Taj Butts

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2025 Duquesne 9 games, 578 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 30	atPittsburgh	L 9–⁠61	10	38	0	17	1	4
Sep 6	vs.LLincoln (PA)	W 55–⁠14	8	48	0	17	–	–
Sep 13	vs.Lehigh	L 21–⁠35	4	17	0	12	–	–
Sep 27	vs.New Haven	W 44–⁠18	9	79	0	50	–	–
Oct 4	vs.Stonehill	W 34–⁠14	14	71	1	19	2	19
Oct 11	vs.SFSaint Francis	W 52–⁠7	4	7	0	3	1	6
Oct 18	atMercyhurst	W 37–⁠0	7	40	0	10	–	–
Nov 15	vs.Central Connecticut	W 38–⁠33	14	254	3	59	–	–
Nov 22	atRobert Morris	W 20–⁠17	9	24	0	5	–	–

2024 Duquesne 6 games, 268 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 29	atToledo	L 10–⁠49	5	39	0	21	1	5
Oct 26	atStonehill	W 48–⁠34	7	30	0	7	–	–
Nov 2	vs.Mercyhurst	W 31–⁠24	11	42	0	9	1	13
Nov 9	vs.Robert Morris	W 31–⁠6	12	40	0	10	–	–
Nov 16	vs.Wagner	W 42–⁠21	21	76	0	15	2	2
Nov 23	atCentral Connecticut	L 14–⁠21	12	41	0	10	1	12

2023 Duquesne 10 games, 461 rushing yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 9	atWest Virginia	L 17–⁠56	10	23	0	7	1	−2
Sep 16	atCoastal Carolina	L 7–⁠66	9	34	0	19	1	10
Sep 30	atLong Island University	W 31–⁠28	15	67	0	12	–	–
Oct 14	vs.Central Connecticut	W 44–⁠20	12	118	2	58	1	2
Oct 21	vs.SFSaint Francis	W 38–⁠35	16	65	1	13	–	–
Oct 28	atSacred Heart	W 27–⁠0	12	50	0	17	1	25
Nov 4	atWagner	W 34–⁠26	3	11	0	8	–	–
Nov 11	vs.Stonehill	L 28–⁠33	2	3	0	2	–	–
Nov 18	atMerrimack	W 26–⁠14	13	46	0	19	2	40
Nov 25 ✦	atYoungstown State	L 7–⁠40	7	44	0	22	3	41

No box score in the source for Sep 2 vs. Edinboro, so that game is not listed.

2022 Missouri 1 game, 1 catch, 10 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Nov 5	vs.Kentucky	L 17–⁠21	–	–	–	–	1	10

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.