Quinten Joyner RB Texas Tech |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #0 ROLE: Work-Horse Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 4.47 seconds (79%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #0 | |
| ROLE: Work-Horse Back | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 4.47 seconds (79%*) | |
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| Overall Rating: |
71.4 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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77% |
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| Rushing: |
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79% |
| Break Tackles: |
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86% |
| Receiving/Hands: |
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53% |
| Pass Blocking: |
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22% |
| Run Blocking: |
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55% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
UDFA
Overall Rank:
#497
Position rank:
#21 (RB)
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| College Games: 17 College Snaps: 264 | ||
ESPN RATING: 80/100
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247 RATING: 95/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.9 (97%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Le'Veon Moss - Texas A&M |
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67% |
| Keaontay Ingram - USC |
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61% |
| Zach Evans - Ole Miss |
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60% |
Draft Profile: Bio
Quinten Joyner built a prep resume of nearly 5,000 rushing yards at Manor High School in Texas, taking District 11-5A-I Overall MVP and first-team all-state honors on a junior season of 2,494 yards and 31 touchdowns before adding 1,794 yards and 25 scores as a senior. The four-star recruit played in the All-American Bowl and Polynesian Bowl and carried track credentials headlined by a 10.99 100-meter dash.Two seasons in a complementary role at USC followed, highlighted by a 7.6 yards-per-carry average as a redshirt freshman in 2024 that included a 75-yard burst against Penn State. Joyner entered the transfer portal that offseason and chose Texas Tech over Ohio State, arriving as the projected replacement for Tahj Brooks in the lead back role.
The Texas Tech debut never came. Joyner suffered a torn ACL on a non-contact play during an August 2025 preseason scrimmage and missed the entire season, watching Cameron Dickey and J'Koby Williams carry the backfield during a Red Raiders campaign that reached the College Football Playoff.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Averaged 7.6 yards a carry at USC before the transfer, with a 75-yard burst against Penn State.
- Track credentials in the sprints and shot put back up the plus stopwatch.
- Won the Texas Tech lead-back job before ever playing a down there.
- Two seasons of efficient committee tape with top-tier ground tape.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Tore his ACL in a preseason scrimmage and missed the entire 2025 season.
- Pass-pro tape ranks among the worst at the position.
- Career-high carry count is modest; the featured role exists only on paper.
- Draft-day film will be two years old from a complementary role.
- A speed-reliant style faces the harshest version of the post-ACL questions.
Scouting Report: Summary
The 2025 season ended in an August scrimmage: a torn ACL took the year before his first carry as Texas Tech's lead back, a job he had won after averaging 7.6 yards a pop at USC with a 75-yard Penn State burst on the showcase reel. The track pedigree, plus timed speed and top-tier ground tape across two efficient committee seasons explain why the Red Raiders outbid Ohio State for him in the portal.Now every question compounds. The blitz pickup ranked among the worst at the position even when healthy, the career carry count never tested durability, his draft-day film will be two seasons old and drawn entirely from a complementary role, and a game built on burst faces the cruelest version of the post-ACL discount. The 2026 season is less an audition than a medical documentary.
The path forward is binary and familiar to every scout who has graded this archetype: return with the burst fully intact, stack a featured season behind a championship-caliber line, and the explosive efficiency makes a late-round case overnight; return a step slow and the file closes quietly. He projects as an undrafted medical watch with real, documented pre-injury traits, and few players anywhere in this running back group have more of their future riding on a single autumn of tape.
How other scouting services rate Quinten Joyner (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
547.0
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
32.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.