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Featured offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Ohio State
CJ Donaldson
RB • 6'2" • 232 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
CJ Donaldson leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
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
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- West Virginia • Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany
Player Story
CJ Donaldson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Miami, FL wearing No. 12, spending time with Ohio State and West Virginia. The clearest part of CJ Donaldson's career was his...
Read the storyCJ Donaldson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · West Virginia. CJ Donaldson leans balanced backfield option traits and 40.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,695
- Rushing yards
- 2,419
- Receiving yards
- 276
- Touchdowns
- 42
Quick Answers
CJ Donaldson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,695
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
- Top game
- UAlbany
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 457 scrimmage yards · RB 222nd (top 31%) · Big Ten 71st (top 21%) · National 543rd (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 7 | 543 | 526 | 17 | 8 | 62.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 12 | 857 | 798 | 59 | 11 | 74.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | West Virginia | 13 | 94 | 83 | 11 | 2 | 69 |
| 2024 Regular Season | West Virginia | 13 | 744 | 651 | 93 | 10 | 69 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ohio State | 13 | 62 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 51.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 13 | 395 | 330 | 65 | 11 | 51.4 |
Related Context
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CJ Donaldson played RB for West Virginia and Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, CJ Donaldson recorded 2,419 rushing yards, 276 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with West Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
West Virginia paired 857 primary output with 49 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 47.3 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 West Virginia, Ohio State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany
Win with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · West Virginia
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
64.5
Efficiency
47.3
Usage
23
Consistency
65.2
Best Game by takeover score
UAlbany
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 94. Penn State: 48. UAlbany: 125. Pittsburgh: 89. Kansas: 38. Oklahoma State: 77. Iowa State: 17. Kansas State: 34. Arizona: 44. Cincinnati: 12. Baylor: 61. UCF: 96. Texas Tech: 103
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 24 by 39.9. Penn State: 13 by 37.3. UAlbany: 14 by 87.2. Pittsburgh: 20 by 44.5. Kansas: 6 by 66. Oklahoma State: 20 by 40.1. Iowa State: 9 by 19.7. Kansas State: 13 by 28.6. Arizona: 9 by 52.4. Cincinnati: 4 by 31.3. Baylor: 10 by 67.1. UCF: 19 by 52.6. Texas Tech: 16 by 47.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins65.3 · Games = 6 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses63.7 · Games = 7 · -1.6 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
UAlbany
Best efficiency game
87.2 vs UAlbany
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/18 | vs Memphis2+ TD | L 37-42 | 22 | 83 | 3.80 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3.9 |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Texas Tech | L 15-52 | 9 | 30 | 3.30 | 0 | 7 | 73 | 6.4 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs UCF2+ TD | W 31-21 | 19 | 96 | 5.10 | 2 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Baylor | L 35-49 | 9 | 60 | 6.70 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Cincinnati | W 31-24 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Arizona | W 31-26 | 8 | 41 | 5.10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Kansas State | L 18-45 | 12 | 34 | 2.80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 |
| Sun 10/13 | vs Iowa State | L 16-28 | 9 | 17 | 1.90 | 0 | — | — | 1.9 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Oklahoma State2+ TD | W 38-14 | 20 | 77 | 3.90 | 2 | — | — | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Kansas | W 32-28 | 6 | 38 | 6.30 | 0 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Pittsburgh2+ TD | L 34-38 | 19 | 79 | 4.20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs UAlbany100 rush yards | W 49-14 | 14 | 125 | 8.90 | 1 | — | — | 8.9 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Penn State | L 12-34 | 12 | 42 | 3.50 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3.7 |
Player Story
CJ Donaldson story
CJ Donaldson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Miami, FL wearing No. 12, spending time with Ohio State and West Virginia. The clearest part of CJ Donaldson's career was his backfield work: 2,419 rushing yards, 517 carries, 40 rushing touchdowns, and 276 receiving yards across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with West Virginia. 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 276 receiving yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ohio State and West Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: CJ Donaldson 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
West Virginia
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Ohio State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 543 | 55.6 | 22.4 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 857 | 49 | 25.8 | 314 |
| 2024 Postseason | West Virginia | 838 | 47.3 | 23 | -19 |
| 2024 Regular Season | West Virginia | 838 | 47.3 | 23 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ohio State | 457 | 40.7 | 15.8 | -381 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 457 | 40.7 | 15.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UAlbany
Week 2 · W 49-14
Win with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
125
Scrimmage Yards
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125 scrimmage yards and 26.9 usage.
#2
@ UCF
Week 9 · W 41-28 · Conference game
130
Scrimmage Yards
84.6 takeover
Win with 130 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
130 scrimmage yards and 27.7 usage.
#3
vs No. 17 Texas
Week 1 · W 14-7 · Ranked opponent
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Scrimmage Yards
79.3 takeover
Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76 scrimmage yards and 42.6 usage.
#4
@ Virginia Tech
Week 4 · W 33-10
112
Scrimmage Yards
78.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
112 scrimmage yards and 39.4 usage.
#5
@ Pittsburgh
Week 1 · L 31-38
125
Scrimmage Yards
78.4 takeover
Loss with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
125 scrimmage yards and 12.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
857 primary output · 49 efficiency · 25.8 usage
74.1
#2
2024 Postseason · West Virginia
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838 primary · 47.3 efficiency · 23 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · West Virginia
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838 primary · 47.3 efficiency · 23 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
11
2+ TD games
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