Usage / Role
17%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Minnesota
A.J. Turner
RB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Hampton, VA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
A.J. Turner leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
16
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Marshall
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Marshall • Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Player Story
A.J. Turner built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Hampton, VA wearing No. 2, spending time with Marshall and Minnesota. The clearest part of A.J. Turner's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Marshall
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
A.J. Turner, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Marshall. A.J. Turner leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,142
- Rushing yards
- 1,048
- Receiving yards
- 94
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
A.J. Turner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,142
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Marshall
- Top game
- Georgia State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Life Christian Academy · Marshall
- High school pipeline
- Life Christian Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 64 scrimmage yards · RB 517th (top 71%) · Big Ten 215th (top 63%) · National 1,689th (top 61%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Marshall | 7 | 121 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 26.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Marshall | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Marshall | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 33.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Marshall | 11 | 932 | 864 | 68 | 8 | 70.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 3 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 32.6 |
Related Context
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A.J. Turner played RB for Marshall and Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, A.J. Turner recorded 1,048 rushing yards, 94 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Marshall.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Marshall paired 932 primary output with 70.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Marshall, Minnesota.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2023 Postseason · Marshall
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
8.3
Efficiency
39.9
Usage
4.5
Consistency
79.5
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 10. South Alabama: 5. Arkansas State: 10
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. UTSA: 4 by 26. South Alabama: 1 by 41.7. Arkansas State: 2 by 52.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins10 · Games = 1 · +2.5 vs Losses
Losses7.5 · Games = 2 · -2.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
52.1 vs Arkansas State
Player Story
A.J. Turner story
A.J. Turner built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Hampton, VA wearing No. 2, spending time with Marshall and Minnesota. The clearest part of A.J. Turner's career was his backfield work: 1,048 rushing yards, 143 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 94 receiving yards across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Marshall. 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 94 receiving yards and 32 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Marshall and Minnesota.
The arc is straightforward: A.J. Turner 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
Marshall
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Minnesota
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Marshall | 121 | 51.9 | 4.3 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Marshall | 25 | 39.9 | 4.5 | -96 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Marshall | 25 | 39.9 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Marshall | 932 | 70.5 | 19.5 | 907 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Minnesota | 64 | 41.4 | 8.9 | -868 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia State
Week 8 · W 35-20 · Conference game
Win with 207 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
207
Scrimmage Yards
99 takeover
207 scrimmage yards and 34 usage.
#2
vs Western Michigan
Week 5 · W 27-20
132
Scrimmage Yards
72.2 takeover
Win with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
132 scrimmage yards and 18.5 usage.
#3
vs Stony Brook
Week 1 · W 45-3
138
Scrimmage Yards
70.6 takeover
Win with 138 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
138 scrimmage yards and 15.8 usage.
#4
@ Virginia Tech
Week 2 · L 14-31
103
Scrimmage Yards
64.6 takeover
Loss with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
103 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.
#5
vs Norfolk State
Week 1 · W 55-3
44
Scrimmage Yards
63.5 takeover
Win with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and 7.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Marshall
932 primary output · 70.5 efficiency · 19.5 usage
70.9
#2
2023 Postseason · Marshall
33.8
25 primary · 39.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Marshall
33.8
25 primary · 39.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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