DK Billingsley: RB · Troy · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
DK Billingsley
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Played for three head coaches at Troy: Neal Brown, Chip Lindsey and Jon Sumrall. One game to point at: 122 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Western Kentucky — Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 20.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.2% of his carries. 3 carries for 12 yds vs Army; 24 for 122 vs Western Kentucky.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
33.6% of carries overall (147/437) → 37.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (39/103) — 92.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
12 of 15 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%). 4 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (15.4%).
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-28@ No. 21 Ole Miss | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-17vs Alabama A&M | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-32@ App State | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 4 | W 16-7vs Marshall | 14 | 85 | 6.1 | 0 | 44 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-27@ Western Kentucky | 24 | 122 | 5.1 | 1 | 21 | Season-high 122 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 27-10vs Southern Miss | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-14vs Texas State | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | W 10-6@ South Alabama | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-17@ Louisiana | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | W 10-9vs Army | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-16vs UL Monroe | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-19@ Arkansas State | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-26vs Coastal Carolina | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 3 | 33 | 3 rushing TDs |
 Bowl | W 18-12vs No. 22 UTSA | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Total | 143 | 671 | 4.7 | 8 | 44 |
Week 14 · 2022
W 45-26
57 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD
With G. Watson — 319 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · R. Johnson — 4 rec · 134 yds · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
51%138 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.7 yds/carry on 143 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 51% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 45.1 | 4.8 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 56.7 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 50.1 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 45.0 | 4.7 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Pass share
45.4%
401 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
63.1
14 games
Team sack rate
10.1%
467 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
143 carries and 4 catches in 14 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #158 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at Troy, 1,782 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Neal Brown, Chip Lindsey, and Jon Sumrall. Multi-era developmental context.
