Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2024: Played in six games and made four starts at running back...Was Southeast Missouri’s third-leading rusher with 61 carries for 241 yards and one touchdown...Averaged 3.7 yards per carry and 37.2 yards per game...Started the first two games and last two contests of the season...Was in a bad car accident following the UT Martin (9/7) game which saw him sustain multiple injuries...Recovered to make his other two starts during the final two games of the season...Ran for a season-high 126 yards and and one touchdown on 22 carries vs. Western Illinois (11/16)...Also caught three passes for 26 yards and scored his first career Division I touchdown on a 21-yard pass in the first quarter against the Leathernecks...Finished the year with 20 catches for 84 yards out of the backfield...Ran for 32 yards and had a season-high eight receptions for 44 yards in the FCS Playoff game vs. Illinois State (11/30)...Caught six passes for 22 yards and gained 48 more yards on 16 carries in the FCS Kickoff game vs. North Alabama (8/24).

Hutchinson CC: Played 10 games during the 2023 season...Ran for 535 yards and five touchdowns on 114 carries...Averaged 53.5 yards per game...Gained a season-high 122 yards vs. Iowa Western Community College and ran for 100 yards at Butler CC...Earned Jayhawk Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors on Nov. 14.

SMU: Redshirted after playing in four games during the 2022 campaign...Had five carries for 11 yards and added one kick return for 21 yards that year...In 2021, played in eight games registering 32 carries for 94 yards and three touchdowns...Added one catch for 10 yards.

Prep: Went two Kimball High School...Three-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN...Rated as the No. 52 running back in the nation by 247Sports...Had 32 carries for 321 yards and four touchdowns... Was the District 6-5A D-II Newcomer of the Year as a junior in 2019…Ran for 795 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior...Also ran track.

Personal: Born September 10, 2002...Majoring in Criminal Justice...Son of Brandon Epton Sr. and Kristie Hinton…Had offers from Houston, Ole Miss, Purdue, Texas Tech and Tulsa. among others.