Senior running back for Nebraska. 2020: 396 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 13 catches.
5′11″ · 220 lb · Waycross, GA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 740 nationally · Signed with Georgia Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Nebraska. 2020: 396 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 13 catches.
Dedrick Mills
Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Paul Johnson and Scott Frost. The receipt on tape: 191 rush yds, 45 rec yds against Rutgers, Week 16, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nebraska, 1,912 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Riley → Scott Frost. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (86th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 30.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 83.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 66.0 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Nebraska | 84 | 396 | 4.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | Nebraska | 143 | 745 | 5.2 | 10 | -- |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 152 | 771 | 5.1 | 12 | -- |
| Career | 379 | 1,912 | 5.0 | 25 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Nebraska | 13 | 84 | 6.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Nebraska | 15 | 123 | 8.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 30 | 220 | 7.3 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2020
W 30–23
vs Penn State
11 rush yds (3 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With L. McCaffrey — 152 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 67 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · W. Przystup — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 17-52@ Ohio State | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-21@ Northwestern | 19 | 59 | 3.1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-23vs Penn State | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-27@ Purdue | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 15 | L 17-24vs Minnesota | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 16 | W 28-21@ Rutgers | 25 | 191 | 7.6 | 0 | 50 | Season-high 191 yds |
| Total | 84 | 396 | 4.2 | 3 | 50 |