Davon Booth

Senior running back for Mississippi State. 2025: 552 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Mississippi State · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 205 lb · North Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 53 · #113 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Mississippi State for 2026

The numbers

552

rushing yards · 2025

7 TD · 4.1 per carry · 15 catches

The play that turned itSwung Mississippi State from 23% to 57% to win.Mississippi State at Florida · 23-21

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Mississippi State. 2025: 552 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 15 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah State in 2023.
Transferred from Utah State to Mississippi State in 2024.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

TD rate: 77th percentile.

The full scouting read

Davon Booth

RB · Mississippi State · Sr · #6

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 105 rush yds, 14 rec yds against Florida — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2024Mississippi State2-10HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

2025Mississippi State5-8HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

53Rotational starter #113 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#105 / 456 · 77th pct

4.5%

Success rate#232 / 456 · 49th pct

43.6%

Explosive rate#273 / 456 · 40th pct

5.3%

EPA / carry#305 / 456 · 33rd pct

0.04

Yards / carry#368 / 456 · 19th pct

4.1

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#62 / 349 · 80th pct

Rec yards#78 / 338 · 77th pct

165

Carries#88 / 349 · 75th pct

136

Rush yards#140 / 349 · 60th pct

552

Receptions#132 / 338 · 59th pct

Yards / carry#285 / 349 · 18th pct

4.1

Long run#295 / 349 · 14th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

27th → 33rd percentile

Success rate

18th → 49th percentile

Explosive rate

85th → 40th percentile

Yards / carry

46th → 19th percentile

TD rate

32nd → 77th percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

133 carries

21%

Stuffed (≤0)

33%

Grind (1–3)

32%

Chunk (4–9)

14%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	38.6	3.8	0.4
Road5g	56.4	4.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	44.2	4.9	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	47.8	3.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #113 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #113 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #16 of 37 SEC RBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Mississippi State	136	552	4.1	7	--
2024	Mississippi State	152	759	5.0	5	--
2023	Utah State	120	805	6.7	6	--
Career		408	2,116	5.2	18	--

Season	Team
2025	Mississippi State	15	165	11.0	2	--
2024	Mississippi State	13	164	12.6	4	--
2023	Utah State	12	50	4.2	0	--
Career		40	379	9.5	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 38–35

at Arkansas

5 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Arkansas on the road in a shootout.

With B. Shapen — 242 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.2 · 16 rush yds (10 car) · A. Evans III — 16 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.95Davon Booth 62 Yd pass from Blake Shapen (Kyle Ferrie Kick)
Week 10 · Arkansas · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.95(07:14) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Shapen pass complete short right to #6 D.Booth caught at ARK14, for 8 yards to the ARK00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:06 #80 K.Ferrie kick attempt good (H: #49 M.Hauck, LS: #45 E.Myers)
Week 8 · Florida · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Blake Shapen pass complete to Davon Booth for 10 yds to the FLA 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Texas A&M · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.69Davon Booth run for 22 yds to the TA&M 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Florida · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Davon Booth run for 2 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 4 · Northern Illinois · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Davon Booth run for 6 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)
Week 9 · Texas · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +2.34(02:57) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Shapen pass complete short left to #6 D.Booth caught at MSU11, for 21 yards to the MSU38 (#4 J.McDonald; #17 X.Filsaime), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.21Davon Booth 3 Yd Run (Kyle Ferrie Kick)
Week 10 · Arkansas · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA -2.18(06:18) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 D.Booth rush right for 3 yards loss to the MSU44 (#9 C.Collins)
Week 8 · Florida · 2&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.07Davon Booth run for 2 yds for a TD (Kyle Ferrie KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-17@ Southern Miss	16	79	4.9	1	16
Wk 2	W 24-20vs Arizona State	9	33	3.7	0	15
Wk 3	W 63-0vs Alcorn State	2	14	7.0	0	16
Wk 4	W 38-10vs Northern Illinois	7	22	3.1	2	6
Wk 5	L 34-41vs Tennessee	17	58	3.4	1	14
Wk 6	L 9-31@ Texas A&M	8	59	7.4	0	22
Wk 8	L 21-23@ Florida	22	105	4.8	2	16	Season-high 105 yds
Wk 9	L 38-45vs Texas	24	99	4.1	0	22
Wk 10	W 38-35@ Arkansas	7	5	0.7	1	11
Wk 11	L 21-41vs Georgia	11	38	3.5	0	10
Wk 12	L 27-49@ Missouri	10	34	3.4	0	9
Wk 14	L 19-38vs Ole Miss	3	6	2.0	0	4
Total		136	552	4.0	7	22

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

8/113rd/4th & short

11/42Inside-5 share

8 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.7%). 11 of the team's 42 inside-the-5 carries (26.2%).

2026 Outlook

Mississippi State

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · Mississippi State

Returning around him

34% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
2 Mississippi State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -12 net (28 in / 40 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Mississippi State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #20 · 2026 recruiting class #23

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ajay Allen’s 2025 season.

Ajay Allen

80%match

Tulsa · 2025

Kentrel Bullock

South Alabama · 2024

80%

Jevyon Ducker

Memphis · 2022

80%

Marcus Carroll

Georgia State · 2023

All-Sun Belt

80%

Matches Ajay on

Yards / carry

Weight

Yards / reception

Differs from Ajay on

Class year (higher)

Height (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Rhamondre Stevenson’s path through Oklahoma.

Rhamondre Stevenson

99%match

Oklahoma · 2020

NFL Rd 4

LaDarius Owens

Texas Southern · 2023

99%

Mekhi Sargent

Iowa · 2020

99%

Travis Etienne

Clemson · 2020

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 1 · Pk 25

98%

Otis Anderson

UCF · 2020

All-AAC

97%

Matches Rhamondre on

Yards per carry

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Christian Turner's junior season at Indiana (2023).

Christian Turner

83%match

Indiana · 2023

Frank Peasant

Middle Tennessee · 2022

All-Conference USA

82%

Kaelon Black

Indiana · 2024

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 26

80%

Ty Son Lawton

James Madison · 2023

80%

Larry McCammon III

Florida Atlantic · 2022

All-Conference USA

79%

Matches Christian on

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Height

Player DNA

Players who play like Davon Booth

Jarquez Hunter

Auburn · 2023

83%

Johnnie Daniels

Mississippi State · 2024

81%

Ajay Allen

Tulsa · 2025

80%

Zylan Perry

Louisiana · 2024

78%

Myles Montgomery

Cincinnati · 2023

74%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #155

Final rank

#259

Avg #222.3

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #155 this season.

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

Davon Booth

Attention percentile: 8th · Production percentile: 64th

202312 games

202412 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

Players who play like Davon Booth

Heisman trajectory

Peak #155