Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Rushing | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 5 | — |
| Success rate | 80.0% | — |
| Explosive run rate | 20.0% | — |
| Stuffed at the line | 0.0% | — |
| First downs | 2 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 1 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Butler's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Run direction10 carries
2025 charting · Houston
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Butler’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted8 targets charted
Run direction49 carries
Career
3 seasons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Houston#30 · 6-1 | 5 | 6% | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 1 | 80.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.1% |
| 2025 | Houston#52 · 10-3 | 11 | 22% | 68 | 301 | 4.4 | 0 | 47.4% | 8 | 58 | 0 | 4.9% |
| 2024 | Houston#93 · 4-8 | 7 | 12% | 16 | 102 | 6.4 | 0 | 38.5% | 4 | 36 | 0 | 4.8% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. DJ Butler's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
DJ Butler'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
| Rushing | Receiving | Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 |  Oregon State | W 33–20 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 24 | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Southern | W 77–6 | 6.8 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 | @ Texas Tech | L 26–28 | — | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 12 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Georgia Southern | W 42–28 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 5 |  UCF | W 27–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | @ Kansas State | W 35–16 | — | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 31 | · | · | · |
| 7 |  Oklahoma State | W 35–32 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 34 | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 5 games | 6.8 | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 89 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 11 | — |
| Yards | 86 | 489th / 1462 |
| Yards / carry | 7.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 363rd / 636 |
| Long | 15 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 1 | 1620th / 1998 |
| Yards | 1 | 1948th / 1984 |
| Yards / catch | 1 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 1 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 4 | — |
| Yards | 89 | — |
| Average | 22.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 31 | — |
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
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Oregon State | 72 | ~8 (2–16) | 2 | 1 | 11% |
| Wk 2 · Southern | 64 | ~13 (3–25) | 7 | · | 20% |
| Wk 3 · Texas Tech | 75 | ~8 (2–16) | 2 | · | 11% |
| Wk 6 · Kansas State | 74 | ~3 (1–6) | 1 | 1 | 4% |
| Wk 7 · Oklahoma State | 73 | · | · | 2 | — |
| Season | 498 | 32 (18–76) | 12 | 4 | 6% |
Position Room
7 RBs on the Houston roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Makhi Hughes | RB | SR | 98 | 465 | 4.7 | 3 | 8 | +0.08 |
| 6 | Re'Shaun Sanford II | RB | JR | 84 | 440 | 5.2 | 2 | 10 | +0.13 |
| 25 | DJ Butler | RB | JR | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 1 | 1 | +0.35 |
| 37 | Zane Smith | RB | SO | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 0 | — | +0.51 |
| 23 | John Hebert | RB | FR | 5 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 1 | +1.19 |
| Nehemiah Warmate | RB | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | — | +0.24 | ||
| 16 | JayShon Ridgle | RB | JR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Houston depth chart →