Former running back at Rice. 2024: 78 rushing yards, 8 catches.
5′9″ · 196 lb · Rogers, AR
The story
Former running back at Rice. 2024: 78 rushing yards, 8 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearChristian Francisco
He has spent two seasons in the Rice backfield. The receipt on tape: 42 rush yds, 9 rec yds against South Florida, Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Rice, 82 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 10-15 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 11.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 11.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 32.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 69–7
-2 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 62-point win at home against Texas Southern.
With E. Warner — 189 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.7 · 8 rush yds (1 car) · D. Connors — 113 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs Sam Houston | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 69-7vs Texas Southern | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-33@ Houston | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-37@ Army | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21vs Charlotte | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-40@ UAB | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-28vs South Florida | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 42 yds |
| Total | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 0 | 14 |