#26

Desmond Roland

Running back for Oklahoma State. 2014: 770 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 2 catches.

RB · Oklahoma State · #26

6′2″ · Dallas, TX

Oklahoma State 2014 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

ATH recruit

No. 290 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2014 running back for Oklahoma State. 2014: 770 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 2 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Oklahoma State, 770 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2011

Signed with Oklahoma State4-star out of Lake Highlands

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#290 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma State

2014

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2014 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (87th percentile). Strength: rush tds (83rd percentile). Concern: rec yards (1st percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Carries#39 / 300 · 87th pct

203

Rush TDs#49 / 300 · 83rd pct

Rush yards#76 / 300 · 75th pct

770

Long run#205 / 300 · 31st pct

Yards / carry#261 / 300 · 12th pct

3.8

Receptions#261 / 291 · 9th pct

Rec yards#288 / 291 · 1st pct

-5

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	69.3	3.8	0.9
Road4g	71.2	3.6	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	85.7	3.9	1.2
Weeks 8+5g	51.2	3.5	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

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

Awards

Player standing · 2014

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2014	Oklahoma State	203	770	3.8	10	--
Career		203	770	3.8	10	--

Season	Team
2014	Oklahoma State	2	-5	-2.5	0	--
Career		2	-5	-2.5	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2014

W 38–35

at Oklahoma

68 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.

With T. Hill — 38 rush yds (3 car) · M. Rudolph — 273 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 38.5 · -1 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 31-37vs Florida State	12	28	2.3	1	8	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 3	W 43-13vs UTSA	21	95	4.5	2	13
Wk 5	W 45-35vs Texas Tech	23	86	3.7	1	16
Wk 6	W 37-20vs Iowa State	19	95	5.0	2	14
Wk 7	W 27-20@ Kansas	21	87	4.1	1	33
Wk 8	L 9-42@ TCU	23	84	3.7	0	13
Wk 9	L 10-34vs West Virginia	12	37	3.1	0	13
Wk 12	L 7-28vs Texas	5	21	4.2	0	15
Wk 13	L 28-49@ Baylor	17	46	2.7	1	11
Wk 15	W 38-35@ Oklahoma	18	68	3.8	2	13
Bowl	W 30-22vs Washington	32	123	3.8	0	23
Total		203	770	3.7	10	33

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