#29
LSU · 2026

Caden Durham

RBJunior5' 9", 200 lbsOklahoma City, OK
LSU Tigers5-2 · TDC #6
Snap share
8%
likely 6–10%
Rush yards
14
960th of 1456 in FBS
Yards / carry
1.6
Rush TD
0
Receptions
0
EPA / play
-0.33
9 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

9 plays · -2.9 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays-0.33
Rushing-0.33
1st down-0.80
2nd down-0.43
3rd down+0.92
Standard downs-0.29
Passing downs-0.45
DurhamRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays3%
Pass plays0%
Run plays6%
1st down1%
2nd down8%
3rd down2%
Standard downs3%
Passing downs3%
DurhamRB average
2025 charting · LSU

2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Durham’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.

Charted targets
6
6 caught (100%)
Avg. depth of target
-2.5
air yards per target
YAC per catch
8.0
48 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
-15
of 33 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
0%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted6 targets charted

84% comp-2.5 avg. depth8.0 YAC/catch0% 20+ air yds0–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: 1 targets (17%), 1 caught (100%), 1 yds, 1.0 per target1100% · 1yLeft, 0–4 air yards: 1 targets (17%), 1 caught (100%), 1 yds, 1.0 per target1100% · 1yLeft, 5–9 air yards: noneLeft, 10–14 air yards: noneLeft, 15–19 air yards: noneLeft, 20–29 air yards: noneLeft, 30+ air yards: noneMiddle, Behind air yards: 1 targets (17%), 1 caught (100%), 10 yds, 10.0 per target1100% · 10yMiddle, 0–4 air yards: 1 targets (17%), 1 caught (100%), 22 yds, 22.0 per target1100% · 22yMiddle, 5–9 air yards: noneMiddle, 10–14 air yards: noneMiddle, 15–19 air yards: noneMiddle, 20–29 air yards: noneMiddle, 30+ air yards: noneRight, Behind air yards: 2 targets (33%), 2 caught (100%), -1 yds, -0.5 per target2100% · -1yRight, 0–4 air yards: noneRight, 5–9 air yards: noneRight, 10–14 air yards: noneRight, 15–19 air yards: noneRight, 20–29 air yards: noneRight, 30+ air yards: none
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.

Run direction31 carries

Left
10%
11.7 YPC · 67% succ.
Middle
65%
3.4 YPC · 40% succ.
Right
26%
3.0 YPC · 38% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.

Career

3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsCarRush ydsY/CRush TDRush SRRecRec ydsRec TDTgt share
2026 so farLSU#6 · 5-238%9141.600.0%————
2025LSU#39 · 7-61239%1115054.5338.9%169106.7%
2024LSU#15 · 9-41241%1407535.4642.3%2826026.2%

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Caden Durham's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Caden Durham's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

3.9 avg. game scoreBest: 3.9 vs McNeese (Week 5)0 of 1 games at 8.0+
Rushing
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLong
1ClemsonW 51–10—331.003
2Louisiana TechW 45–14—1-2-2.000
3@Ole MissL 24–32—no stats recorded
4Texas A&MW 35–6—no stats recorded
5McNeeseW 63–143.95132.605
6@KentuckyL 34–35—no stats recorded
7Mississippi StateW 31–0—no stats recorded
2026 · 3 games3.99141.605

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries9—
Yards14960th / 1456
Yards / carry1.6—
Touchdowns0—
Long5—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · Clemson94~16 (11–21)317%
Wk 2 · Louisiana Tech84~11 (3–21)113%
Wk 5 · McNeese101~18 (12–23)518%
Season55545 (32–55)98%

Position Room

7 RBs on the LSU roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
13Dilin JonesRBSO1285674.4526+0.12
22Harlem BerryRBSO322036.312+0.19
23Stacy GageRBSO211667.924+0.24
29Caden DurhamRBJR9141.60—-0.33
25Rod Gainey Jr.RBSO2000—-0.68
24Joseph EbunRBJR——————
27Raycine Guillory Jr.RBFR——————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. LSU depth chart →