Michel Dukes

#22 · RB · Sr. · Georgia State5′10″ · 205 lb · Charleston, SC · First Baptist Church School

Michel Dukes: RB · Georgia State · #22.

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Michel Dukes

RB · Georgia State · Sr · #22

Wins in space out of the backfield. Played for four head coaches across six seasons and three programs. On tape: 81 rushing yards and 3 receiving yards against App State, Week 9, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Georgia State in the news

Former player arrested after altercationInstagram Oct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Georgia State	63	365	5.8	2	35
2023	South Florida	63	350	5.6	2	30
2022	South Florida	54	188	3.5	5	28
2021	Clemson	2	7	3.5	0	5
2020	Clemson	8	56	7.0	0	29
2019	Clemson	32	150	4.7	2	24
Career		222	1,116	5.0	11	35

Season	Team
2024	Georgia State	43	354	8.2	3	26
2023	South Florida	8	77	9.6	0	39
2022	South Florida	8	72	9.0	0	35
2021	Clemson	1	3	3.0	0	3
2020	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Clemson	--	--	--	--	--
Career		60	506	8.4	3	39

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 12-35@ Georgia Tech	3	25	8.3	0	21
Wk 2	W 24-21vs Chattanooga	5	36	7.2	0	29
Wk 3	W 36-32vs Vanderbilt	6	14	2.3	0	9
Wk 5	L 21-38vs Georgia Southern	2	2	1.0	0	2
Wk 7	L 14-21vs Old Dominion	4	33	8.3	0	26
Wk 8	L 20-35@ Marshall	6	41	6.8	0	26
Wk 9	L 26-33@ App State	6	81	13.5	1	35	Season-high 81 yds
Wk 10	L 27-34@ UConn	5	13	2.6	0	5
Wk 11	L 7-38@ James Madison	4	15	3.8	0	8
Wk 12	L 20-27vs Arkansas State	6	32	5.3	0	13
Wk 13	W 52-44@ Texas State	14	62	4.4	1	23
Wk 14	L 27-48vs Coastal Carolina	2	11	5.5	0	8
Total		63	365	5.8	2	35

Signature game

Week 8 · 2024

L 20-35

at Marshall

7 rec · 58 yds · 2 TD · 41 rush yds (6 car)

With Z. Gibson — 192 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.6 · 35 rush yds (10 car) · F. Brock — 124 rush yds (18 car) · 2 rec · 14 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · UConn · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.40Zach Gibson pass complete to Michel Dukes for 26 yds to the CONN 47 for a
Week 9 · App State · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.32Michel Dukes run for 35 yds to the APP 37 for a
Week 2 · Chattanooga · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA −3.21Michel Dukes run for no gain to the UTC 27
Week 2 · Chattanooga · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Michel Dukes run for 29 yds to the UTC 42 for a
Week 8 · Marshall · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Zach Gibson pass complete to Michel Dukes for 9 yds to the MRSH 46 for a
Week 13 · Texas State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Michel Dukes run for 23 yds for a TD (Liam Rickman KICK)

4 more plays

Week 8 · Marshall · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Zach Gibson pass complete to Michel Dukes for 13 yds for a TD (Liam Rickman KICK)
Week 12 · Arkansas State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Christian Veilleux pass complete to Michel Dukes for 12 yds for a TD (Liam Rickman KICK)
Week 7 · Old Dominion · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.47Christian Veilleux pass complete to Michel Dukes for 19 yds to the ODU 20 for a
Week 2 · Chattanooga · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Christian Veilleux pass complete to Michel Dukes for 8 yds to the UTC 48 for a

Rushing profile

Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security

How he gets his yards, and how often it works

63 car · 365 yds · 2 TD

63 of 63 carries matched to play-by-play

Success rate

35%63 carries

Stuffed

0 or fewer yds

14%of carries

9 carries

Grind

1–3 yds

41%of carries

26 carries

Chunk

4–9 yds

30%of carries

19 carries

Explosive

10+ yds

14%of carries

9 carries

1 of 3 (33%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go)

5.8 yds/carry on 63 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 35% success rate.

Teams and coaches

2019Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott and Daniel Da Prato · Run-leaning

2023South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2024Georgia State3-9HC: Dell McGee · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 53 (#99 of 310). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

53Rotational starter #99 of 310 · 2024?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (87th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile). Concern: success rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#57 / 442 · 87th pct

11.1%

Yards / carry#125 / 442 · 72nd pct

5.8

TD rate#311 / 442 · 30th pct

3.2%

EPA / carry#332 / 442 · 25th pct

0.07

Success rate#400 / 442 · 10th pct

34.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#10 / 330 · 97th pct

Rec yards#11 / 330 · 97th pct

354

Yards / carry#62 / 335 · 80th pct

5.8

Rush yards#214 / 335 · 36th pct

365

Long run#223 / 335 · 33rd pct

Carries#244 / 335 · 27th pct

Rush TDs#231 / 335 · 25th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

51st → 25th percentile

Success rate

36th → 10th percentile

Explosive rate

66th → 87th percentile

Yards / carry

67th → 72nd percentile

TD rate

32nd → 30th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	21.3	4.9	0.0
Road6g	39.5	6.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	22.0	5.4	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	36.4	6.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

Pass share

55.8%

449 pass / 356 run

Plays / game

67.1

12 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

470 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

63 carries and 43 catches in 12 games

About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

53 · #99 of 310 RBs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #99 at the position.

Michel Dukes

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Style of play

Fans

Georgia State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Rushing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

63 carries and 43 catches in 12 games

Six seasons, three schools

Moves

2019 10 games

2022 11 games

2024 12 games