TJ Horton

RB · #4 · Ball State · JR · 5'10" · 200 · Lexington, KY

Projected RB starter

180 2025 rush yards

1 2025 total TDs

12% Team touch share

5 Explosive plays

19 Career games (4 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Carries	Rush yds	YPC	Rec	Rec yds	TD
2025	Ball State	10	4	60	180	3.0	15	71	1
2024	Ball State	9	0	23	107	4.7	4	6	0

2025 Percentile vs RBs

Rush yards per game 18.0 33

Yards per carry 3.0 7

Receiving yards per game 7.1 57

Total TDs 1 19

Around TJ

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production

Tyler Mizzell QB · no college stats

WR-X

Elisha Durham WR · no college stats

WR-Z

Donovan Hamilton WR · 244 rec yds · 12g

WR-SL

Jabari Smith Jr. WR · 166 rec yds · 9g · at FAU

Tate Hoover TE · 9 rec yds · 12g

The situation

Ball State 2025 offense ›

Explosive play rate 9.0% 12

Red zone TD rate 59.0% 10

Line yards per carry 1.4 1

Sack rate allowed 15.4% 0

2025 Game log

Wk	Opponent	Car	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	RZ opps	Touch share
W1	@ PUR	3	1	1	15			8%
W3	New Hampshire Wildcats	8	2	2	46			19%
W4	@ CONN	6	1		41		1	10%
W6	OHIO	7	1	1	29		2	10%
W7	@ WMU	4			9			8%
W8	AKR	3	1	1	19		1	6%
W9	@ NIU	4	1	1	30		1	7%
W11	KENT	5	3	3	18	1	2	13%
W12	EMU	12	3	2	41		2	23%
W13	@ TOL	8	5	4	3		1	15%

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2023 board

#2021 Christian LeBrun S · Avon Old Farms MASS

#2024 Kion Wright EDGE · Cheltenham DEL

#2025

TJ Horton CB · Frederick Douglass BALL

#2026

Uber Ajongo OT · Phillips Exeter Academy WAKE

#2027

Malik Tullis DL · Creekside EMU

CBs in the class

#165 AJ Stephens Aldine MacArthur RICE

#166

Caleb Clark-Glover Princeton MRSH

#167

TJ Horton Frederick Douglass BALL

#168

Chris Tooley Jones FAU

#169

Nicholas Thompson Bishop Luers TOL

2025 · 33th pctile of RBs

Recruit · 28th pctile of class