Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Rushing | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 87 | — |
| Success rate | 36.8% | 280th / 332 |
| Explosive run rate | 12.6% | 174th / 332 |
| Stuffed at the line | 10.3% | 51st / 332 |
| First downs | 21 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 5 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 0 | — |
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 17 | — |
| Target share | 7.7% | — |
| Catch rate | 58.8% | — |
| Success rate per target | 29.4% | — |
| Yards per target | 2.6 | — |
| Explosive catches | 0.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Charting
Where Laughery's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted17 targets charted
Run direction87 carries
2025 charting · Illinois
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Laughery’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
Run direction44 carries
Career
5 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Illinois#42 · 5-3 | 8 | 47% | 89 | 560 | 6.3 | 2 | 36.8% | 10 | 45 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2025 | Illinois#27 · 9-4 | 9 | 30% | 75 | 382 | 5.1 | 3 | 43.9% | 9 | 54 | 0 | 4.1% |
| 2024 | Illinois#37 · 10-3 | 12 | 33% | 97 | 589 | 6.1 | 4 | 41.1% | 9 | 32 | 0 | 6.0% |
| 2023 | Illinois#75 · 5-7 | 8 | 16% | 16 | 81 | 5.1 | 1 | 50.0% | 2 | 24 | 0 | 3.4% |
| 2022 | Illinois#22 · 8-5 | 1 | 1% | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Aidan Laughery's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Aidan Laughery'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
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  UAB | W 42–23 | 5.7 | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 |  Duke | L 27–31 | 5.3 | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Southern Illinois | W 48–10 | 7.8 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 1 | 77 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Ohio State | L 19–42 | 7.1 | 11 | 113 | 10.3 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Purdue | L 17–24 | 5.1 | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | @ Michigan State | W 38–37 | 7.1 | 17 | 70 | 4.1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 |  Oregon | W 21–10 | 7.9 | 13 | 123 | 9.5 | 1 | 75 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 9 | @ Maryland | W 20–17 | 4.9 | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 · 8 games | 6.4 | 89 | 560 | 6.3 | 2 | 77 | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 1 | 17 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 89 | — |
| Yards | 560 | 62nd / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 6.3 | 34th / 312 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 266th / 683 |
| Long | 77 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 10 | 705th / 2089 |
| Yards | 45 | 1198th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 4.5 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 17 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 0 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 2 | — |
| Yards | 32 | — |
| Average | 16 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 21 | — |
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 | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · UAB | ✓ RB | 43 | ~16 (11–21) | 9 | · | 37% |
| Wk 2 · Duke | — | 68 | ~26 (18–34) | 12 | · | 38% |
| Wk 3 · Southern Illinois | ✓ RB | 57 | ~12 (3–23) | 5 | · | 21% |
| Wk 4 · Ohio State | — | 71 | ~33 (23–43) | 12 | 1 | 46% |
| Wk 5 · Purdue | — | 65 | ~39 (27–51) | 14 | 1 | 60% |
| Wk 6 · Michigan State | — | 69 | ~47 (40–52) | 23 | · | 68% |
| Wk 8 · Oregon | ✓ RB | 58 | ~24 (16–31) | 13 | · | 41% |
| Wk 9 · Maryland | — | 65 | ~34 (23–44) | 18 | · | 52% |
| Season | 3 GS | 496 | 231 (183–285) | 106 | 2 | 47% |
Position Room
7 RBs on the Illinois roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Aidan Laughery | RB | SR | 89 | 560 | 6.3 | 2 | 10 | +0.16 |
| Ca'Lil Valentine | RB | 50 | 225 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | +0.10 | ||
| 23 | Jordan Anderson | RB | SR | 38 | 175 | 4.6 | 2 | 2 | +0.11 |
| 24 | Javari Barnett | RB | FR | 25 | 183 | 7.3 | 2 | — | +0.19 |
| 20 | John Forster | RB | SO | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Corey Rashad | RB | SR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Murphy Clement | 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. Illinois depth chart →