#32

Bill Davis

Junior running back for Virginia Tech. 2025: 763 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · Virginia Tech · Jr. · #32

5′9″ · 230 lb · Laplace, LA · Riverside Academy

CFB Index 41 · #212 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTransferred Louisiana → Virginia Tech for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ETat MarylandSECU StadiumVirginia Tech by 3

The numbers

763

rushing yards · 2025

6 TD · 4.8 per carry · 10 catches

Backed by 19 car · 64 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing TDs game.

The play that turned itSwung Louisiana from 35% to 71% to win.UL Monroe at Louisiana · 30-27

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Virginia Tech. 2025: 763 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana in 2023.
Transferred from Louisiana to Virginia Tech in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

TD rate: 36th percentile.

The full scouting read

Bill Davis

RB · Virginia Tech · Jr · #32

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. He got to Virginia Tech by way of Louisiana. 2025 brought the first one: All-Sun Belt. The receipt on tape: 132 rush yds, 6 rec yds against McNeese, Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Michael Desormeaux, all run-leaning offenses — 22-18 over that span.

2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2025Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #212 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (91st percentile). Strength: carries (83rd percentile). Concern: epa / carry (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#294 / 456 · 36th pct

2.0%

Explosive rate#339 / 456 · 26th pct

4.1%

Success rate#344 / 456 · 25th pct

38.4%

Yards / carry#364 / 456 · 20th pct

4.2

EPA / carry#402 / 456 · 12th pct

-0.06

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#30 / 349 · 91st pct

Carries#58 / 349 · 83rd pct

158

Rush yards#72 / 349 · 80th pct

763

Rush TDs#83 / 349 · 72nd pct

Rec yards#186 / 338 · 45th pct

Yards / carry#189 / 349 · 45th pct

4.8

Receptions#198 / 338 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

56th → 12th percentile

Success rate

35th → 25th percentile

Explosive rate

35th → 26th percentile

Yards / carry

61st → 20th percentile

TD rate

63rd → 36th 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

148 carries

23%

Stuffed (≤0)

36%

Grind (1–3)

29%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	85.0	5.5	0.7
Road7g	36.1	3.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	51.3	3.9	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	67.3	5.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #212 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #212 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Louisiana	158	763	4.8	6	--
2024	Louisiana	163	796	4.9	9	--
2023	Louisiana	36	189	5.2	3	--
Career		357	1,748	4.9	18	--

Season	Team
2025	Louisiana	10	79	7.9	0	--
2024	Louisiana	11	86	7.8	1	--
2023	Louisiana	1	4	4.0	0	--
Career		22	169	7.7	1	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · UL Monroe · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +7.06(12:49) Shotgun #7 B.Davis rush left for 76 yards gain to the ULM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:49, 1ST DOWN #95 T.Sterner kick attempt good (H: #92 N.Torney, LS: #48 H.Sims)
Week 2 · McNeese · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.73Bill Davis run for 36 yds for a TD (Tony Sterner KICK)
Week 13 · Arkansas State · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +3.50(06:34) Shotgun #7 B.Davis rush middle for 36 yards gain to the ASU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:29, 1ST DOWN. #64 B.Williams injured on the play #95 T.Sterner kick attempt good (H: #92 N.Torney, LS: #48 H.Sims)
Week 4 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Bill Davis run for 45 yds for a TD (Tony Sterner KICK)
Week 2 · McNeese · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -3.35Bill Davis run for no gain to the MCN 25
Week 14 · UL Monroe · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.24(08:28) Shotgun #4 W.Howard pass complete short middle to #7 B.Davis caught at UL35, for 26 yards to the UL50 (#18 Z.Jackson), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Rice · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.83Bill Davis run for 32 yds to the UL 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53(08:29) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 B.Davis rush middle for 12 yards gain to the TXST00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:29, 1ST DOWN #95 T.Sterner kick attempt good (H: #92 N.Torney, LS: #48 H.Sims)
Week 9 · Troy · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA -2.45(00:34) Shotgun #7 B.Davis rush middle for 6 yards loss to the TROY45 (#19 D.Jackson Jr.; #0 J.Williams)
Week 1 · Delaware · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.10No Huddle-Shotgun #7 B.Davis rush left for 3 yards gain to the DEL41 (#13 N.Matthews), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 12-14vs Rice	11	58	5.3	0	32
Wk 2	W 34-10vs McNeese	19	132	6.9	2	36	Season-high 132 yds
Wk 3	L 10-52@ Missouri	6	1	0.2	0	5
Wk 4	L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan	11	78	7.1	1	45
Wk 5	W 54-51vs Marshall	14	45	3.2	0	12
Wk 7	L 14-24@ James Madison	9	21	2.3	0	6
Wk 8	L 10-22vs Southern Miss	14	62	4.4	0	14
Wk 9	L 23-35@ Troy	9	16	1.8	0	14
Wk 10	W 31-22@ South Alabama	11	56	5.1	0	12
Wk 11	W 42-39vs Texas State	18	87	4.8	1	15
Wk 13	W 34-30@ Arkansas State	11	57	5.2	1	36
Wk 14	W 30-27vs UL Monroe	15	126	8.4	1	76
Bowl	L 13-20@ Delaware	10	24	2.4	0	6
Total		158	763	4.4	6	76

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

148Carries

619Yards

24.9%Top-5 share

23.0%Stuffed rate

Just 24.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 23.0% of his carries. 5 carries for 2 yds vs Missouri; 16 for 116 vs McNeese.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

13/163rd/4th & short

5/22Inside-5 share

13 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (81.2%). 5 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (22.7%).

DNA match

Player DNA

Workhorse

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chip Trayanum’s 2023 season.

Chip Trayanum

59%match

Ohio State · 2023

Benjamin Hall

North Carolina · 2025

59%

Jordan Fuller

James Madison · 2025

NFL Rd 6

58%

Malcom Davidson

Florida Atlantic · 2021

58%

Gideon Ituka

Wisconsin · 2025

57%

Matches Chip on

Yards / carry

Differs from Chip on

Height (lower)

Class year (lower)

Receiving share (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Garrett Groshek’s path through Wisconsin.

Garrett Groshek

97%match

Wisconsin · 2020

Greg McCrae

UCF · 2020

97%

Dedrick Mills

Nebraska · 2020

95%

Joshua Samuel

Austin Peay · 2022

95%

Narii Gaither

Gardner-Webb · 2023

94%

Matches Garrett on

Yards per carry

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Benjamin Hall's junior season at North Carolina (2025).

Benjamin Hall

69%match

North Carolina · 2025

Jake Rendina

Army · 2025

62%

Lew Nichols

Central Michigan · 2022

58%

Carson Steele

UCLA · 2023

All-MAC

56%

Jordan Fuller

James Madison · 2025

NFL Rd 6

56%

Matches Benjamin on

Yards / carry

Rush TD rate

Receiving share

Differs from Benjamin on

Yards / reception (higher)

Height (lower)

Player DNA

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Fluff Bothwell

Mississippi State · 2025

78%

D'Shawntae Jones

Miami (OH) · 2025

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The backfield · Virginia Tech

#32Bill DavisRB · Jr.763 rushing yards · 2025
#27Marcellous HawkinsRB · Sr.749 rushing yards · 2025
#16Jeffrey Overton Jr.RB · Fr.146 rushing yards · 2025
#23Tyler MasonRB · So.20 rushing yards · 2025
#46Darius TaylorRB · Jr.1 game · 2026

3 more on the roster · Virginia Tech team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Bill Davis

20234 games

202513 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Workhorse

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The backfield · Virginia Tech