Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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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.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Duquesne
212225
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Missouri • Duquesne
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Taj Butts, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Duquesne. Taj Butts leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 10
- Receiving yards
- 10
Quick Answers
Taj Butts quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duquesne · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 10
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 5 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Duquesne
- Top game
- Toledo
- High school pipeline
- Brandon · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Missouri | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 51 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duquesne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Missouri to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 18 | Apr 16, 2023 |
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 stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to 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
0.1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Split Comparison
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All Games42 · Games = 1
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
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 Value 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 | 0.1 | 32 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Toledo
Week 1
Game with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44
Scrimmage Yards
89.7 takeover
44 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#2
@ Coastal Carolina
Week 3
44
Scrimmage Yards
71 takeover
Game with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#3
@ No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 1
42
Scrimmage Yards
69.9 takeover
Game with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#4
vs Kentucky
Week 10 · L 17-21 · Conference game
10
Scrimmage Yards
62.9 takeover
Loss with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
10 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 2
21
Scrimmage Yards
35 takeover
Game with 21 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
21 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Duquesne
42 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 0.1 usage
51.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Missouri
51
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
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150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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