#25

Joe Mixon

Former running back at Oklahoma. 2016: 1,274 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 37 catches.

RB · Oklahoma · #25

6′1″ · Oakley, CA

Cincinnati — drafted 2017, Rd 2, Pick 16, #48 overall

The story

Former running back at Oklahoma. 2016: 1,274 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 37 catches.

Drafted round 2 by the Cincinnati in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Oklahoma, 2,027 rushing yards — drafted at #48 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

2017

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 2, pick 48

Career arc

Recruit

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CFB

College

Oklahoma

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #48

Cincinnati · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 10th NFL season

#48Rd 2 · Pick 16

CincinnatiEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Bob Stoops — 22-4 over that span.

2015Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2016Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (95th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (21st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#3 / 294 · 99th pct

538

Receptions#13 / 294 · 95th pct

Yards / carry#22 / 304 · 92nd pct

6.8

Rush yards#27 / 304 · 91st pct

1274

Long run#28 / 304 · 91st pct

Carries#50 / 304 · 84th pct

187

Rush TDs#51 / 304 · 82nd pct

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
Home8g	89.9	7.0	0.6
Road4g	139	7.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	81.0	6.2	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	141	8.1	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

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	Oklahoma	187	1,274	6.8	10	--
2015	Oklahoma	113	753	6.7	7	--
Career		300	2,027	6.8	17	--

Season	Team
2016	Oklahoma	37	538	14.5	5	--
2015	Oklahoma	28	356	12.7	4	--
Career		65	894	13.8	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2016

W 38–20

vs Oklahoma State

99 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

With A. Seibert — 1 SOLO · 2 TOT · 34 LONG · B. Mayfield — 288 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.5 · 5 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week