#21

Juma Otoviano

Senior running back for Rice. 2023: 326 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 12 catches.

RB · Rice · Sr. · #21

5′10″ · 203 lb · Arlington, TX

CFB Index 34 · #274 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceRice 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 2027 nationally · Signed with Rice

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Rice. 2023: 326 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 12 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rice in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Rice, 1,408 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20188 games

Signed with Rice3-star out of Martin

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2027 national

CFB

College

Rice

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

1 coach

2018–2023

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

Played his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

6 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 22-46 over that span.

2018Rice2-11HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2019Rice3-9HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2020Rice2-3HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-heavy

2021Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2023Rice6-7HC: Mike Bloomgren · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #274 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (84th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#184 / 426 · 57th pct

4.9%

Success rate#249 / 426 · 41st pct

42.7%

Yards / carry#369 / 426 · 13th pct

4.2

Explosive rate#390 / 426 · 8th pct

2.4%

EPA / carry#396 / 426 · 7th pct

-0.04

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 207 · 84th pct

Rec yards#131 / 327 · 60th pct

100

Receptions#140 / 327 · 55th pct

Rush TDs#146 / 333 · 51st pct

Carries#180 / 333 · 46th pct

Rush yards#232 / 333 · 30th pct

326

Long run#272 / 333 · 18th pct

Yards / carry#309 / 333 · 7th pct

3.5

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

79th → 7th percentile

Success rate

92nd → 41st percentile

Explosive rate

55th → 8th percentile

Yards / carry

72nd → 13th percentile

TD rate

9th → 57th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	31.6	4.0	0.5
Road4g	18.2	2.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	20.1	3.5	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	37.0	3.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #274 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #274 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Rice	92	326	3.5	4	--
2022	Rice	71	403	5.7	1	--
2021	Rice	4	6	1.5	1	--
2020	Rice	45	195	4.3	0	--
2019	Rice	37	114	3.1	0	--
2018	Rice	65	364	5.6	3	--
Career		314	1,408	4.5	9	--

Season	Team
2023	Rice	12	100	8.3	0	--
2022	Rice	4	67	16.8	1	--
2021	Rice	2	8	4.0	0	--
2020	Rice	1	8	8.0	0	--
2019	Rice	3	37	12.3	0	--
2018	Rice	--	--	--	--	--
Career		22	220	10.0	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 59–7

vs Texas Southern

33 rush yds (10 car)

Dominant 52-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With J. Daniels — 255 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.0 · K. Campbell — 1 rec · 70 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Houston · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19JT Daniels pass complete to Juma Otoviano for 35 yds to the HOU 12 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Houston · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.19JT Daniels pass complete to Juma Otoviano for 35 yds to the HOU 12 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UConn · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Juma Otoviano run for 24 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
Week 6 · UConn · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Juma Otoviano run for 7 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
Week 9 · Tulane · 1&5 · Q1 · EPA +1.88Juma Otoviano run for 5 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
Week 9 · Tulane · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.83JT Daniels pass complete to Juma Otoviano for 14 yds to the RICE 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Tulane · 1&3 · Q3 · EPA +1.46Juma Otoviano run for 3 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
Week 11 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.32Juma Otoviano run for a loss of 2 yards to the RICE 33
Week 5 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.25Juma Otoviano run for 9 yds to the RICE 34
Week 4 · South Florida · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.23Juma Otoviano run for a loss of 1 yard to the USF 46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-37@ Texas	6	1	0.2	0	3
Wk 2	W 43-41vs Houston	10	19	1.9	0	4
Wk 3	W 59-7vs Texas Southern	10	33	3.3	0	9
Wk 4	L 29-42@ South Florida	4	12	3.0	0	6
Wk 5	W 24-17vs East Carolina	2	11	5.5	0	9
Wk 6	L 31-38vs UConn	6	51	8.5	2	24
Wk 8	W 42-10@ Tulsa	9	44	4.9	0	14
Wk 9	L 28-30vs Tulane	9	38	4.2	2	21
Wk 10	L 31-36vs SMU	7	16	2.3	0	7
Wk 11	L 14-34@ UTSA	7	16	2.3	0	9
Wk 13	W 24-21vs Florida Atlantic	15	71	4.7	0	12	Season-high 71 yds
Bowl	L 21-45vs Texas State	7	14	2.0	0	6
Total		92	326	3.6	4	24

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology