#27

Dameon Pierce

Former running back at Florida. 2021: 574 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · Florida · Jr. · #27

5′10″ · 215 lb · Bainbridge, GA

CFB Index 67 · #41 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceHouston — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 2, #107 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 201 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Florida. 2021: 574 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida in 2018.
Drafted round 4 by the Houston in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida, 1,804 rushing yards — drafted at #107 overall by Houston.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201811 games

Signed with Florida4-star out of Bainbridge

2022

Drafted by Houstonround 4, pick 107

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#201 national

CFB

College

Florida

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #107

Houston · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Dan Mullen

Florida

Played his entire career under Dan Mullen.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

HoustonEntering 5th NFL season

#107Rd 4 · Pick 2

HoustonEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dan Mullen — 35-16 over that span.

2018Florida10-3HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

2019Florida11-2HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #41 of 315?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (99th percentile). Strength: success rate (81st percentile). Concern: long run (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#6 / 409 · 99th pct

13.1%

Success rate#78 / 409 · 81st pct

53.5%

EPA / carry#84 / 409 · 80th pct

0.33

Explosive rate#129 / 409 · 67th pct

9.1%

Yards / carry#147 / 409 · 64th pct

5.8

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#22 / 343 · 92nd pct

Rec yards#51 / 331 · 85th pct

216

Yards / carry#78 / 343 · 76th pct

5.7

Receptions#81 / 331 · 74th pct

Rush yards#144 / 343 · 58th pct

574

Carries#171 / 343 · 50th pct

100

Long run#263 / 343 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	48.3	6.0	1.3
Road5g	35.8	6.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	37.4	5.8	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	51.0	6.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #41 of 315 RBs

Former four-star. Now #41 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Florida	100	574	5.7	13	--
2020	Florida	106	503	4.7	4	--
2019	Florida	54	305	5.6	4	--
2018	Florida	66	422	6.4	2	--
Career		326	1,804	5.5	23	--

Season	Team
2021	Florida	19	216	11.4	3	--
2020	Florida	17	156	9.2	1	--
2019	Florida	4	30	7.5	0	--
2018	Florida	5	20	4.0	1	--
Career		45	422	9.4	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 70–52

vs Samford

78 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Samford at home in a shootout.

With E. Jones — 464 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 86 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · M. Davis — 33 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Vanderbilt · 2&26 · Q3 · EPA +7.04Emory Jones pass complete to Dameon Pierce for 61 yds for a TD, (Jace Christmann KICK)
Week 11 · Samford · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.14Emory Jones pass complete to Dameon Pierce for 26 yds to the Samf 44 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Florida State · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Dameon Pierce run for 3 yds for a TD, (Chris Howard KICK)
Week 3 · Alabama · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Dameon Pierce run for 3 yds for a TD, (Chris Howard KICK)
Week 11 · Samford · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.68Dameon Pierce run for 24 yds for a TD (Chris Howard KICK)
Week 1 · Florida Atlantic · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Dameon Pierce run for 3 yds for a TD, (Chris Howard KICK)
Week 11 · Samford · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Emory Jones pass complete to Dameon Pierce for 13 yds for a TD (Chris Howard KICK)
Week 3 · Alabama · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.58Dameon Pierce run for 17 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 7 · LSU · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Dameon Pierce 7 Yd Run (Jace Christmann PAT blocked)
Week 7 · LSU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Dameon Pierce 11 Yd pass from Anthony Richardson (Jace Christmann Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-14vs Florida Atlantic	6	31	5.2	2	9
Wk 2	W 42-20@ South Florida	5	55	11.0	1	20
Wk 3	L 29-31vs Alabama	7	24	3.4	2	17
Wk 4	W 38-14vs Tennessee	8	62	7.8	0	14
Wk 5	L 13-20@ Kentucky	8	54	6.8	0	16
Wk 6	W 42-0vs Vanderbilt	7	12	1.7	2	4
Wk 7	L 42-49@ LSU	5	24	4.8	1	9
Wk 9	L 7-34vs Georgia	9	69	7.7	0	19
Wk 10	L 17-40@ South Carolina	6	39	6.5	0	23
Wk 11	W 70-52vs Samford	7	78	11.1	2	27	Season-high 78 yds
Wk 12	L 23-24@ Missouri	7	7	1.0	1	7
Wk 13	W 24-21vs Florida State	12	62	5.2	1	12
Total		87	517	6.0	12	27

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

Dameon Pierce

201811 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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