Running back, Notre Dame, 2013–⁠16

Tarean Folston

Number
No. 25
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Cocoa, FL
Born
Jan 10, 1995, in Cocoa, Florida

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Tarean Folston played running back at Notre Dame (2013–⁠16).

Career highs

149rushing yards, career highvs. Navy, 20142rushing touchdowns, career highvs. North Carolina, 2014

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013*Notre Dame884705.3343
2014Notre Dame1758895.1626
2015Notre Dame3196.3015
2016Notre Dame773344.3254
Career3431,7125.01154

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013*Notre Dame5357.0015
2014Notre Dame1819010.6137
2016Notre Dame8668.3017
Career312919.4137

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Notre Dame25RB
2014Notre Dame25RB
2015Notre Dame25RB
2016Notre Dame25RB5′9″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Notre Dame900.0954th (n=226)0.077.716%0.05
2014Notre Dame1980.1766th (n=253)0.1234.121%0.25
2015Notre Dame3-0.06––-0.2––
2016Notre Dame860.1557th (n=259)0.1313.112%0.10

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Notre Dame 10 games, 334 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4atTexasL 47–⁠501888054117
Sep 10vs.NevadaW 39–⁠10102717––
Sep 17vs.Michigan StateL 28–⁠3641409––
Sep 24vs.DukeL 35–⁠3851708––
Oct 15vs.StanfordL 10–⁠1784901617
Oct 29vs.MiamiW 30–⁠274705424
Nov 5vs.NavyL 27–⁠2841306––
Nov 12vs.ArmyW 44–⁠6138411618
Nov 19vs.Virginia TechL 31–⁠34523021––
Nov 26atUSCL 27–⁠4561203110
2015 Notre Dame 1 game, 19 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.TexasW 38–⁠3319015––
2014 Notre Dame 13 games, 889 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.RiceW 48–⁠171271019––
Sep 6vs.MichiganW 31–⁠091706––
Sep 13vs.PurdueW 30–⁠14922012226
Sep 27vs.SyracuseW 31–⁠15941014225
Oct 4vs.StanfordW 17–⁠143140716
Oct 11vs.North CarolinaW 50–⁠431898220571
Oct 18atFlorida StateL 27–⁠3121120020––
Nov 1vs.NavyW 49–⁠3920149126238
Nov 8atArizona StateL 31–⁠55113008––
Nov 15vs.NorthwesternL 40–⁠43201061132−1
Nov 22vs.LouisvilleL 28–⁠3118134126––
Nov 29atUSCL 14–⁠4941409213
Dec 30 ✦vs.LSUW 31–⁠282173111212
2013 Notre Dame 9 games, 470 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.TempleW 28–⁠65140819
Sep 21vs.Michigan StateW 17–⁠1341205––
Sep 28vs.OklahomaL 21–⁠35243036––
Oct 26atAir ForceW 45–⁠101147016––
Nov 2vs.NavyW 38–⁠3418140115––
Nov 9atPittsburghL 21–⁠2841305––
Nov 23vs.BYUW 23–⁠13137814315
Nov 30atStanfordL 20–⁠271450015––
Dec 28 ✦vs.RutgersW 29–⁠161773112321

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height5′9¼″
Weight214 lb
Arm length30⅜″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.76 s
10-yard split1.68 sW
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′7″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill6.93 s
20-yard shuttle4.20 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFAtlanta Legends
2020XFLTampa Bay Vipers
2021CFLEdmonton Elks

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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