Former running back at Maryland. 2024: 150 rushing yards, 2 catches.
5′10″ · 203 lb · Accokeek, MD
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1188 nationally · Signed with Maryland
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Maryland. 2024: 150 rushing yards, 2 catches.
Colby McDonald
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. This is his fourth year in the same backfield at Maryland. The receipt on tape: 44 rush yds against UConn, Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Maryland, 921 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Locksley.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mike Locksley — 27-24 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 25.8 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 23.5 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 29.6 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
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 8 · 2024
W 29–28
vs USC
2 rush yds (2 car)
Edged out USC at home in a shootout.
With B. Edwards — 373 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.9 · B. McFerson — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-7vs UConn | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | 22 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs Michigan State | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13@ Virginia | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-20vs Villanova | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-42@ Indiana | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | W 29-28vs USC | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 29 | 150 | 4.7 | 0 | 22 |
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to C'Bo Flemister’s 2022 season.
Matches C'Bo on
Differs from C'Bo on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Otis Anderson’s path through UCF.
Matches Otis on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to C'Bo Flemister's junior season at Pittsburgh (2022).
Matches C'Bo on
Player DNA