Lexington Joseph

Former running back at Florida International. 2024: 308 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · Florida International · Sr. · #8

5′9″ · 205 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 31 · #290 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceFlorida International 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 980 nationally · Signed with Miami Central

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Florida International. 2024: 308 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 10 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Miami Central in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida International, 1,195 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at New Mexico State.New Mexico State · W 21-72022

20194 games

Recruited3-star out of Miami Central

20203 games

All-Conference USAsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#980 national

CFB

College

Florida International

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2021

Butch Davis

Florida International

2022

Mike MacIntyre

Florida International

era →

2024

Mike MacIntyre

Florida International

Coaching transition mid-career: Butch Davis → Mike MacIntyre. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Florida International6-7HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

2020Florida International0-5HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Florida International1-11HC: Butch Davis · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning

2024Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

31Below cohort / limited sample #290 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: success rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#283 / 442 · 36th pct

3.8%

Explosive rate#394 / 442 · 11th pct

2.5%

EPA / carry#399 / 442 · 10th pct

-0.05

Yards / carry#418 / 442 · 6th pct

3.6

Success rate#428 / 442 · 3rd pct

30.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 204 · 87th pct

Carries#191 / 335 · 43rd pct

Receptions#187 / 330 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#186 / 335 · 38th pct

Long run#223 / 335 · 33rd pct

Rush yards#244 / 335 · 27th pct

308

Rec yards#244 / 330 · 25th pct

Yards / carry#304 / 335 · 9th pct

3.8

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	34.0	3.9	0.5
Road6g	17.3	3.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	32.5	4.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	18.8	3.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #290 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #290 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Florida International	82	308	3.8	3	--
2022	Florida International	108	536	5.0	5	--
2021	Florida International	57	273	4.8	1	--
2020	Florida International	8	30	3.8	0	--
2019	Florida International	10	48	4.8	0	--
Career		265	1,195	4.5	9	--

Season	Team
2024	Florida International	10	41	4.1	0	--
2022	Florida International	29	169	5.8	2	--
2021	Florida International	8	56	7.0	0	--
2020	Florida International	2	7	3.5	0	--
2019	Florida International	--	--	--	--	--
Career		49	273	5.6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 17–10

vs Louisiana Tech

73 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With D. Montiel — 38 AVG · 46 LONG · 5 NO · K. Jenkins — 208 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 26.1 · -16 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Central Michigan · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +4.70Lexington Joseph run for 35 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 14 · Middle Tennessee · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Keyone Jenkins pass complete to Lexington Joseph for 19 yds to the FIU 48 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Louisiana Tech · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.65Lexington Joseph run for 18 yds to the LT 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Middle Tennessee · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.45Lexington Joseph run for 1 yd for a TD (Robert Czeremcha KICK)
Week 5 · Louisiana Tech · 1&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.05Lexington Joseph run for 6 yds for a TD (Alejandro Prado KICK)
Week 8 · UTEP · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -1.60Lexington Joseph run for a loss of 2 yards to the FIU 44
Week 5 · Louisiana Tech · 3&14 · Q4 · EPA +1.54Lexington Joseph run for 14 yds to the LT 10 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Middle Tennessee · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA -1.47Lexington Joseph run for a loss of 2 yards to the MTSU 44
Week 1 · Indiana · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.32Keyone Jenkins pass complete to Lexington Joseph for 10 yds to the IU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Louisiana Tech · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.25Lexington Joseph run for 4 yds to the FIU 37 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 7-31@ Indiana	4	2	0.5	0	3
Wk 2	W 52-16vs Central Michigan	7	40	5.7	1	35
Wk 3	L 20-38@ Florida Atlantic	7	37	5.3	0	12
Wk 4	L 42-45vs Monmouth	5	17	3.4	0	6
Wk 5	W 17-10vs Louisiana Tech	13	73	5.6	1	18	Season-high 73 yds
Wk 7	L 24-31@ Liberty	7	26	3.7	0	17
Wk 8	L 21-30@ UTEP	8	21	2.6	0	6
Wk 9	L 7-10vs Sam Houston	10	42	4.2	0	11
Wk 10	W 34-13vs New Mexico State	5	12	2.4	0	9
Wk 12	L 31-34@ Jacksonville State	3	9	3.0	0	7
Wk 13	L 26-27@ Kennesaw State	2	9	4.5	0	7
Wk 14	W 35-24vs Middle Tennessee	11	20	1.8	1	7
Total		82	308	3.6	3	35

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

Lexington Joseph

20194 games

20203 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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