A.J. Turner
Minnesota Golden Gophers
51
Depth

A.J. Turner

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
RBOffenseDepth
3rd String

Is A.J. Turner starting?

A.J. Turner is listed 3rd string at RB for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Redshirt senior · #2 · 6'0", 200 lbs

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Depth at RB · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 1179Darius TaylorStarter
  2. 22366TJ Thomas
  3. 3251A.J. TurnerYou
  4. 4945Xavier Ford
  5. 52842Niko Castillo

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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Up next for Minnesota

Minnesota plays UCLA at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Life Christian Academy, ranked #2,097 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 64 rushing yards, 1 rush TD. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 51 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,097 NatlTeam Share5%
Hampton, VA
Jersey
#2
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
200 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
2025641

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8170
National Rank
#2097
High School
Life Christian Academy
Hometown
Hampton, VA

Why this rating?

On a 74-rated offense; 38th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them -11 vs unit starters → 51.

Team offense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 38% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 19WAKRYDS 40
CAR
8
YDS
40
AVG
5.0
TD
1
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 12LMSSTYDS 5
CAR
2
YDS
4
AVG
2.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
5
AVG
5.0
TD
0

Final L 38-13

A.J. Turner's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

64 rush yds · 1 TD · 4% of carries
Usage / Involvement10%
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