#21

Devwah Whaley

Senior running back for Arkansas. 2019: 278 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 16 catches.

RB · Arkansas · Sr. · #21

5′11″ · 212 lb · Beaumont, TX

Arkansas 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 100 nationally · Signed with Arkansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Arkansas. 2019: 278 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 16 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arkansas in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arkansas, 1,807 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 165 yds at Colorado State.Colorado State · L 27-342018

201613 games

Signed with Arkansas4-star out of Beaumont Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#100 national

CFB

College

Arkansas

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2017

Bret Bielema

Arkansas

2018–2019

Chad Morris

Arkansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bret Bielema → Chad Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Arkansas7-6HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas4-8HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2018Arkansas2-10HC: Chad Morris · Run-leaning

2019Arkansas2-10HC: Chad Morris · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (11th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#81 / 314 · 74th pct

141

Receptions#80 / 314 · 73rd pct

Fumbles lost#53 / 218 · 50th pct

Rush TDs#179 / 326 · 42nd pct

Carries#230 / 326 · 29th pct

Rush yards#267 / 326 · 18th pct

278

Long run#274 / 326 · 16th pct

Yards / carry#285 / 326 · 11th pct

4.0

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	23.2	4.1	0.4
Road4g	23.0	2.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	31.7	3.9	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	14.7	3.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Arkansas	69	278	4.0	4	--
2018	Arkansas	82	368	4.5	2	--
2017	Arkansas	127	559	4.4	7	--
2016	Arkansas	110	602	5.5	3	--
Career		388	1,807	4.7	16	--

Season	Team
2019	Arkansas	16	141	8.8	0	--
2018	Arkansas	8	87	10.9	0	--
2017	Arkansas	8	56	7.0	1	--
2016	Arkansas	6	139	23.2	0	--
Career		38	423	11.1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 20–13

vs Portland State

21 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

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

With B. Hicks — 143 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 59.2 · 6 rush yds (2 car) · S. Loy — 35 AVG · 40 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 20-13vs Portland State	9	21	2.3	1	11
Wk 2	L 17-31@ Ole Miss	2	2	1.0	0	2
Wk 3	W 55-34vs Colorado State	9	81	9.0	1	25	Season-high 81 yds
Wk 4	L 24-31vs San José State	12	32	2.7	0	16
Wk 5	L 27-31vs Texas A&M	3	12	4.0	1	11
Wk 7	L 20-24@ Kentucky	9	42	4.7	0	21
Wk 8	L 10-51vs Auburn	4	12	3.0	0	5
Wk 9	L 7-48@ Alabama	9	40	4.4	0	10
Wk 10	L 24-54vs Mississippi State	2	12	6.0	0	8
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Western Kentucky	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 13	L 20-56@ LSU	5	8	1.6	1	8
Wk 14	L 14-24vs Missouri	4	14	3.5	0	6
Total		69	278	3.7	4	25

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