Aston Walter: RB · Rice · #2.
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Aston Walter
Wins in space out of the backfield. Played for two head coaches at Rice: David Bailiff and Mike Bloomgren. On tape: 165 rushing yards and 32 receiving yards against Wake Forest, Week 5, 2018.
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
36.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 18.8% of his carries. 3 carries for 6 yds vs UTEP; 18 for 165 vs Wake Forest.
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
7 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (63.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-28vs Prairie View A&M | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 2 | 26 | |
| Wk 1 | L 27-45vs Houston | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 2 | L 29-43@ Hawai'i | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-40@ Southern Miss | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 1 | 62 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-56@ Wake Forest | 18 | 165 | 9.2 | 1 | 47 | Season-high 165 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 3-20vs UTSA | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-42vs UAB | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-36@ Florida International | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-41@ North Texas | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-34vs UTEP | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-28@ Louisiana Tech | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-42@ No. 10 LSU | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-13vs Old Dominion | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 133 | 564 | 4.2 | 4 | 62 |
Week 5 · 2018
L 24-56
at Wake Forest
165 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD · 5 rec · 32 yds · 1 TD
With J. Fox — 39.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 50 long · A. Trammell — 4 rec · 29 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
30%133 carriesFumble rate
0.8%1 of 133 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.2 yds/carry on 133 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 30% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 35.5 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
| Road7g | 50.1 | 6.1 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 67.3 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 15.5 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Bloomgren
Pass share
42.5%
364 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
133 carries and 44 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Rice, 1,744 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 49 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: David Bailiff → Mike Bloomgren. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
