La'Damian Webb

Senior running back for South Alabama. 2023: 1,007 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 24 catches.

RB · South Alabama · Sr. · #3

5′7″ · 210 lb · Opelika, AL

CFB Index 70 · #48 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSouth Alabama 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 58 nationally · Joined Florida State

Statement game35 car · 247 yds · 4 TDat Georgia Southern (FBS) · W 38-31

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for South Alabama. 2023: 1,007 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 24 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Alabama, 2,431 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20207 games

Signed with Florida State3-star out of Jones College

20229 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

202311 games

All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#58 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

9 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020

Steve Campbell

South Alabama

2022–2023

Kane Wommack

South Alabama

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Campbell → Kane Wommack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Florida State3-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #48 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (89th percentile). Strength: rush tds (98th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#48 / 426 · 89th pct

8.7%

EPA / carry#114 / 426 · 73rd pct

0.27

Yards / carry#148 / 426 · 65th pct

5.6

Explosive rate#167 / 426 · 61st pct

7.6%

Success rate#245 / 426 · 42nd pct

42.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#6 / 333 · 98th pct

Carries#38 / 333 · 88th pct

186

Rush yards#41 / 333 · 88th pct

1007

Receptions#42 / 327 · 86th pct

Long run#67 / 333 · 79th pct

Rec yards#85 / 327 · 74th pct

144

Yards / carry#93 / 333 · 70th pct

5.4

Fumbles lost#154 / 207 · 16th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

71st → 73rd percentile

Success rate

52nd → 42nd percentile

Explosive rate

42nd → 61st percentile

Yards / carry

52nd → 65th percentile

TD rate

71st → 89th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

184 carries

10%

Stuffed (≤0)

42%

Grind (1–3)

32%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	104	6.2	1.8
Road5g	76.0	4.9	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	79.3	6.1	1.3
Weeks 8+5g	106	5.1	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #48 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #48 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	South Alabama	186	1,007	5.4	16	--
2022	South Alabama	54	745	13.8	5	--
2020	Florida State	69	366	5.3	3	--
Career		309	2,118	6.9	24	--

Season	Team
2023	South Alabama	24	144	6.0	1	--
2022	South Alabama	10	123	12.3	0	--
2020	Florida State	9	68	7.6	0	--
Career		43	335	7.8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 35–17

vs SE Louisiana

81 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD

With C. Bradley — 258 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.4 · C. Lacy — 8 rec · 139 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Oklahoma State · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +6.03La'Damian Webb run for 65 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 12 · Marshall · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -4.21La'Damian Webb run for no gain to the MRSH 1
Week 11 · Arkansas State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.84La'Damian Webb run for 60 yds to the ARST 12 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -3.76La'Damian Webb run for 22 yds to the ARST 19 La'Damian Webb fumbled, recovered by ARST Eddie Smith No Huddle-Shotgun Webb,La'Damian rush middle for 22 yards gain to the ASU19 fumbled by Webb,La'Damian at ASU21 forced by Thomas,Trevian recovered by ASU Smith,Eddie at ASU19 Smith,Eddie return 0 yards to the ASU19 (Pritchett,Jamaal).
Week 4 · Central Michigan · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.21Carter Bradley pass complete to La'Damian Webb for 19 yds to the CMU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Marshall · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Carter Bradley pass complete to La'Damian Webb for 8 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 11 · Arkansas State · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.89La'Damian Webb run for 13 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 12 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.84La'Damian Webb run for 34 yds to the MRSH 41 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Louisiana · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70La'Damian Webb run for 25 yds for a TD (Diego Guajardo KICK)
Week 6 · UL Monroe · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Carter Bradley pass complete to La'Damian Webb for 4 yds to the ULM 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-37@ Tulane	9	40	4.4	0	10
Wk 2	W 35-17vs SE Louisiana	7	81	11.6	2	33
Wk 3	W 33-7@ Oklahoma State	18	151	8.4	2	65	151-yard day
Wk 4	L 30-34vs Central Michigan	18	68	3.8	2	18
Wk 5	L 23-31@ James Madison	12	36	3.0	1	14
Wk 6	W 55-7@ UL Monroe	19	100	5.3	1	22
Wk 8	W 55-3vs Southern Miss	20	102	5.1	4	16	4 rushing TDs
Wk 9	L 20-33vs Louisiana	16	96	6.0	1	25
Wk 10	L 10-28@ Troy	15	53	3.5	1	22
Wk 11	W 21-14vs Arkansas State	28	163	5.8	1	60	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 12	W 28-0vs Marshall	24	117	4.9	1	34
Total		186	1007	5.6	16	65

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

184Carries

1030Yards

21.1%Top-5 share

10.3%Stuffed rate

Just 21.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.3% of his carries. 12 carries for 36 yds vs James Madison; 27 for 176 vs Arkansas State.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

42.2%Carry share

26.2%Q4-lead share

64.7%In competitive games

42.2% of carries overall (182/431) → 26.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/65) — 64.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

12/163rd/4th & short

16/24Inside-5 share