#34

Larry Rountree III

Former running back at Missouri. 2020: 972 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Missouri · Sr. · #34

5′10″ · 210 lb · Raleigh, NC

All-ConferenceLos Angeles — drafted 2021, Rd 6, Pick 14, #198 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1019 nationally · Signed with Missouri

Statement game27 car · 185 yds · 3 TDvs Arkansas (FBS) · W 50-48

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Mizzou just needs to feed Rountree. They haven’t been able to stop him.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 1His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Missouri. 2020: 972 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 15 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Missouri in 2017.
Drafted round 6 by the Los Angeles in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Missouri, 3,720 rushing yards — drafted at #198 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201713 games

Signed with Missouri3-star out of Millbrook

202010 games

All-SECsecond

2021

Drafted by Los Angelesround 6, pick 198

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1019 national

CFB

College

Missouri

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #198

Los Angeles · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017–2019

Barry Odom

Missouri

2020

Eli Drinkwitz

Missouri

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 6th NFL season

#198Rd 6 · Pick 14

Los AngelesEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Missouri7-6HC: Barry Odom · Balanced

2018Missouri8-5HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019Missouri6-6HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning

2020Missouri5-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (98th percentile). Strength: rush tds (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#5 / 271 · 98th pct

209

Rush TDs#6 / 271 · 98th pct

Rush yards#15 / 271 · 95th pct

972

Receptions#62 / 260 · 75th pct

Rec yards#87 / 260 · 67th pct

100

Long run#108 / 271 · 60th pct

Fumbles lost#51 / 175 · 45th pct

Yards / carry#157 / 271 · 39th pct

4.7

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	111	4.8	1.8
Road5g	83.6	4.3	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	90.0	5.4	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	100	4.2	1.9

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Missouri	209	972	4.7	14	--
2019	Missouri	186	829	4.5	9	--
2018	Missouri	225	1,216	5.4	11	--
2017	Missouri	126	703	5.6	6	--
Career		746	3,720	5.0	40	--

Season	Team
2020	Missouri	15	100	6.7	--
2019	Missouri	13	70	5.4	--
2018	Missouri	14	62	4.4	--
2017	Missouri	5	57	11.4	--
Career		47	289	6.1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2020

W 45–41

at LSU

119 rush yds (18 car)

Edged out LSU on the road in a shootout.

With C. Bazelak — 406 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · 3 rush yds (6 car) · T. Badie — 39 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.45Larry Rountree III run for 46 yds to the Ark 34 for a 1ST down
Week 16 · Mississippi State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Larry Rountree III run for 18 yds for a TD ( KICK)
Week 14 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.84Larry Rountree III run for 34 yds to the Ark 46 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Tennessee · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Larry Rountree III run for 1 yd for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 14 · Arkansas · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.74Larry Rountree III run for 9 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 13 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Larry Rountree III run for 25 yds for a TD, (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 4 · Alabama · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA -2.58Larry Rountree III run for a loss of 1 yard to the Alab 34
Week 15 · Georgia · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Connor Bazelak pass complete to Larry Rountree III for 21 yds to the Misso 47 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Arkansas · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Larry Rountree III run for 2 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 12 · South Carolina · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Larry Rountree III run for 1 yd for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 4	L 19-38vs Alabama	14	67	4.8	0	11
Wk 5	L 12-35@ Tennessee	18	84	4.7	1	28
Wk 6	W 45-41@ LSU	18	119	6.6	0	29
Wk 8	W 20-10vs Kentucky	37	126	3.4	2	18
Wk 9	L 17-41@ Florida	14	36	2.6	1	11
Wk 12	W 17-10@ South Carolina	21	58	2.8	1	11
Wk 13	W 41-0vs Vanderbilt	21	160	7.6	3	27	3 rushing TDs
Wk 14	W 50-48vs Arkansas	27	185	6.9	3	46	Season-high 185 yds
Wk 15	L 14-49vs Georgia	14	16	1.1	1	9
Wk 16	L 32-51@ Mississippi State	25	121	4.8	2	18
Total		209	972	4.5	14	46

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

201713 games

202010 games

2021

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays