Senior running back for Louisiana Tech. 2020: 648 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 10 catches.
5′8″ · 200 lb · Metairie, LA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 2342 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Louisiana Tech. 2020: 648 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 10 catches.
Israel Tucker
A 2-star signing who has since put four seasons on the field at Louisiana Tech. In 2020 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 161 rush yds, 17 rec yds against North Texas — Week 14, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisiana Tech, 1,405 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Skip Holtz.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Skip Holtz — 30-19 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: carries (90th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (26th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 46.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 68.2 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 42.4 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 78.2 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Louisiana Tech | 148 | 648 | 4.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | Louisiana Tech | 65 | 340 | 5.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 94 | 375 | 4.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 316 | 1,405 | 4.4 | 9 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Louisiana Tech | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Louisiana Tech | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 69 | 6.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 35 | 237 | 6.8 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2020
W 66–38
63 rush yds (9 car)
Dominant 28-point win at home against Houston Christian.
With L. Anthony — 314 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · 11 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · W. Toussant — 3 rec · 91 yds · 2 TD
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 31-30@ Southern Miss | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 4 | W 66-38vs Houston Christian | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-45@ BYU | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-17vs UTEP | 16 | 47 | 2.9 | 2 | 15 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-35vs Marshall | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 26-27@ UTSA | 19 | 70 | 3.7 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34vs UAB | 17 | 54 | 3.2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-31@ North Texas | 37 | 161 | 4.4 | 2 | 24 | Season-high 161 yds |
| Wk 15 | L 10-52@ TCU | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 129 | 525 | 4.2 | 4 | 31 |
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
47.9% of carries overall (148/309) → 52.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (20/38) — 90.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.