Tarean Folston won’t do the unexpected.

For a running back, that would mean returning for a fifth year of college football at a position that’s proven expendable at the next level. Instead, Folston will turn pro after four seasons in South Bend.

Irish Sports Daily reported the news.

The former four-star recruit Notre Dame pulled out of Cocoa, Fla., as an Under Armour All-American finishes his Irish career with 343 caries, 1,712 yards and 11 touchdowns. His career-long rush of 54 yards came on his first carry of this season at Texas but proved to be a false dawn for Folston after recovering from an ACL tear suffered against the Longhorns a year earlier.

Folston rushed just 77 times for 334 yards and two scores this season and averaged a career-low 4.3 yards per carry. He fell behind sophomore Josh Adams in the pecking order as soon as the sophomore returned to full health following a preseason hamstring injury.

Folston hit double-digit carries just once in the season’s final 10 games, doing it in the blowout of Army. He missed games against Syracuse and Stanford with injury, meaning he stayed healthy just once in his entire career.

The departure keeps Josh Adams in the No. 1 role with Dexter Williams backing him up. It also creates some daylight for freshman Tony Jones Jr. and early enrollee C.J. Holmes, with junior Justin Brent’s status unclear following two straight seasons without seeing the field.