Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Texas
CJ Baxter Jr.
RB • 6'1" • 227 lbs • Orlando, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
CJ Baxter Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
CJ Baxter Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Orlando, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of CJ Baxter Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 855...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
CJ Baxter Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas. CJ Baxter Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and 38.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,052
- Rushing yards
- 855
- Receiving yards
- 197
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
CJ Baxter Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,052
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Texas
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Edgewater · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Edgewater · 44 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Sophomore
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 237 scrimmage yards · RB 351st (top 48%) · SEC 119th (top 34%) · National 952nd (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Texas | 13 | 103 | 64 | 39 | 1 | 69.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 13 | 712 | 595 | 117 | 4 | 69.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 8 | 237 | 196 | 41 | 1 | 43 |
Related Context
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CJ Baxter Jr. played RB for Texas. Across 3 tracked seasons, CJ Baxter Jr. recorded 855 rushing yards, 197 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Texas paired 815 primary output with 52.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 52.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Texas
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
62.7
Efficiency
52.1
Usage
20.3
Consistency
67.9
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington: 103. Rice: 38. Alabama: 52. Baylor: 37. Kansas: 83. Oklahoma: 18. Houston: 51. BYU: 22. Kansas State: 90. TCU: 62. Iowa State: 130. Texas Tech: 53. Oklahoma State: 76
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 11 by 83.5. Rice: 5 by 79.2. Alabama: 15 by 32.1. Baylor: 8 by 41.1. Kansas: 17 by 48.3. Oklahoma: 7 by 26.8. Houston: 9 by 67.4. BYU: 9 by 25.5. Kansas State: 10 by 87.5. TCU: 19 by 34.8. Iowa State: 25 by 58.2. Texas Tech: 10 by 53.3. Oklahoma State: 17 by 39.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins63.1 · Games = 11 · +2.6 vs Losses
Losses60.5 · Games = 2 · -2.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Iowa State
Best efficiency game
87.5 vs Kansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/2 | @ Washington | L 31-37 | 9 | 64 | 7.10 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 9.4 |
| Sat 12/2 | vs Oklahoma State | W 49-21 | 13 | 43 | 3.30 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 4.5 |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Texas Tech | W 57-7 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5.3 |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Iowa State100 rush yards | W 26-16 | 20 | 117 | 5.90 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 5.2 |
| Sun 11/12 | @ TCU | W 29-26 | 18 | 61 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Kansas State | W 33-30 | 10 | 90 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 9 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs BYU | W 35-6 | 9 | 22 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Houston | W 31-24 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5.7 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Oklahoma | L 30-34 | 7 | 18 | 2.60 | 0 | — | — | 2.6 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Kansas | W 40-14 | 15 | 67 | 4.50 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Baylor | W 38-6 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4.6 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Alabama | W 34-24 | 11 | 31 | 2.80 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 3.5 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Rice | W 37-10 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | — | — | 7.6 |
Player Story
CJ Baxter Jr. story
CJ Baxter Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a running back from Orlando, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of CJ Baxter Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 855 rushing yards, 192 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 197 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 197 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas.
The arc is straightforward: CJ Baxter Jr. moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Texas
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Texas | 815 | 52.1 | 20.3 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 815 | 52.1 | 20.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | -815 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 237 | 38.2 | 15.7 | 237 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Iowa State
Week 12 · W 26-16 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
130
Scrimmage Yards
86.1 takeover
130 scrimmage yards and 43.9 usage.
#2
@ Washington
Week 1 · L 31-37 · Postseason
103
Scrimmage Yards
74.4 takeover
Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
103 scrimmage yards and 21.2 usage.
#3
@ No. 2 Ohio State
Week 1 · L 7-14 · Ranked opponent
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Scrimmage Yards
74.2 takeover
Loss with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 27.8 usage.
#4
vs No. 118 San José State
Week 2 · W 38-7
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Scrimmage Yards
74.1 takeover
Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61 scrimmage yards and 28.3 usage.
#5
vs Kansas State
Week 10 · W 33-30 · Conference game
90
Scrimmage Yards
69.3 takeover
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90 scrimmage yards and 17.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Texas
815 primary output · 52.1 efficiency · 20.3 usage
69.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · Texas
69.5
815 primary · 52.1 efficiency · 20.3 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Texas
43
237 primary · 38.2 efficiency · 15.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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