Usage Score
14.5
Player Dossier
2023-2025Ball State
TJ Horton
RB • 5'10" • 205 lbs • Lexington, KY, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
TJ Horton leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.7 efficiency.
Efficiency
34.7
Consistency
63.5
Season Value
52.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 3
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
TJ Horton, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. TJ Horton leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.7 efficiency.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Ball State paired 251 primary output with 34.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 34.7 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: UConn
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
25.1
Efficiency
34.7
Usage
14.5
Consistency
63.5
Best Game by takeover score
Toledo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 15. Unknown: 46. UConn: 41. Ohio: 29. Western Michigan: 9. Akron: 19. Northern Illinois: 30. Kent State: 18. Eastern Michigan: 41. Toledo: 3
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. Purdue: 4 by 17.7. Unknown: 10 by 44.2. UConn: 6 by 71.2. Ohio: 8 by 38.3. Western Michigan: 4 by 23.4. Akron: 4 by 65.6. Northern Illinois: 5 by 42.2. Kent State: 8 by 11.9. Eastern Michigan: 14 by 29.4. Toledo: 12 by 3.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins22 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses23.2 · Games = 6 · +1.2 vs Wins
First Half28 · Games = 5 · +5.8 vs Second Half
Second Half22.2 · Games = 5 · -5.8 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
71.2 vs UConn
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Toledo | L 9-38 | 8 | 3 | 0.40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 9-24 | 12 | 33 | 2.80 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2.9 |
| Thu 11/6 | vs Kent State | W 17-13 | 5 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 2.3 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Northern Illinois | L 7-21 | 4 | 11 | 2.80 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Akron | W 42-28 | 3 | 22 | 7.30 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4.8 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Western Michigan | L 0-42 | 4 | 9 | 2.30 | 0 | — | — | 2.3 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Ohio | W 20-14 | 7 | 26 | 3.70 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ UConn | L 25-31 | 6 | 41 | 6.80 | 0 | — | — | 6.8 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Unknown | — | 8 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4.6 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Purdue | L 0-31 | 3 | 1 | 0.30 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3.8 |
Career Arc
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- 1
Ball State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 109 | 48.8 | 7.3 | 109 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 251 | 34.7 | 14.5 | 142 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
UConn
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41
Primary metric
41 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.
#2
Buffalo
35
Primary metric
Loss with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
35 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.
#3
Unknown
46
Primary metric
Game with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
46 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.
#4
Eastern Michigan
41
Primary metric
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 27.5 usage.
#5
Unknown
20
Primary metric
Game with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
20 scrimmage yards and 4.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
251 primary output · 34.7 efficiency · 14.5 usage
52.8
#2
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
37.8
109 primary · 48.8 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Ball State
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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 2023 · Rating 0.8283
Frederick Douglass · Lexington, KY
- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Career Facts
1
Career teams
3
Seasons tracked
360
Career Scrimmage Yards
Data Context
Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 17 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.