Player Dossier

2024-2025

Texas State

Taji Atkins

RB • 5'7" • 177 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Taji Atkins leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage Score

9.8

Efficiency

51.6

Consistency

34.4

Season Value

48.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Rice • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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.

Taji Atkins, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Rice. Taji Atkins leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Rice paired 158 primary output with 51.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 51.6 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 Rice, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Rice

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

31.6

Efficiency

51.6

Usage

9.8

Consistency

34.4

Best Game by takeover score

Charlotte

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: 4. Unknown: 91. Houston: 20. Army: 3. Charlotte: 40

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. Sam Houston: 2 by 20.8. Unknown: 11 by 84.5. Houston: 4 by 52.1. Army: 1 by 31.3. Charlotte: 6 by 69.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Losses16.8 · Games = 4
First Half38.3 · Games = 3 · +16.8 vs Second Half
Second Half21.5 · Games = 2 · -16.8 vs First Half
All Games31.6 · Games = 5

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

84.5 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 9/28vs CharlotteL 20-216406.7006.7
Sat 9/21@ ArmyL 14-3713303
Sun 9/15@ HoustonL 7-33420505
Sat 9/7vs Unknown2+ TD11918.3028.3
Sat 8/31vs Sam HoustonL 14-3424202

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Rice

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonRice15851.69.8
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State0-158

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 91 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

91

Primary metric

91 scrimmage yards and 20.8 usage.

#2

Charlotte

40

Primary metric

Loss with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

40 scrimmage yards and 11.5 usage.

#3

Houston

20

Primary metric

Loss with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

20 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.

#4

Army

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

3 scrimmage yards and 2.4 usage.

#5

Sam Houston

4

Primary metric

Loss with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

4 scrimmage yards and 4.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Rice

158 primary output · 51.6 efficiency · 9.8 usage

48.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Texas State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.837

Westfield · Houston, TX

Committed To
Rice
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

2

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

158

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 5 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Taji Atkins quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
RB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
2
Career rushing yards
158