Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
19.4% of carries overall (54/278) → 29.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/58) — 58.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Tulane · W 42-19
12 carries, 51 yards, 2 TD
The other 7 games average 43 yards. This one was 8 above.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
A'Marion Peterson
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Lincoln Riley and Jeff Traylor. On tape: 96 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against UT Rio Grande Valley, Week 1, 2026.
354 rushing yards · 10 rushing TD · 57 carries
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
19.4% of carries overall (54/278) → 29.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/58) — 58.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
10 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (90.9%). 10 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (55.6%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Against Tulane on Oct. 24: 12 carries for 51 yards. In the 8 games drawn here: 57 carries for 354 yards.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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Last game (Wk 8): 51 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-16vs UT Rio Grande Valley | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 1 | 53 | Season-high 96 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 31-26@ Texas State | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-30@ No. 1 Texas | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-45vs Colorado State | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 2 | 47 | |
| Wk 5 | W 16-14@ Rice | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs South Florida | 12 | 92 | 7.7 | 3 | 53 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 7 | W 38-34vs Navy | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-19@ Tulane | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 2 | 16 | |
| Total | 57 | 354 | 6.2 | 10 | 53 |
Week 6 · 2026
W 31-24
92 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD
A close one, won by 7 at home.
With O. McCown — 209 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.2 · 52 rush yds (9 car) · W. Henderson III — 86 rush yds (13 car) · 2 rec · 24 yds
The plays that mattered most
171st in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +20 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
64%55 carriesFumble rate
1.8%1 of 57 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.2 yds/carry on 57 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 64% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 66.2 | 8.1 | 1.8 |
| Road4g | 22.2 | 3.1 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 43.3 | 5.8 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 51.0 | 4.3 | 2.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
46.7%
247 pass / 282 run
Plays / game
66.1
8 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
271 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #48 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #34 of 37 American Athletic RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 23 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Lincoln Riley and Jeff Traylor.