#25

Avery Morrow

Former running back at Colorado State. 2024: 1,006 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 16 catches.

RB · Colorado State · Sr. · #25

5′11″ · 210 lb · Seattle, WA

CFB Index 51 · #119 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceColorado State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1922 nationally · Signed with Nevada

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Colorado State. 2024: 1,006 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 16 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nevada in 2020.
Transferred from Nevada to Colorado State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Colorado State, 2,299 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20206 games

Signed with Nevada3-star out of Garfield

202212 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202412 games

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1922 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Steve Addazio

Colorado State

2022–2024

Jay Norvell

Colorado State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jay Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Nevada7-2HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Nevada8-5HC: Vai Taua · Pass-heavy

2022Colorado State3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Colorado State5-7HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

2024Colorado State8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

51Rotational starter #119 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (87th percentile). Strength: rush yards (87th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#168 / 442 · 62nd pct

47.3%

Yards / carry#179 / 442 · 60th pct

5.5

Explosive rate#197 / 442 · 56th pct

7.1%

TD rate#205 / 442 · 54th pct

4.9%

EPA / carry#287 / 442 · 35th pct

0.11

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#42 / 335 · 87th pct

184

Rush yards#45 / 335 · 87th pct

1006

Long run#44 / 335 · 86th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 335 · 81st pct

Yards / carry#94 / 335 · 71st pct

5.5

Receptions#103 / 330 · 67th pct

Rec yards#140 / 330 · 58th pct

102

Fumbles lost#192 / 204 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

14th → 35th percentile

Success rate

39th → 62nd percentile

Explosive rate

1st → 56th percentile

Yards / carry

2nd → 60th percentile

TD rate

22nd → 54th 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

183 carries

18%

Stuffed (≤0)

32%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	81.6	7.3	0.8
Road4g	88.2	4.6	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	90.0	8.0	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	77.7	4.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #119 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #119 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Colorado State	184	1,006	5.5	9	--
2023	Colorado State	81	262	3.2	2	--
2022	Colorado State	173	834	4.8	4	--
2021	Nevada	11	121	11.0	1	--
2020	Nevada	12	76	6.3	1	--
Career		461	2,299	5.0	17	--

Season	Team
2024	Colorado State	16	102	6.4	--
2023	Colorado State	3	8	2.7	--
2022	Colorado State	18	63	3.5	--
2021	Nevada	8	68	8.5	--
2020	Nevada	4	13	3.2	--
Career		49	254	5.2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 38–17

vs Northern Colorado

27 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Northern Colorado.

With T. Horton — 22 rush yds (1 car) · B. Fowler-Nicolosi — 180 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.6 · -2 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · UTEP · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +5.86Avery Morrow run for 73 yds for a TD (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 3 · Colorado · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +5.11Avery Morrow run for 62 yds to the COLO 4 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Air Force · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA -5.10Avery Morrow run for a loss of 1 yard to the AFA 2 Avery Morrow fumbled, recovered by AFA Osaro Aihie O. Aihie return for 0 yds
Week 1 · Miami (OH) · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA -3.99Avery Morrow run for 2 yds to the M-OH 3
Week 8 · Air Force · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Avery Morrow run for 50 yds to the AFA 5 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Wyoming · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.81Avery Morrow run for 11 yds for a TD (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 6 · Oregon State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Avery Morrow 1 Yd Run (Tory Horton Run for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 2 · Northern Colorado · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.68Avery Morrow run for 8 yds for a TD (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 12 · Wyoming · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Avery Morrow run for 32 yds to the CSU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Nevada · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Avery Morrow run for 7 yds for a TD (Jordan Noyes KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 38-17vs Northern Colorado	5	27	5.4	1	11
Wk 3	L 9-28vs Colorado	3	67	22.3	0	62
Wk 4	W 27-17vs UTEP	21	156	7.4	2	73	Season-high 156 yds
Wk 6	L 31-39@ Oregon State	25	140	5.6	1	23
Wk 7	W 31-24vs San José State	22	100	4.5	2	25
Wk 8	W 21-13@ Air Force	20	132	6.6	0	50
Wk 9	W 17-6vs New Mexico	16	89	5.6	0	27
Wk 10	W 38-21@ Nevada	18	77	4.3	2	15
Wk 12	W 24-10vs Wyoming	13	84	6.5	1	32
Wk 13	L 22-28@ Fresno State	2	4	2.0	0	4
Wk 14	W 42-37vs Utah State	21	80	3.8	0	14
Bowl	L 17-43vs Miami (OH)	18	50	2.8	0	12
Total		184	1006	6.4	9	73

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

183Carries

1002Yards

24.4%Top-5 share

18.0%Stuffed rate

Just 24.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.0% of his carries. 2 carries for 4 yds vs Fresno State; 21 for 156 vs UTEP.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

fact

40.8%Carry share

53.0%Q4-lead share

100.0%In competitive games

40.8% of carries overall (182/446) → 53.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (44/83) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

9/183rd/4th & short

16/33Inside-5 share