#2 A.J. Turner
RB room context
View full depth chart →A.J. Turner holds the RB · Backup spot in Minnesota Golden Gophers’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
A.J. Turner logged a 7.5% overall usage rate in 2025.
Transfer history
Production
2025 seasonBackground & career
A.J. Turner is a running back from Hampton, VA who attended Life Christian Academy before playing three seasons at Marshall. He enrolled at Minnesota in January 2025 as a redshirt senior. At Marshall, Turner appeared in 22 games with 8 starts, recording 127 rushing attempts for 984 yards and six touchdowns across his tenure. In 2024, he earned All-SBC Second Team honors after rushing 104 times for 864 yards and six touchdowns. With Minnesota in 2025, Turner appeared in three games before a season-ending injury, carrying 16 times for 64 yards and one touchdown.
Marshall2022 – 2024
Minnesota2025 — present