College career · 2022–2025
CJ Donaldson
RB · Ohio State → West Virginia. Not on a current FBS roster; here is every season we have.
Career
4 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Ohio State#2 · 12-2 | 13 | 27% | 96 | 361 | 3.8 | 10 | 53.3% | 15 | 96 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2024 |  West Virginia#76 · 6-7 | 13 | 48% | 163 | 734 | 4.5 | 11 | 48.0% | 14 | 104 | 1 | 4.7% |
| 2023 | West Virginia#36 · 9-4 | 12 | 43% | 171 | 798 | 4.7 | 11 | 50.0% | 9 | 59 | 0 | 5.8% |
| 2022 | West Virginia#72 · 5-7 | 7 | 23% | 87 | 526 | 6.0 | 8 | 53.7% | 9 | 27 | 0 | 5.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. CJ Donaldson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
CJ Donaldson'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
5.8 avg. game scoreBest: 6.8 at Washington (Week 5)0 of 10 games at 8.0+
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Texas | W 14–7 | 6.3 | 19 | 67 | 3.5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 |  Grambling | W 70–0 | 6.6 | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 1 | 27 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Ohio | W 37–9 | 5.9 | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | @ Washington | W 24–6 | 6.8 | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Minnesota | W 42–3 | — | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 | @ Illinois | W 34–16 | 6.6 | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | @ Wisconsin | W 34–0 | 6.2 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 |  Penn State | W 38–14 | 2.2 | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 1 | 5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 11 | @ Purdue | W 34–10 | 6.2 | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 2 | 4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 12 |  UCLA | W 48–10 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 13 |  Rutgers | W 42–9 | — | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 1 | 5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 14 | @ Michigan | W 27–9 | 4.2 | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 0 | 8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 15 | vs Indiana | L 10–13 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Bowls | vs Miami | L 14–24 | 6.6 | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2025 · 13 games | 5.8 | 96 | 361 | 3.8 | 10 | 27 | 15 | 96 | 6.4 | 1 | 14 | ||
2025 charting · Ohio State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Donaldson’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Charted targets
9
7 caught (78%)Avg. depth of target
-0.7
air yards per targetYAC per catch
6.1
43 yds after the catchAir yards caught
-3
of 40 yds on charted catchesDeep targets
0%
20+ air yardsWhere he's targeted9 targets charted
88% comp-0.7 avg. depth6.1 YAC/catch0% 20+ air yds1–0 TD–INT
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 direction35 carries
Left
20%
3.4 YPC · 43% succ.Middle
63%
2.7 YPC · 41% succ.Right
17%
4.3 YPC · 50% 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.