#24

De'Montre Tuggle

Senior running back for Ohio. 2021: 804 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 16 catches.

RB · Ohio · Sr. · #24

5′10″ · 198 lb · Channelview, TX

CFB Index 59 · #76 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceOhio 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 331 nationally · Joined Ohio

Statement game15 car · 185 yds · 3 TDvs Bowling Green (FBS) · W 52-10

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Ohio. 2021: 804 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 16 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Ohio in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio, 1,851 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201912 games

Signed with Ohio2-star out of Kilgore College

20203 games

The snaps went the other way.

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#331 national

CFB

College

Ohio

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019–2020

Frank Solich

Ohio

2021

Tim Albin

Ohio

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Solich → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Ohio7-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2020Ohio2-1HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Ohio3-9HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #76 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (90th percentile). Strength: success rate (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#42 / 409 · 90th pct

6.9

Success rate#60 / 409 · 85th pct

56.0%

Explosive rate#80 / 409 · 80th pct

10.4%

EPA / carry#98 / 409 · 76th pct

0.30

TD rate#142 / 409 · 65th pct

5.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#68 / 343 · 79th pct

5.8

Rush yards#74 / 343 · 79th pct

804

Rush TDs#79 / 343 · 74th pct

Rec yards#85 / 331 · 74th pct

156

Long run#87 / 343 · 74th pct

Carries#96 / 343 · 72nd pct

138

Receptions#103 / 331 · 68th pct

Fumbles lost#63 / 222 · 46th 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
Home6g	63.8	5.1	0.8
Road6g	70.2	6.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	70.6	6.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	62.0	5.2	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #76 of 315 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #76 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Ohio	138	804	5.8	7	--
2020	Ohio	53	403	7.6	6	--
2019	Ohio	101	644	6.4	11	--
Career		292	1,851	6.3	24	--

Season	Team
2021	Ohio	16	156	9.8	2	--
2020	Ohio	2	6	3.0	0	--
2019	Ohio	16	121	7.6	1	--
Career		34	283	8.3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2021

W 35–33

vs Miami (OH)

68 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Miami (OH) at home in a shootout.

With K. Rourke — 289 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.5 · 44 rush yds (12 car) · J. Wieland — 36 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 43 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Miami (OH) · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +5.39De'Montre Tuggle 46 Yd Run (Stephen Johnson Kick)
Week 10 · Miami (OH) · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.47De'Montre Tuggle 48 Yd pass from Kurtis Rourke (Stephen Johnson Kick)
Week 5 · Akron · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.83De'Montre Tuggle 26 Yd Run (Stephen Johnson Kick)
Week 11 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19Kurtis Rourke pass complete to De'Montre Tuggle for 40 yds for a TD, (Stephen Johnson KICK)
Week 1 · Syracuse · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.08D.Tuggle rushed to SYR 5 for 5 yards. Tackled by M.Jones; J.Simmons at SYR 5.
Week 12 · Toledo · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.02De'Montre Tuggle run for 11 yds to the Toled 44 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Duquesne · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.56De'Montre Tuggle 15 Yd Run (Stephen Johnson Kick)
Week 7 · Buffalo · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53De'Montre Tuggle run for 6 yds for a TD (Stephen Johnson KICK)
Week 8 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.38De'Montre Tuggle run for 28 yds to the Ohio 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Toledo · 4&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.24Kurtis Rourke pass complete to De'Montre Tuggle for 11 yds to the Toled 23 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 9-29vs Syracuse	16	65	4.1	0	9
Wk 2	L 26-28vs Duquesne	7	44	6.3	1	15
Wk 3	L 14-49@ Louisiana	5	13	2.6	0	6
Wk 4	L 6-35@ Northwestern	6	42	7.0	0	17
Wk 5	W 34-17@ Akron	17	201	11.8	1	63	Season-high 201 yds
Wk 6	L 27-30vs Central Michigan	19	83	4.4	1	14
Wk 7	L 26-27@ Buffalo	8	46	5.8	1	20
Wk 8	L 27-34vs Kent State	13	59	4.5	1	28
Wk 10	W 35-33vs Miami (OH)	11	68	6.2	2	46
Wk 11	W 34-26@ Eastern Michigan	14	78	5.6	0	14
Wk 12	L 23-35vs Toledo	13	64	4.9	0	14
Wk 13	L 10-21@ Bowling Green	9	41	4.6	0	17
Total		138	804	5.6	7	63

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

De'Montre Tuggle

201912 games

20203 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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