Isaiah Spiller: RB · Texas A&M · #28.
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Isaiah Spiller
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Third year in the same backfield at Texas A&M. Named All-SEC two seasons running, most recently in 2021. A game that shows it: 168 rushing yards and 10 receiving yards against Missouri — Week 7, 2021.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 22.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 19.7% of his carries. 8 carries for 20 yds vs Colorado; 20 for 168 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
The closer
44.9% of carries overall (177/394) → 21.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/71) — 40.0% 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
8 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-10vs Kent State | 17 | 113 | 6.6 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 2 | W 10-7vs Colorado | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-0vs New Mexico | 15 | 117 | 7.8 | 1 | 46 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-20vs No. 16 Arkansas | 12 | 95 | 7.9 | 1 | 67 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-26vs Mississippi State | 16 | 100 | 6.3 | 0 | 44 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-38vs No. 1 Alabama | 17 | 46 | 2.7 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-14@ Missouri | 20 | 168 | 8.4 | 1 | 48 | Season-high 168 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 44-14vs South Carolina | 18 | 102 | 5.7 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-3vs No. 12 Auburn | 21 | 112 | 5.3 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-29@ No. 12 Ole Miss | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-3vs Prairie View A&M | 9 | 70 | 7.8 | 1 | 24 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-27@ LSU | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 179 | 1011 | 5.6 | 6 | 67 |
Week 7 · 2021
W 35-14
at Missouri
168 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 10 yds
Dominant 21-point win on the road against Missouri.
With N. Constantinou — 48 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20 · D. Achane — 124 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 27 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
45%178 carriesFumble rate
1.1%2 of 179 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.6 yds/carry on 179 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 45% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Jimbo Fisher — 25-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 94.3 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 78.7 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 94.1 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 70.4 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimbo Fisher
Pass share
47.5%
370 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
64.9
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #44 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas A&M, 2,997 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #123 overall by the Los Angeles Chargers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jimbo Fisher.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 5th NFL season
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 5th NFL season
