#23

Anthony Grant

Senior running back for Nebraska. 2023: 413 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 4 catches.

RB · Nebraska · Sr. · #23

5′11″ · 205 lb · Buford, GA

CFB Index 31 · #292 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceNebraska 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 9 nationally · Joined Nebraska

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Nebraska. 2023: 413 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 4 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nebraska in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Nebraska, 1,328 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202212 games

Signed with Nebraska3-star out of New Mexico Military Institute

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#9 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018

Scott Frost

Nebraska

2022

Mickey Joseph

Nebraska

era →

2023

Matt Rhule

Nebraska

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning

2023Nebraska5-7HC: Matt Rhule · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

31Below cohort / limited sample #292 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / carry (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#307 / 426 · 28th pct

3.0%

Success rate#361 / 426 · 15th pct

37.0%

Yards / carry#372 / 426 · 13th pct

4.1

Explosive rate#375 / 426 · 12th pct

3.0%

EPA / carry#387 / 426 · 9th pct

-0.03

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#151 / 333 · 55th pct

104

Rush yards#191 / 333 · 43rd pct

413

Rush TDs#181 / 333 · 40th pct

Long run#221 / 333 · 32nd pct

Yards / carry#269 / 333 · 18th pct

4.0

Fumbles lost#154 / 207 · 16th pct

Receptions#270 / 327 · 14th pct

Rec yards#302 / 327 · 8th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

16th → 9th percentile

Success rate

22nd → 15th percentile

Explosive rate

19th → 12th percentile

Yards / carry

16th → 13th percentile

TD rate

27th → 28th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

101 carries

11%

Stuffed (≤0)

50%

Grind (1–3)

30%

Chunk (4–9)

10%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	35.7	3.7	0.3
Road4g	40.8	3.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	56.0	4.2	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	22.2	3.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #292 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #292 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Nebraska	104	413	4.0	3	--
2022	Nebraska	218	915	4.2	6	--
2018	Florida State	5	--	0.0	0	--
Career		327	1,328	4.1	9	--

Season	Team
2023	Nebraska	4	13	3.2	0	--
2022	Nebraska	18	104	5.8	0	--
2018	Florida State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		22	117	5.3	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2023

W 17–9

vs Northwestern

22 rush yds (6 car)

With B. Buschini — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 55 LONG · H. Haarberg — 85 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 19.3 · 72 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Louisiana Tech · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.42Anthony Grant run for 34 yds to the LT 30 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -2.63Anthony Grant run for 9 yds to the MINN 47 Anthony Grant fumbled, recovered by MINN Aidan Gousby
Week 3 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.52Anthony Grant run for 11 yds for a TD (Tristan Alvano KICK)
Week 4 · Louisiana Tech · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Anthony Grant run for 19 yds to the LT 2 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Illinois · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Anthony Grant run for 1 yd for a TD (Tristan Alvano KICK)
Week 6 · Illinois · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.53Anthony Grant run for 1 yd to the ILL 41 for a 1ST down Illinois Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (Alec Bryant) to the ILL 44 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Michigan State · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.52Anthony Grant run for 11 yds to the NEB 39 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.51Anthony Grant run for 16 yds to the NEB 47 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.38Anthony Grant run for 9 yds to the NEB 45
Week 12 · Wisconsin · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.34Anthony Grant run for 5 yds to the NEB 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-13@ Minnesota	9	27	3.0	0	9
Wk 3	W 35-11vs Northern Illinois	7	46	6.6	1	11
Wk 4	W 28-14vs Louisiana Tech	22	135	6.1	1	34	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 5	L 7-45vs Michigan	6	16	2.7	0	6
Wk 6	W 20-7@ Illinois	20	56	2.8	1	12
Wk 8	W 17-9vs Northwestern	6	22	3.7	0	11
Wk 9	W 31-14vs Purdue	6	18	3.0	0	6
Wk 10	L 17-20@ Michigan State	9	35	3.9	0	16
Wk 11	L 10-13vs Maryland	3	9	3.0	0	9
Wk 12	L 17-24@ Wisconsin	12	45	3.8	0	11
Wk 13	L 10-13vs Iowa	4	4	1.0	0	4
Total		104	413	3.6	3	34

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

101Carries

419Yards

22.7%Top-5 share

10.9%Stuffed rate

Just 22.7% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.9% of his carries. 4 carries for 8 yds vs Iowa; 20 for 126 vs Louisiana Tech.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

23.3%Carry share

24.2%Q4-lead share

66.7%In competitive games

23.3% of carries overall (98/421) → 24.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/62) — 66.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

2/15Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 15 inside-the-5 carries (13.3%).