#28

Fred Coppet

Running back for Bowling Green. 2016: 1,030 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Bowling Green · #28

5′9″ · Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Bowling Green 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 559 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for Bowling Green. 2016: 1,030 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 15 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Bowling Green, 2,620 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with Bowling Green3-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#559 national

CFB

College

Bowling Green

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Dino Babers

Bowling Green

2016

Mike Jinks

Bowling Green

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dino Babers → Mike Jinks. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Bowling Green8-6HC: Dino Babers · Pass-leaning

2015Bowling Green10-4HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Bowling Green4-8HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (87th percentile). Strength: rush yards (82nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (21st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#39 / 304 · 87th pct

204

Rush yards#56 / 304 · 82nd pct

1030

Rush TDs#77 / 304 · 73rd pct

Receptions#90 / 294 · 68th pct

Long run#132 / 304 · 57th pct

Rec yards#146 / 294 · 51st pct

Yards / carry#161 / 304 · 45th pct

5.0

Fumbles lost#150 / 222 · 21st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	102	5.3	0.8
Road6g	69.2	4.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	79.3	4.3	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	95.0	5.8	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Bowling Green	204	1,030	5.0	8	--
2015	Bowling Green	146	826	5.7	5	--
2014	Bowling Green	141	764	5.4	6	--
Career		491	2,620	5.3	19	--

Season	Team
2016	Bowling Green	15	79	5.3	--
2015	Bowling Green	9	75	8.3	--
2014	Bowling Green	8	27	3.4	--
Career		32	181	5.7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2016

W 27–26

vs North Dakota

43 rush yds (13 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With S. Miller — 5 rec · 161 yds · 3 TD · J. Davidson — 48 AVG · 54 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-77@ Ohio State	12	38	3.2	0	28
Wk 2	W 27-26vs North Dakota	13	43	3.3	0	14
Wk 3	L 21-41vs Middle Tennessee	27	117	4.3	0	16
Wk 4	L 3-77@ Memphis	12	46	3.8	0	15
Wk 5	L 25-28vs Eastern Michigan	25	141	5.6	2	41
Wk 6	L 24-30@ Ohio	19	66	3.5	1	13
Wk 7	L 35-42@ Toledo	17	104	6.1	0	27
Wk 8	L 26-40vs Miami (OH)	10	49	4.9	0	22
Wk 10	L 20-45@ Northern Illinois	14	45	3.2	0	12
Wk 11	W 38-28@ Akron	16	116	7.3	2	17
Wk 12	W 42-7vs Kent State	19	105	5.5	1	19
Wk 13	W 27-19vs Buffalo	20	160	8.0	2	52	Season-high 160 yds
Total		204	1030	4.9	8	52

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