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 | 56 | — |
| Success rate | 37.5% | 266th / 321 |
| Explosive run rate | 3.6% | 315th / 321 |
| Stuffed at the line | 17.9% | 224th / 321 |
| First downs | 7 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 10 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 1 | — |
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 5 | — |
| Target share | 3.7% | — |
| Catch rate | 60.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 20.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 2.6 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 1 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Peoples's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted6 targets charted
Run direction60 carries
2025 charting · Ohio State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (3 of Peoples’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
Run direction21 carries
Career
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Penn State#28 · 3-4 | 7 | 34% | 57 | 246 | 4.3 | 2 | 37.5% | 3 | 24 | 0 | 3.7% |
| 2025 |  Ohio State#2 · 12-2 | 12 | 19% | 61 | 344 | 5.6 | 3 | 38.5% | 10 | 50 | 0 | 7.0% |
| 2024 | Ohio State#1 · 14-2 | 8 | 10% | 49 | 197 | 4.0 | 2 | 100.0% | 1 | -2 | 0 | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. James Peoples's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
James Peoples'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
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 57 | — |
| Yards | 246 | 216th / 1456 |
| Yards / carry | 4.3 | 211th / 325 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 221st / 631 |
| Long | 16 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 3 | 1249th / 1995 |
| Yards | 24 | 1375th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 11 | — |
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 | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Marshall | — | 72 | ~16 (11–21) | 8 | 22% |
| Wk 2 · Temple | — | 64 | ~23 (16–30) | 11 | 36% |
| Wk 3 · Buffalo | — | 67 | ~17 (12–22) | 8 | 25% |
| Wk 4 · Wisconsin | — | 65 | ~33 (23–43) | 15 | 51% |
| Wk 5 · Northwestern | ✓ RB | 63 | ~28 (19–36) | 10 | 44% |
| Wk 6 · USC | — | 63 | ~24 (16–31) | 9 | 38% |
| Wk 7 · Michigan | — | 74 | ~18 (12–23) | 6 | 24% |
| Season | 1 GS | 468 | 159 (126–196) | 67 | 34% |
Position Room
6 RBs on the Penn State roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Carson Hansen | RB | SR | 72 | 278 | 3.9 | 4 | 5 | +0.05 |
| 1 | James Peoples | RB | JR | 57 | 246 | 4.3 | 2 | 3 | -0.07 |
| 25 | Quinton Martin Jr. | RB | SO | 31 | 160 | 5.2 | 1 | 4 | +0.00 |
| Cam Wallace | RB | 22 | 125 | 5.7 | 2 | 1 | +0.08 | ||
| 36 | Amar'e Glover | RB | FR | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | -0.61 |
| 29 | D'Antae Sheffey | RB | FR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Penn State depth chart →