I'Tavius Mathers

#4 · RB · Middle Tennessee5′11″ · Murfreesboro, TN · Blackman

I'Tavius Mathers: RB · Middle Tennessee · #4.

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I'Tavius Mathers

RB · Middle Tennessee · #4

Beats you as a runner and a receiver. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Hugh Freeze and Rick Stockstill. On tape: 215 rushing yards and 48 receiving yards against Missouri, Week 8, 2016.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Threatens defenses in every dimension — rushing, receiving, third-down.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

217Carries
1467Yards
17.9%Top-5 share
12.4%Stuffed rate

Just 17.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 12.4% of his carries. 4 carries for 16 yds vs Western Kentucky; 28 for 215 vs Missouri.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

57.8%Carry share
40.9%Q4-lead share
100.0%In competitive games

57.8% of carries overall (215/372) → 40.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (27/66) — 100.0% 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

9/123rd/4th & short
11/17Inside-5 share

9 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (75.0%). 11 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (64.7%).

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