#26

Notre Dame · 2026

Javian Osborne

RBFreshman5' 9", 200 lbsForney, TX★★★★ 2026 recruit · #118 nationally

Notre Dame Fighting Irish7-1 · TDC #1

Snap share

likely 3–14%

Rush yards

776th of 1519 in FBS

Yards / carry

2.9

Rush TD

411th of 683 in FBS

Receptions

EPA / play

-0.03

12 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

12 plays · -0.3 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet

All plays-0.03

Rushing-0.03

1st down+0.04

2nd down+0.12

3rd down-0.24

Standard downs+0.12

Passing downs-1.66

OsborneRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries

All plays6%

Pass plays0%

Run plays11%

1st down4%

2nd down6%

3rd down11%

Standard downs7%

Passing downs2%

OsborneRB average

Charting

Where Osborne's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction12 carries

Left

17%

9.5 YPC · 100% succ.

Middle

58%

3.1 YPC · 29% succ.

Right

25%

-2.0 YPC · 0% succ.

Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.

Game Log

Javian Osborne'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

4.3 avg. game scoreBest: 6.0 vs Stanford (Week 6)0 of 2 games at 8.0+

				Rushing
Wk	Opponent	Result	Game score	Car	Yds	Y/C	TD	Long
1	vsWisconsin	W 41–13	—	no stats recorded
2	Rice	W 52–0	2.7	5	4	0.8	0	6
3	Michigan State	W 27–10	—	no stats recorded
4	@Purdue	W 49–10	—	no stats recorded
5	@North Carolina	W 37–26	—	no stats recorded
6	Stanford	W 58–7	6.0	6	31	5.2	1	13
7	@BYU	L 24–28	—	no stats recorded
9	vsNavy	W 35–13	—	1	0	0.0	0	0
2026 · 3 games			4.3	12	35	2.9	1	13

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing	2026	FBS rank
Carries	12	—
Yards	35	776th / 1519
Yards / carry	2.9	—
Touchdowns	1	411th / 683
Long	13	—

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	Team plays	Est. snaps	Plays involved	Snap share
Wk 2 · Rice	65	~12 (3–23)	5	18%
Wk 6 · Stanford	75	~13 (3–25)	6	17%
Wk 9 · Navy	59	~10 (2–19)	1	17%
Season	540	35 (17–77)	12	6%

Position Room

6 RBs on the Notre Dame roster, ordered by car

#	Player	Pos	Class	Car	Yds	YPC	TD	Rec	EPA/play
2	Nolan James Jr.	RB	SO	90	519	5.8	8	13	+0.37
	Aneyas Williams	RB		72	331	4.6	4	9	+0.27
	Jonaz Walton	RB		69	477	6.9	4	5	+0.35
	Kedren Young	RB		13	42	3.2	0	2	+0.09
26	Javian Osborne	RB	FR	12	35	2.9	1	—	-0.03
37	Kurt Smith	RB	SO	—	—	—	—	—	—

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. Notre Dame depth chart →