#22

Michel Dukes

Former running back at Georgia State. 2024: 365 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 43 catches.

RB · Georgia State · Sr. · #22

5′10″ · 205 lb · Charleston, SC

CFB Index 53 · #99 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceGeorgia State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 924 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Georgia State. 2024: 365 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 43 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Clemson in 2019.
Transferred from South Florida to Jacksonville State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Georgia State, 1,116 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

3 programs, one constant: he played.

201910 games

Signed with Clemson3-star out of First Baptist Church School

202211 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#924 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2023

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

2024

Dell McGee

Georgia State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Elliott → Dell McGee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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 · Run-leaning

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

53Rotational starter #99 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 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	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

53 · #99 of 310 RBs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 24–21

vs Chattanooga

36 rush yds (5 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Allen — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · C. Veilleux — 238 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 28.1 · -12 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · UConn · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.40Zach Gibson pass complete to Michel Dukes for 26 yds to the CONN 47 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · App State · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.32Michel Dukes run for 35 yds to the APP 37 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Chattanooga · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.21Michel Dukes run for no gain to the UTC 27
Week 2 · Chattanooga · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Michel Dukes run for 29 yds to the UTC 42 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Marshall · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Zach Gibson pass complete to Michel Dukes for 9 yds to the MRSH 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Michel Dukes run for 23 yds for a TD (Liam Rickman KICK)
Week 8 · Marshall · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Zach Gibson pass complete to Michel Dukes for 13 yds for a TD (Liam Rickman KICK)
Week 12 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Christian Veilleux pass complete to Michel Dukes for 12 yds for a TD (Liam Rickman KICK)
Week 7 · Old Dominion · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.47Christian Veilleux pass complete to Michel Dukes for 19 yds to the ODU 20 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Chattanooga · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Christian Veilleux pass complete to Michel Dukes for 8 yds to the UTC 48 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 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

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