Lawrance Toafili

Former running back at Florida State. 2024: 456 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 25 catches.

RB · Florida State · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 196 lb · Saint Petersburg, FL

CFB Index 46 · #161 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceFlorida State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 237 nationally · Signed with Florida State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Florida State. 2024: 456 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 25 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida State, 1,895 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 84 yds vs Georgia Tech.Georgia Tech · W 41-162022

20207 games

Signed with Florida State4-star out of Pinellas Park

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#237 national

CFB

College

Florida State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Mike Norvell

Florida State

Played his entire career under Mike Norvell.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mike Norvell — 33-27 over that span.

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

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Florida State10-3HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2023Florida State13-1HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced

2024Florida State2-10HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #161 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (87th percentile). Strength: rec yards (87th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#341 / 442 · 23rd pct

39.3%

EPA / carry#353 / 442 · 20th pct

0.04

Yards / carry#361 / 442 · 18th pct

4.3

TD rate#371 / 442 · 16th pct

1.9%

Explosive rate#420 / 442 · 5th pct

1.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#42 / 330 · 87th pct

Rec yards#45 / 330 · 87th pct

215

Carries#152 / 335 · 54th pct

109

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Rush yards#181 / 335 · 46th pct

456

Rush TDs#186 / 335 · 38th pct

Long run#259 / 335 · 22nd pct

Yards / carry#267 / 335 · 20th pct

4.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

79th → 20th percentile

Success rate

37th → 23rd percentile

Explosive rate

83rd → 5th percentile

Yards / carry

90th → 18th percentile

TD rate

68th → 16th 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

107 carries

13%

Stuffed (≤0)

41%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	33.0	4.6	0.3
Road5g	45.0	4.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	38.3	4.5	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	37.7	4.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #161 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #161 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida State	109	456	4.2	3	--
2023	Florida State	69	463	6.7	4	--
2022	Florida State	93	457	4.9	5	--
2021	Florida State	32	163	5.1	1	--
2020	Florida State	37	356	9.6	2	--
Career		340	1,895	5.6	15	--

Season	Team
2024	Florida State	25	215	8.6	0	--
2023	Florida State	21	175	8.3	1	--
2022	Florida State	24	268	11.2	1	--
2021	Florida State	10	116	11.6	2	--
2020	Florida State	12	120	10.0	0	--
Career		92	894	9.7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 14–9

vs California

80 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With A. Mastromanno — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · D. Uiagalelei — 177 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 48.0 · 11 rush yds (9 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Georgia Tech · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.97DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Lawrance Toafili for 21 yds to the GT 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Lawrance Toafili run for 28 yds for a TD (B. Courtney Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 10 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.65Luke Kromenhoek pass complete to Lawrance Toafili for 32 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Florida · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.64Luke Kromenhoek pass complete to Lawrance Toafili for 12 yds to the FLA 33 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Memphis · 2&13 · Q1 · EPA +2.64Lawrance Toafili run for 24 yds to the FSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Notre Dame · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.47Luke Kromenhoek pass complete to Lawrance Toafili for 15 yds to the FSU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · California · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.35Lawrance Toafili run for 10 yds to the CAL 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia Tech · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA -2.32DJ Uiagalelei pass complete to Lawrance Toafili for 2 yds to the GT 31
Week 4 · California · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.07Lawrance Toafili run for 2 yds for a TD (Ryan Fitzgerald KICK)
Week 14 · Florida · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +1.86Lawrance Toafili run for 11 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Georgia Tech	8	32	4.0	1	28
Wk 1	L 13-28vs Boston College	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 3	L 12-20vs Memphis	4	30	7.5	0	24
Wk 4	W 14-9vs California	17	80	4.7	1	12	Season-high 80 yds
Wk 5	L 16-42@ SMU	15	67	4.5	0	12
Wk 6	L 13-29vs Clemson	10	16	1.6	0	9
Wk 8	L 16-23@ Duke	9	23	2.6	0	12
Wk 9	L 14-36@ Miami	6	26	4.3	0	9
Wk 10	L 11-35vs North Carolina	8	24	3.0	0	12
Wk 11	L 3-52@ Notre Dame	16	77	4.8	0	14
Wk 13	W 41-7vs Charleston Southern	6	33	5.5	0	9
Wk 14	L 11-31vs Florida	9	43	4.8	1	11
Total		109	456	4.4	3	28

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