#33

Deion Hankins

Former running back at Texas State. 2024: 272 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD.

RB · Texas State · Sr. · #33

6′0″ · 225 lb · El Paso, TX

CFB Index 34 · #264 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceTexas State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 952 nationally · Signed with Parkland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Texas State. 2024: 272 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Parkland in 2019.
Transferred from UTEP to Texas State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Texas State, 2,876 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20194 games

Recruited3-star out of Parkland

20207 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202212 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202312 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202410 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#952 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2022

Jake Spavital

Texas State

2023–2024

G.J. Kinne

Texas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2021UTEP7-6HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2022UTEP5-7HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2023UTEP3-9HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #264 of 310?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (27th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#274 / 442 · 38th pct

42.6%

EPA / carry#305 / 442 · 31st pct

0.09

TD rate#308 / 442 · 30th pct

3.2%

Yards / carry#316 / 442 · 29th pct

4.6

Explosive rate#324 / 442 · 27th pct

4.8%

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#1 / 204 · 87th pct

Long run#160 / 335 · 52nd pct

Yards / carry#245 / 335 · 26th pct

4.4

Carries#248 / 335 · 26th pct

Rush TDs#231 / 335 · 25th pct

Rush yards#267 / 335 · 20th pct

272

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

52nd → 31st percentile

Success rate

55th → 38th percentile

Explosive rate

41st → 27th percentile

Yards / carry

49th → 29th percentile

TD rate

34th → 30th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	18.6	3.8	0.1
Road3g	47.3	4.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	18.8	3.3	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	35.6	4.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #264 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #264 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	62	272	4.4	2	--
2023	UTEP	157	812	5.2	5	--
2022	UTEP	140	701	5.0	3	--
2021	UTEP	121	458	3.8	6	--
2020	UTEP	121	592	4.9	9	--
2019	UTEP	9	41	4.6	0	--
Career		610	2,876	4.7	25	--

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	--	--	--	--	--
2023	UTEP	7	71	10.1	0	--
2022	UTEP	4	42	10.5	0	--
2021	UTEP	4	24	6.0	0	--
2020	UTEP	1	3	3.0	0	--
2019	UTEP	--	--	--	--	--
Career		16	140	8.8	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–27

vs Lamar

4 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. McCloud — 238 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.9 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · I. Mahdi — 156 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Georgia State · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -4.21Deion Hankins run for no gain to the GAST 1
Week 2 · UTSA · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA -4.09D.Hankins rushed for 1 yards. Tackled by UTSA at UTSA 4.
Week 11 · UL Monroe · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.04Deion Hankins run for 47 yds to the ULM 3 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Georgia State · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.56Deion Hankins run for 7 yds to the GAST 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Texas · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.19Deion Hankins run for 2 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Georgia State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Deion Hankins run for 30 yds to the GAST 4 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.60Deion Hankins run for 4 yds to the UNT 42 for a 1ST down North Texas Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Ethan Wesloski) to the UNT 43 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.52Deion Hankins run for 17 yds to the TXST 37 Deion Hankins fumbled, recovered by TXST Deion Hankins for a 1ST down
Week 11 · UL Monroe · 1&3 · Q1 · EPA +1.46Deion Hankins run for 3 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Week 11 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.23Deion Hankins run for 13 yds to the TXST 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week