Audric Estime: RB · Notre Dame · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Audric Estime
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at Notre Dame: Brian Kelly and Marcus Freeman. On tape: 238 rushing yards and 4 rushing TD against Stanford, Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
48.0% of carries overall (209/435) → 37.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (36/96) — 22.2% 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
8 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (57.1%). 15 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (57.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 210 | 1,341 | 6.4 | 18 | 80 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 156 | 920 | 5.9 | 11 | 46 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 0 | 21 |
| Career | 373 | 2,321 | 6.2 | 29 | 80 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 17 | 142 | 8.4 | 0 | 22 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 9 | 135 | 15.0 | 1 | 36 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 277 | 10.7 | 1 | 36 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-3vs Navy | 16 | 95 | 5.9 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 1 | W 56-3vs Tennessee State | 13 | 116 | 8.9 | 1 | 50 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-24@ NC State | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 2 | 80 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-17vs Central Michigan | 20 | 176 | 8.8 | 1 | 41 | 176-yard day |
| Wk 4 | L 14-17vs No. 6 Ohio State | 14 | 70 | 5.0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-14@ No. 17 Duke | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 2 | 30 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-33@ No. 25 Louisville | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-20vs No. 10 USC | 22 | 95 | 4.3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-7vs Pittsburgh | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 3 | 33 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 10 | L 23-31@ Clemson | 17 | 87 | 5.1 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-7vs Wake Forest | 22 | 115 | 5.2 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-23@ Stanford | 25 | 238 | 9.5 | 4 | 39 | Season-high 238 yds |
| Total | 210 | 1341 | 6.4 | 18 | 80 |
Week 13 · 2023
W 56-23
at Stanford
238 rush yds (25 car) · 4 TD
Dominant 33-point win on the road against Stanford.
With S. Hartman — 140 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.8 · 47 rush yds (4 car) · J. Faison — 3 rec · 66 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
56%209 carriesFumble rate
0.5%1 of 210 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.4 yds/carry on 210 carries · 19% explosive (10+ yds) · 56% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 114 | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| Road5g | 112 | 6.1 | 1.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 98.4 | 6.1 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 138 | 6.5 | 2.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
43.6%
347 pass / 449 run
Plays / game
61.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
370 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
210 carries and 17 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #4 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Notre Dame, 2,321 rushing yards — drafted at #147 overall by the Denver Broncos.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 3rd NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 3rd NFL season
