Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
2025 charting · Texas
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (2 of Niblett’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted3 targets charted
Career
3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Texas#9 · 4-2 | 6 | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | Texas#16 · 10-3 | 13 | 7% | 8 | 60 | 0 | 4.1% |
| 2024 | Texas#3 · 13-3 | 7 | 4% | 3 | 24 | 0 | 4.2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ryan Niblett's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ryan Niblett'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 | 2 | — |
| Yards | 10 | 1037th / 1456 |
| Yards / carry | 5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 6 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3763rd / 5408 |
| Solo | 2 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 1 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 5 | — |
| Yards | 74 | — |
| Average | 14.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 21 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 15 | — |
| Yards | 192 | — |
| Average | 12.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | — |
| Long | 63 | — |
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 | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Texas State | 70 | ~11 (3–21) | 2 | · | 1 | 16% |
| Wk 2 · Ohio State | 78 | · | · | · | 2 | — |
| Wk 3 · UTSA | 85 | · | · | · | 5 | — |
| Wk 4 · Tennessee | 55 | · | · | 1 | 5 | — |
| Wk 6 · Oklahoma | 63 | · | · | · | 5 | — |
| Wk 7 · Florida | 50 | · | · | 2 | 2 | — |
| Season | 401 | 11 (3–21) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 3% |
Position Room
7 RBs on the Texas roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Hollywood Smothers | RB | SR | 65 | 289 | 4.4 | 2 | 12 | +0.14 |
| 0 | Raleek Brown | RB | SR | 61 | 265 | 4.3 | 5 | 10 | -0.07 |
| 5 | Derrek Cooper | RB | FR | 28 | 98 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | -0.03 |
| 11 | Michael Terry III | RB | SO | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | — | +0.01 |
| 31 | James Simon | RB | SO | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | — | +0.63 |
| 21 | Ryan Niblett | RB | SR | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | — | +0.06 |
| 33 | Carson Berger | 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. Texas depth chart →