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TCU · 2026

Joe Pitchford

RBJunior6' 2", 210 lbsLiberty Hill, TX
TCU Horned Frogs3-3 · TDC #41
Snap share
10%
likely 5–22%
Rush yards
55
598th of 1459 in FBS
Yards / carry
4.2
Rush TD
1
363rd of 633 in FBS
Receptions
1
1615th of 1995 in FBS
EPA / play
+0.11
14 plays

Efficiency & Role

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

EPA per play by situation

14 plays · +1.5 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.11
Passing-0.22
Rushing+0.13
1st down+0.21
2nd down-0.12
3rd down+1.10
Standard downs+0.23
Passing downs-0.33
PitchfordRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays7%
Pass plays1%
Run plays13%
1st down6%
2nd down11%
3rd down3%
Standard downs7%
Passing downs5%
PitchfordRB average

Advanced

Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume

RushingValueFBS rank
Carries10—
Success rate40.0%—
Explosive run rate10.0%—
Stuffed at the line10.0%—
First downs3—
Red-zone carries3—
Goal-line carries1—

Charting

Where Pitchford's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction13 carries

Left
8%
1.0 YPC · 0% succ.
Middle
46%
3.3 YPC · 17% succ.
Right
46%
5.7 YPC · 83% 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

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

SeasonTeamGSnaps
2026 so farTCU#41 · 3-3310%
2025TCU#34 · 9-41—

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

Game Log

Joe Pitchford'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

5.5 avg. game scoreBest: 6.0 vs Grambling (Week 2)0 of 2 games at 8.0+
Rushing
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLong
1vsNorth CarolinaL 10–15—no stats recorded
2GramblingW 63–76.04256.3111
3Arkansas StateW 31–75.07263.7011
4@UCFL 13–21—no stats recorded
5BYUL 10–17—no stats recorded
7@BaylorW 17–6—242.003
2026 · 3 games5.513554.2111

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries13—
Yards55598th / 1459
Yards / carry4.2—
Touchdowns1363rd / 633
Long11—
Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions11615th / 1995
Yards31905th / 1981
Yards / catch3—
Touchdowns0—
Long3—

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 2 · Grambling69~12 (3–23)417%
Wk 3 · Arkansas State67~17 (12–22)825%
Wk 7 · Baylor66~11 (3–21)217%
Season39540 (20–88)1410%

Position Room

8 RBs on the TCU roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
26Jeremy PayneRBJR884294.9218-0.06
2Jon DenmanRBSO29903.121-0.14
24Joe PitchfordRBJR13554.211+0.11
Landon WalkerRB10676.701+0.35
23Amante MartinRBFR9475.21—+0.32
20G'Ivori GrahamRBFR110100—+0.67
29Joseph HagmanRBSR——————
31Jacob MartinezRBSO——————

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. TCU depth chart →