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Running back for Houston. 2017: 637 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Houston · #2

6′0″ · 215 lb · Houston, TX

Houston 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 running back for Houston. 2017: 637 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 15 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Houston, 1,165 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Houston

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Tom Herman

Houston

2017

Major Applewhite

Houston

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Houston9-4HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Houston7-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (24th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#60 / 328 · 79th pct

Carries#77 / 328 · 77th pct

149

Receptions#89 / 315 · 71st pct

Rush yards#112 / 328 · 66th pct

637

Long run#138 / 328 · 58th pct

Rec yards#145 / 315 · 54th pct

Fumbles lost#44 / 221 · 53rd pct

Yards / carry#243 / 328 · 24th pct

4.3

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	62.0	4.7	1.0
Road5g	40.6	2.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	63.9	4.2	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	38.0	3.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Houston	149	637	4.3	8	--
2016	Houston	145	528	3.6	4	--
Career		294	1,165	4.0	12	--

Season	Team
2017	Houston	15	86	5.7	1	--
2016	Houston	44	281	6.4	3	--
Career		59	367	6.2	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 28–24

at South Florida

23 rush yds (8 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With D. Roy — 48 AVG · 58 LONG · 8 NO · D. King — 137 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7 · 83 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 19-16@ Arizona	18	78	4.3	0	26
Wk 3	W 38-3vs Rice	7	31	4.4	1	11
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Texas Tech	13	41	3.2	0	14
Wk 5	W 20-13@ Temple	6	32	5.3	0	14
Wk 6	W 35-22vs SMU	22	177	8.0	2	52	Season-high 177 yds
Wk 7	L 17-45@ Tulsa	24	72	3.0	1	12
Wk 8	L 38-42vs Memphis	22	65	3.0	3	16	3 rushing TDs
Wk 9	W 28-24@ South Florida	8	23	2.9	0	15
Wk 10	W 52-27vs East Carolina	9	77	8.6	1	22
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Tulane	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Wk 13	W 24-14vs Navy	7	27	3.9	0	9
Bowl	L 27-33vs Fresno State	11	16	1.5	0	5
Total		149	637	3.9	8	52

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