The case
Entered 2026 with 1,258 career rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns across 24 appearances and 12 starts.
RB · LSU · Junior
Caden Durham
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CHROME PROSPECTBCP-80Chrome auto · BCPA-CDU
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PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
The year-over-year volume reduction needs role context. Do not equate fewer yards with diminished ability without checking workload and efficiency.
The production
Entered 2026 with 1,258 career rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns across 24 appearances and 12 starts; ran for 753 yards as a true freshman and 505 yards in 2025 while sharing the LSU backfield.
Latest game
LSU’s current roster lists Durham alongside Berry; shared-backfield context is essential when reading raw totals.
NEXT CHECK
Watch the division of carries and receiving work in LSU’s backfield.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Topps describes parallels, but a complete first-party football odds/serial-number matrix was not available in this audit. No baseball parallel structure is imported. Serial numbering is not an estimate of total print run.
2 base appearances · 1 autograph appearances · 2 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
| Checklist | Card number | Printed school | Check it / find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER PROSPECTS | BPP-80 | LSU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Caden Durham BPP-80 |
| CHROME PROSPECTS | BCP-80 | LSU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Caden Durham BCP-80 |
| MEGA PROSPECTS | MP-6 | LSU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Caden Durham MP-6 |
| CHROME PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BCPA-CDU | LSU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Caden Durham BCPA-CDU |
| FUTURE SCRIPT | FS-CD | LSU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Caden Durham FS-CD |
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RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
LSU; RB; Junior; 5-9; 204 lb.
Source 1: LSU: Caden Durham official profile ↗Source 2: LSU 2026 roster ↗- school
- LSU (verified)
- position
- RB (verified)
- class
- Junior (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- 5-9 / 204 lb (verified)
- recruiting
- Four-star high-school running back across all major recruiting services, reported by LSU. (partial)
- 2026 statistics
- See explicitly dated profile observations; complete current-season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Watch the division of carries and receiving work in LSU’s backfield. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 77.1 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 75medium | A 753-yard true-freshman season followed by 505 yards in a shared sophomore backfield supports established early production without treating the year-over-year yardage decline as an automatic negative; 12 career starts support substantial role and LSU reports four-star pedigree.Source 1: Caden Durham: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: LSU: Caden Durham official profile ↗Source 3: LSU 2026 roster ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 80medium | A 753-yard true-freshman season followed by 505 yards in a shared sophomore backfield supports established early production without treating the year-over-year yardage decline as an automatic negative; 12 career starts support substantial role and LSU reports four-star pedigree.Source 1: Caden Durham: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: LSU: Caden Durham official profile ↗Source 3: LSU 2026 roster ↗ |
| role | 15% | 80medium | A 753-yard true-freshman season followed by 505 yards in a shared sophomore backfield supports established early production without treating the year-over-year yardage decline as an automatic negative; 12 career starts support substantial role and LSU reports four-star pedigree.Source 1: Caden Durham: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: LSU: Caden Durham official profile ↗Source 3: LSU 2026 roster ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 70medium | A 753-yard true-freshman season followed by 505 yards in a shared sophomore backfield supports established early production without treating the year-over-year yardage decline as an automatic negative; 12 career starts support substantial role and LSU reports four-star pedigree.Source 1: Caden Durham: additional official evidence ↗Source 2: LSU: Caden Durham official profile ↗Source 3: LSU 2026 roster ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history77.1 PPG · 8 checks
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 77.1 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 25 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 4 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- LSU: Caden Durham official profile ↗ · LSU · checked 2026-09-16
- LSU 2026 roster ↗ · LSU · checked 2026-09-16
- Caden Durham: additional official evidence ↗ · LSU · checked 2026-09-22