Senior running back for Ole Miss. 2025: 130 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 1 catch.
5′10″ · 220 lb · Northport, AL
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.
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
2 TD · 4.6 per carry · 1 catches
Backed by 23 car · 169 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing TDs game.
Swing playSwung Ole Miss from 39% to 61% to win.Ole Miss at Kentucky · 30-23
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Ole Miss. 2025: 130 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 1 catch.
Damien Taylor
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 39 rush yds, 1 rush TD against The Citadel — Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM
All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Lane Kiffin.
Season context · Team result + system
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
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 24.0 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
| Road1g | 10.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 18.2 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 39.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-7vs Georgia State | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-23@ Kentucky | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-35vs Arkansas | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Tulane | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 1 | 11 | Season-high 39 yds |
| Bowl | W 41-10vs Tulane | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | 28 | 130 | 5.3 | 2 | 20 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 40 inside-the-5 carries (10.0%).
2026 Outlook
Ole Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Ole Miss
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ole Miss · Last season: 13-2 (AP #6) · Talent rank #14 · 2026 recruiting class #22
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Chris Rodriguez Jr.’s 2022 season.
Matches Chris on
Differs from Chris on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Asim Rose’s path through Kentucky.
Cooper Wallace
Matches Asim on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Rodriguez Jr.'s junior season at Kentucky (2022).
Matches Chris on
Player DNA