Micah Bernard

Former running back at Utah. 2024: 1,009 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 30 catches.

RB · Utah · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 206 lb · Long Beach, CA

CFB Index 58 · #75 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceUtah 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 860 nationally · Signed with Utah

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Utah. 2024: 1,009 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 30 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah in 2019.
Transferred from Utah to Utah in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Utah, 2,217 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 182 yds at Oklahoma State.Oklahoma State · W 22-192024

2019

Signed with Utah3-star out of Gahr

2023

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#860 national

CFB

College

Utah

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

1 coach

2019–2024

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

6 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 47-25 over that span.

2019Utah11-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2020Utah3-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #75 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (92nd percentile). Strength: carries (90th percentile). Concern: td rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#235 / 442 · 47th pct

5.2

Explosive rate#249 / 442 · 43rd pct

6.2%

EPA / carry#319 / 442 · 28th pct

0.08

Success rate#322 / 442 · 27th pct

40.0%

TD rate#366 / 442 · 17th pct

2.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#25 / 330 · 92nd pct

Carries#34 / 335 · 90th pct

197

Rush yards#44 / 335 · 87th pct

1009

Long run#87 / 335 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#91 / 330 · 73rd pct

150

Yards / carry#147 / 335 · 55th pct

5.1

Rush TDs#151 / 335 · 50th pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

195 carries

16%

Stuffed (≤0)

34%

Grind (1–3)

35%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	69.5	5.0	0.2
Road6g	98.7	5.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	113	6.5	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	55.5	3.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

58 · #75 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #75 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Utah	197	1,009	5.1	4	--
2023	Utah	16	76	4.8	1	--
2022	Utah	106	533	5.0	4	--
2021	Utah	87	523	6.0	2	--
2020	Utah	15	76	5.1	0	--
2019	Utah	--	--	--	--	--
Career		421	2,217	5.3	11	--

Season	Team
2024	Utah	30	150	5.0	2	--
2023	Utah	5	30	6.0	0	--
2022	Utah	34	314	9.2	1	--
2021	Utah	26	251	9.7	2	--
2020	Utah	4	25	6.2	0	--
2019	Utah	--	--	--	--	--
Career		99	770	7.8	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 23–12

vs Baylor

118 rush yds (19 car)

With J. Bouwmeester — 51 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · C. Rising — 92 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.2 · 21 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.26Isaac Wilson pass complete to Micah Bernard for a loss of 3 yards Micah Bernard fumbled, recovered by OKST Nick Martin N. Martin return for 0 yds
Week 4 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.02Micah Bernard run for 62 yds to the OKST 27 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Utah State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.49Micah Bernard run for 64 yds to the USU 10 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Baylor · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Micah Bernard run for 30 yds to the BAY 29 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Baylor · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.98Micah Bernard run for 27 yds to the UTAH 47 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Arizona State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Micah Bernard run for 6 yds for a TD (Cole Becker KICK)
Week 9 · Houston · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.71Micah Bernard 14 Yd Run (Cole Becker Kick)
Week 3 · Utah State · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Micah Bernard run for 3 yds for a TD (Isaac Wilson pass to Brant Kuithe for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 7 · Arizona State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.50Cameron Rising pass complete to Micah Bernard for 13 yds to the UTAH 46 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · TCU · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.27Micah Bernard run for 20 yds to the UTAH 49 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	W 49-0vs Southern Utah	5	33	6.6	0	16
Wk 2	W 23-12vs Baylor	19	118	6.2	0	30
Wk 3	W 38-21@ Utah State	17	123	7.2	1	64
Wk 4	W 22-19@ Oklahoma State	25	182	7.3	0	62	Season-high 182 yds
Wk 5	L 10-23vs Arizona	16	91	5.7	0	13
Wk 7	L 19-27@ Arizona State	21	129	6.1	1	23
Wk 8	L 7-13vs TCU	13	55	4.2	0	20
Wk 9	L 14-17@ Houston	14	51	3.6	1	14
Wk 11	L 21-22vs BYU	17	78	4.6	0	16
Wk 12	L 24-49@ Colorado	11	20	1.8	0	6
Wk 13	L 28-31vs Iowa State	17	42	2.5	1	12
Wk 14	W 28-14@ UCF	22	87	4.0	0	12
Total		197	1009	5.0	4	64

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

Micah Bernard

2019

2023

2024 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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