Missouri
69
10 primary · 83.3 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Missouri
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2026 · Rating 0.855
Brandon · Brandon, MS
- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Career Facts
2
Career teams
3
Seasons tracked
10
Career Scrimmage Yards
Data Context
Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 5 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.