#3Eno Benjamin

RB·Arizona State·20184.6 pts line value1st Round

Eno Benjamin is a Featured Back for Arizona State. Eno's 2018 season ranks in the 33th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 342 plays — a developing rate for the RB.

What projects, and what doesn't · RBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

Usage share (volume)0.52
Beats guessing the RB average by 18%. n=4,219 RB seasons
EPA per play (efficiency)0.10
Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=3,575 RB seasons
Total EPA (value)0.41
Beats guessing the RB average by 9%. n=3,575 RB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Eno Benjamin's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2018 Production

Rushing

1642 Rush yards16 Rush TD300 Carries5.5 Yards/carry

Receiving

34 Receptions261 Rec yards2 Rec TD7.7 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2018 · vs RB peers

Efficiency33
Volume100
Explosiveness50
Consistency66
Receiving51

Player type

Featured Back

The centerpiece of the run game — high carry volume, used in early downs and goal-line, true workhorse role.

Primary ball carrierHigh volumeGoal-line threat

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)33th %ile · below avg

Game-to-game consistency66th %ile · average

Key findings

▸Below-average efficiency vs RB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
▸High-volume role — one of the team's most-used RBs by play share.
▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
▸Production faded as the season progressed — 0.08 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
▸Peak game: 0.90 EPA/play in Wk 5 vs Oregon State (SP+ -16).

Historical Comparables · RB · efficiency + volume + value

Players from 2013–2025 matched on EPA efficiency, play volume, and adjusted value tier — not just one metric.

Player	Team	Yr	Plays	WEPA/play	Line val	Total EPA
Jeremy McNichols	Boise State	2016	340	0.330	4.7	112.2
Donnel Pumphrey	San Diego State	2016	344	0.320	4.2	110.1
D'Onta Foreman	Texas	2016	332	0.340	5.3	112.9
Jonathan Taylor	Wisconsin	2017	307	0.350	4.8	107.4
Mohamed Ibrahim	Minnesota	2022	314	0.330	5.3	103.6

Comps are statistical — efficiency, volume, and value tier all factor in. Style and conference context differ.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	Car	Rush Yds	Avg	Rush TD	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	EPA/play
1	vsUTSA	W49-7	-22.1	16	131	8.2	1	2	15	1	0.44
2	vsMichigan State	W16-13	11.5	13	27	2.1	0	6	54	0	0.13
3	@San Diego State	L21-28	6.0	13	21	1.6	0	7	44	0	-0.17
4	@Washington	L20-27	19.9	26	104	4.0	1	3	14	0	0.18
5	vsOregon State	W52-24	-16.0	30	312	10.4	3	3	27	1	0.90
6	@Colorado	L21-28	-0.7	28	120	4.3	2	2	2	0	0.10
8	vsStanford	L13-20	13.0	11	38	3.5	0	4	41	0	0.14
9	@USC	W38-35	9.7	29	185	6.4	2	—	—	—	0.30
10	vsUtah	W38-20	16.8	27	175	6.5	2	—	—	—	0.26
11	vsUCLA	W31-28	-0.4	34	182	5.4	1	2	13	0	0.24
12	@Oregon	L29-31	7.3	29	149	5.1	0	1	2	0	-0.05
13	@Arizona	W41-40	3.6	21	80	3.8	3	2	33	0	0.24
1	vsFresno State	L20-31	17.4	23	118	5.1	1	2	16	0	0.08

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

37.5%

Passing plays

10.6%

Rushing plays

61.4%

Standard downs

43.7%

Passing downs

23.2%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 0.17
Passing downs: 0.49
Pass / Rush EPA: 0.52 / 0.19

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

Career · rolling EPA, game by game

Per-game EPA5-game avg

EPA per play · 2018 · 13 games

Chart shows per-game EPA (bars) and rolling 5-game average (line). Season breaks marked with dashed lines. Line value = est. points over replacement per game.