#21

Mataeo Durant

Senior running back for Duke. 2021: 1,241 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 27 catches.

RB · Duke · Sr. · #21

6′1″ · 195 lb · McCormick, SC

CFB Index 63 · #60 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDuke 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1416 nationally · Signed with Duke

Statement game29 car · 255 yds · 3 TDat Charlotte (FBS) · L 28-31

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Duke. 2021: 1,241 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 27 catches.

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

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Duke, 2,562 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 255 yds at Charlotte.Charlotte · L 28-312021

20187 games

Signed with Duke3-star out of McCormick

202112 games

All-ACCfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1416 national

CFB

College

Duke

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

David Cutcliffe

Duke

Played his entire career under David Cutcliffe.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 18-30 over that span.

2018Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2019Duke5-7HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning

2020Duke2-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

63Quality starter #60 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (93rd percentile). Concern: success rate (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#198 / 409 · 52nd pct

7.2%

Yards / carry#203 / 409 · 50th pct

5.3

TD rate#252 / 409 · 39th pct

3.6%

EPA / carry#287 / 409 · 30th pct

0.10

Success rate#311 / 409 · 24th pct

39.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#12 / 343 · 97th pct

255

Rush yards#24 / 343 · 93rd pct

1241

Receptions#28 / 331 · 91st pct

Rec yards#33 / 331 · 90th pct

256

Rush TDs#52 / 343 · 83rd pct

Long run#107 / 343 · 68th pct

Yards / carry#171 / 343 · 48th pct

4.9

Fumbles lost#222 / 222 · 0th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	93.4	4.2	0.9
Road5g	117	5.6	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	124	5.2	1.3
Weeks 8+5g	74.2	4.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #60 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #60 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Duke	255	1,241	4.9	9	--
2020	Duke	120	817	6.8	8	--
2019	Duke	97	461	4.8	1	--
2018	Duke	17	43	2.5	0	--
Career		489	2,562	5.2	18	--

Season	Team
2021	Duke	27	256	9.5	2	--
2020	Duke	12	107	8.9	1	--
2019	Duke	16	117	7.3	1	--
2018	Duke	--	--	--	--	--
Career		55	480	8.7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 45–17

vs North Carolina A&T

41 rush yds (15 car) · 3 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.

With G. Holmberg — 270 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.6 · 30 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · P. Wilson — 53 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 69 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Charlotte · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +5.57Mataeo Durant run for 59 yds for a TD, (Charlie Ham KICK)
Week 4 · Kansas · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +5.39Mataeo Durant run for 57 yds for a TD, (Charlie Ham KICK)
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA -5.10Mataeo Durant run for 8 yds to the Pitt 24 John Morgan III fumbled, forced by Eli Pancol, recovered by Pitt Brandon Hill
Week 12 · Louisville · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.34Mataeo Durant run for a loss of 8 yards to the Lvile 24 Mataeo Durant fumbled, forced by Qwynnterrio Cole, recovered by Lvile Dorian Jones
Week 10 · Pittsburgh · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -4.21Mataeo Durant run for no gain to the Pitt 1
Week 1 · Charlotte · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +3.59Mataeo Durant run for 53 yds for a TD, (Charlie Ham KICK)
Week 3 · Northwestern · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.15Gunnar Holmberg pass complete to Mataeo Durant for 11 yds for a TD, (Charlie Ham KICK)
Week 5 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.90Mataeo Durant run for 37 yds to the NCaro 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Miami · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Mataeo Durant run for 14 yds to the Duke 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Northwestern · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.89Mataeo Durant run for 21 yds for a TD, (Charlie Ham KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 28-31@ Charlotte	29	255	8.8	3	59	Season-high 255 yds
Wk 2	W 45-17vs North Carolina A&T	15	41	2.7	3	19	3 rushing TDs
Wk 3	W 30-23vs Northwestern	22	102	4.6	1	21
Wk 4	W 52-33vs Kansas	21	124	5.9	1	57
Wk 5	L 7-38@ North Carolina	19	114	6.0	0	37
Wk 6	L 27-31vs Georgia Tech	43	152	3.5	1	11	152-yard day
Wk 7	L 0-48@ Virginia	17	82	4.8	0	24
Wk 9	L 7-45@ Wake Forest	20	103	5.2	0	35
Wk 10	L 29-54vs Pittsburgh	24	89	3.7	0	15
Wk 11	L 17-48@ Virginia Tech	10	33	3.3	0	14
Wk 12	L 22-62vs Louisville	13	78	6.0	0	27
Wk 13	L 10-47vs Miami	22	68	3.1	0	14
Total		255	1241	4.8	9	59

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