Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2024Massachusetts
CJ Hester
RB • 5'11" • 190 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
CJ Hester leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Western Michigan • Massachusetts
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
CJ Hester built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a running back from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 33, spending time with Massachusetts and Western Michigan. The clearest part of CJ Hester's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
CJ Hester, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts. CJ Hester leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 713
- Rushing yards
- 653
- Receiving yards
- 60
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
CJ Hester quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Massachusetts · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 713
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Wyoming · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Wyoming · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Sophomore
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 587 scrimmage yards · RB 172nd (top 25%) · FBS Independents 11th (top 18%) · National 381st (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 8 | 126 | 124 | 2 | 2 | 31.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 11 | 587 | 529 | 58 | 4 | 70.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts to Michigan | G5/FCS to P4 | 78.2 | Apr 19, 2025 |
| 2024 | Western Michigan to Massachusetts | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 18 | Apr 16, 2024 |
CJ Hester played RB for Western Michigan and Massachusetts. Across 2 tracked seasons, CJ Hester recorded 653 rushing yards, 60 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Massachusetts.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Massachusetts paired 587 primary output with 44.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 44.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 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 Western Michigan, Massachusetts.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Loss with 97 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
53.4
Efficiency
44.4
Usage
22.8
Consistency
71.7
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 40. Toledo: 40. Buffalo: 7. Miami (OH): 63. Northern Illinois: 97. Missouri: 34. Wagner: 46. Mississippi State: 78. Liberty: 51. Georgia: 76. UConn: 55
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. Eastern Michigan: 10 by 44.8. Toledo: 11 by 41. Buffalo: 7 by 13.5. Miami (OH): 14 by 46.9. Northern Illinois: 18 by 52. Missouri: 11 by 35.8. Wagner: 9 by 53.2. Mississippi State: 14 by 53. Liberty: 10 by 53.1. Georgia: 16 by 50.6. UConn: 13 by 44.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins46 · Games = 1 · -8.1 vs Losses
Losses54.1 · Games = 10 · +8.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
53.2 vs Wagner
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs UConn | L 42-47 | 13 | 55 | 4.20 | 1 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Georgia | L 21-59 | 15 | 74 | 4.90 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.8 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Liberty | L 34-35 | 10 | 51 | 5.10 | 0 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Mississippi State | L 20-45 | 13 | 62 | 4.80 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5.6 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Wagner | W 35-7 | 9 | 46 | 5.10 | 0 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Missouri | L 3-45 | 9 | 33 | 3.70 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.1 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Northern Illinois | L 20-34 | 15 | 71 | 4.70 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 5.4 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Miami (OH) | L 20-23 | 14 | 63 | 4.50 | 1 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Buffalo | L 3-34 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Toledo | L 23-38 | 7 | 29 | 4.10 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3.6 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 14-28 | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Player Story
CJ Hester story
CJ Hester built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a running back from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 33, spending time with Massachusetts and Western Michigan. The clearest part of CJ Hester's career was his backfield work: 653 rushing yards, 148 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 60 receiving yards across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 60 receiving yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives CJ Hester'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
Western Michigan
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Massachusetts
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 126 | 39.4 | 6 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Massachusetts | 587 | 44.4 | 22.8 | 461 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northern Illinois
Week 6 · L 20-34
Loss with 97 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
84 takeover
97 scrimmage yards and 36.7 usage.
#2
@ Georgia
Week 13 · L 21-59
76
Scrimmage Yards
74.7 takeover
Loss with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#3
@ Mississippi State
Week 6 · L 28-41
47
Scrimmage Yards
65.4 takeover
Loss with 47 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
47 scrimmage yards and 12.3 usage.
#4
@ Mississippi State
Week 10 · L 20-45
78
Scrimmage Yards
64.7 takeover
Loss with 78 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
78 scrimmage yards and 21.2 usage.
#5
@ Miami (OH)
Week 5 · L 20-23
63
Scrimmage Yards
63.9 takeover
Loss with 63 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
63 scrimmage yards and 28 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Massachusetts
587 primary output · 44.4 efficiency · 22.8 usage
70.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
31.7
126 primary · 39.4 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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