Darik Dillard

Running back for Rice. 2016: 452 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · Rice · #1

5′10″ · San Antonio, TX

Rice 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 2021 nationally · Signed with Rice

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for Rice. 2016: 452 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 8 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Rice in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Rice, 1,802 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Rice2-star out of MacArthur

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2021 national

CFB

College

Rice

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

David Bailiff

Rice

Played his entire career under David Bailiff.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under David Bailiff — 16-21 over that span.

2014Rice8-5HC: David Bailiff · Run-heavy

2015Rice5-7HC: David Bailiff · Run-leaning

2016Rice3-9HC: David Bailiff · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#128 / 304 · 58th pct

Fumbles lost#62 / 222 · 53rd pct

Carries#172 / 304 · 43rd pct

Receptions#159 / 294 · 43rd pct

Yards / carry#183 / 304 · 38th pct

4.8

Rush yards#189 / 304 · 38th pct

452

Rec yards#190 / 294 · 35th pct

Rush TDs#188 / 304 · 33rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	55.4	4.9	0.4
Road5g	35.0	4.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	53.8	4.9	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	36.6	4.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Rice	95	452	4.8	3	--
2015	Rice	135	698	5.2	5	--
2014	Rice	134	652	4.9	11	--
Career		364	1,802	5.0	19	--

Season	Team
2016	Rice	8	51	6.4	1	--
2015	Rice	7	107	15.3	1	--
2014	Rice	17	163	9.6	1	--
Career		32	321	10.0	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2016

W 65–44

vs Prairie View A&M

43 rush yds (12 car)

Dominant 21-point win at home against Prairie View A&M.

With T. Stehling — 407 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.3 · -2 rush yds (3 car) · S. Stewart — 116 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-46@ Western Kentucky	9	19	2.1	0	8
Wk 2	L 14-31@ Army	8	52	6.5	0	20
Wk 3	L 10-38vs Baylor	14	124	8.9	0	53	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 4	L 35-42vs North Texas	19	67	3.5	2	21
Wk 7	L 13-14vs UTSA	2	7	3.5	0	6
Wk 8	W 65-44vs Prairie View A&M	12	43	3.6	0	13
Wk 9	L 16-61@ Louisiana Tech	9	35	3.9	1	14
Wk 11	W 22-21@ Charlotte	11	33	3.0	0	8
Wk 12	W 44-24vs UTEP	7	36	5.1	0	17
Wk 13	L 17-41@ Stanford	4	36	9.0	0	19
Total		95	452	4.9	3	53

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