Former running back at Cincinnati. 2020: 673 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 14 catches.
6′0″ · 230 lb · Indianapolis, IN
The story
Former running back at Cincinnati. 2020: 673 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 14 catches.
Gerrid Doaks
He has spent four seasons in the Cincinnati backfield. In 2020 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-AAC. The receipt: 184 rush yds, 30 rec yds against Houston — Week 10, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Cincinnati, 1,712 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #244 overall by Miami.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Luke Fickell.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
MiamiEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Luke Fickell — 35-14 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rec yards (89th percentile). Strength: carries (89th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (11th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 67.3 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
| Road2g | 101 | 4.4 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 48.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 88.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 144 | 673 | 4.7 | 7 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 100 | 526 | 5.3 | 5 | -- |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Cincinnati | 87 | 513 | 5.9 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 331 | 1,712 | 5.2 | 14 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 14 | 202 | 14.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Cincinnati | 14 | 135 | 9.6 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 407 | 11.3 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020
W 36–33
at UCF
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 55-20vs Austin Peay | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 3 | 8 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 4 | W 24-10vs Army | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-7vs South Florida | 22 | 102 | 4.6 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13@ SMU | 20 | 105 | 5.3 | 2 | 35 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-10vs Memphis | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-10vs Houston | 16 | 184 | 11.5 | 1 | 72 | Season-high 184 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 55-17vs East Carolina | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-33@ UCF | 28 | 97 | 3.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 16 | W 27-24vs Tulsa | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 144 | 673 | 4.4 | 7 | 72 |
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
40.8% of carries overall (142/348) → 27.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (24/86) — 75.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Final Heisman position · 2020
Gerrid Doaks finished 47th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.