#26

Carlos Davis

Sophomore running back for South Alabama. 2020: 681 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 11 catches.

RB · South Alabama · So. · #26

5′10″ · 205 lb · Muscle Shoals, AL

South Alabama 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 2113 nationally · Signed with South Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 running back for South Alabama. 2020: 681 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 11 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Alabama in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Alabama, 953 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with South Alabama3-star out of Muscle Shoals

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2113 national

CFB

College

South Alabama

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

1 coach

2018–2020

Steve Campbell

South Alabama

Played his entire career under Steve Campbell.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Steve Campbell — 9-26 over that span.

2018South Alabama3-9HC: Steve Campbell · Run-heavy

2019South Alabama2-10HC: Steve Campbell · Run-heavy

2020South Alabama4-7HC: Steve Campbell · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (94th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (86th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#16 / 51 · 70th pct

9.0%

Success rate#40 / 51 · 23rd pct

40.4%

TD rate#40 / 51 · 23rd pct

1.8%

Yards / carry#42 / 51 · 19th pct

4.1

EPA / carry#43 / 51 · 17th pct

-0.01

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#16 / 271 · 94th pct

165

Fumbles lost#1 / 175 · 86th pct

Rush yards#47 / 271 · 83rd pct

681

Rec yards#81 / 260 · 69th pct

105

Receptions#93 / 260 · 63rd pct

Long run#132 / 271 · 50th pct

Rush TDs#144 / 271 · 41st pct

Yards / carry#221 / 271 · 17th pct

4.1

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	67.3	3.9	0.5
Road5g	55.4	3.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	98.0	5.2	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	41.3	3.1	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	South Alabama	165	681	4.1	3	--
2019	South Alabama	60	261	4.3	2	--
2018	South Alabama	3	11	3.7	0	--
Career		228	953	4.2	5	--

Season	Team
2020	South Alabama	11	105	9.5	0	--
2019	South Alabama	6	43	7.2	0	--
2018	South Alabama	--	--	--	--	--
Career		17	148	8.7	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2020

W 38–31

at Arkansas State

31 rush yds (12 car)

Edged out Arkansas State on the road in a shootout.

With J. Tolbert — 10 rec · 252 yds · 3 TD · D. Trotter — 242 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -13 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Southern Miss · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.81Carlos Davis run for 40 yds to the SoMis 35 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Tulane · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +3.70Desmond Trotter pass complete to Carlos Davis for 32 yds to the Tulan 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · UAB · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.49Carlos Davis run for 33 yds to the UAB 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Arkansas State · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.86Tanner McGee pass complete to Carlos Davis for 18 yds to the SAlab 47 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Carlos Davis run for 17 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 10 · Coastal Carolina · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.71Carlos Davis run for 5 yds to the SAlab 29 for a 1ST down COASTL CAROLINA Penalty, face mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the SAlab 44 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Tulane · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.48Carlos Davis run for 27 yds to the Tulan 22 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Coastal Carolina · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Carlos Davis run for 15 yds to the SAlab 43 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Texas State · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Carlos Davis run for 1 yd for a TD TEXAS STATE Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined, (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 2 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Carlos Davis run for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 32-21@ Southern Miss	15	85	5.7	0	40
Wk 2	L 24-27vs Tulane	17	89	5.2	1	27
Wk 4	L 10-42vs UAB	17	105	6.2	0	33
Wk 7	W 30-20vs Texas State	32	113	3.5	1	16	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 8	W 38-14vs UL Monroe	17	58	3.4	0	15
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Georgia Southern	20	70	3.5	0	15
Wk 10	L 6-23@ Coastal Carolina	17	73	4.3	0	15
Wk 11	L 10-38@ Louisiana	6	18	3.0	0	5
Wk 12	L 14-31vs Georgia State	8	38	4.8	1	17
Wk 13	W 38-31@ Arkansas State	12	31	2.6	0	11
Wk 14	L 0-29vs Troy	4	1	0.3	0	4
Total		165	681	3.9	3	40

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