#23

Myles Willis

Running back for Boston College. 2016: 301 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 catch.

RB · Boston College · #23

5′9″ · Conyers, GA

Boston College 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 944 nationally · Signed with Boston College

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for Boston College. 2016: 301 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 1 catch.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Boston College, 1,019 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with Boston College3-star out of Marist School

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#944 national

CFB

College

Boston College

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Steve Addazio

Boston College

Played his entire career under Steve Addazio.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Steve Addazio — 17-21 over that span.

2014Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2015Boston College3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (82nd percentile). Concern: receptions (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#53 / 304 · 82nd pct

6.1

Long run#173 / 304 · 43rd pct

Rush yards#243 / 304 · 20th pct

301

Carries#271 / 304 · 10th pct

Rush TDs#267 / 304 · 8th pct

Rec yards#275 / 294 · 6th pct

Receptions#281 / 294 · 2nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	22.6	7.8	0.0
Road5g	24.0	6.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	20.9	8.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	25.8	6.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Boston College	49	301	6.1	1	--
2015	Boston College	67	259	3.9	0	--
2014	Boston College	88	459	5.2	2	--
Career		204	1,019	5.0	3	--

Season	Team
2016	Boston College	1	8	8.0	--
2015	Boston College	1	36	36.0	--
2014	Boston College	1	18	18.0	--
Career		3	62	20.7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2016

W 21–14

at NC State

40 rush yds (5 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With M. Knoll — 29 LONG · 66 PCT · 7 PTS · P. Towles — 204 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 26.9 · -15 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-17vs Georgia Tech	6	24	4.0	0	11	Season-high 74 yds
Wk 2	W 26-7@ Massachusetts	3	22	7.3	0	19
Wk 3	L 0-49@ Virginia Tech	3	-4	-1.3	0	1
Wk 4	W 42-10vs Wagner	4	21	5.3	0	13
Wk 5	W 35-3vs Buffalo	3	6	2.0	0	5
Wk 6	L 10-56vs Clemson	2	3	1.5	0	3
Wk 8	L 20-28vs Syracuse	4	7	1.8	0	7
Wk 9	W 21-14@ NC State	5	40	8.0	0	21
Wk 10	L 7-52vs Louisville	2	13	6.5	0	13
Wk 11	L 7-45@ Florida State	3	41	13.7	0	39
Wk 12	W 30-0vs UConn	7	33	4.7	0	14
Wk 13	W 17-14@ Wake Forest	5	21	4.2	1	11
Bowl	W 36-30vs Maryland	2	74	37.0	0	43
Total		49	301	7.3	1	43

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