Mataeo Durant: RB · Duke · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Mataeo Durant
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Four seasons in the Duke backfield to date. The first one came in 2021: All-ACC. On tape: 255 rushing yards and 41 receiving yards against Charlotte, Week 1, 2021.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 19.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.0% of his carries. 10 carries for 33 yds vs Virginia Tech; 27 for 246 vs Charlotte.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
18 of 24 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (75.0%). 5 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (20.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Daily Progress Oct 23
Yahoo Sports Oct 19Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 13 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 | 4.9 | 9 | 59 |
Week 1 · 2021
L 28-31
at Charlotte
255 rush yds (29 car) · 3 TD · 2 rec · 41 yds
With P. Wilson — 40.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · G. Holmberg — 228 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 11.2
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%236 carriesFumble rate
3.5%9 of 255 carries · 7 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 255 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 18-30 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
David Cutcliffe
Pass share
44.1%
408 pass / 518 run
Plays / game
77.2
12 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #60 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Duke, 2,562 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
ACC Running Back Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Cutcliffe.
