Nathaniel Peat

Senior running back for Missouri. 2023: 317 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 6 catches.

RB · Missouri · Sr. · #8

5′10″ · 206 lb · Columbia, MO

CFB Index 37 · #231 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceMissouri 2023 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Missouri. 2023: 317 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 6 catches.

Transferred from Stanford to Missouri in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Missouri, 1,421 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 117 yds at Florida.Florida · L 17-242022

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019

Barry Odom

Missouri

2020–2023

Eli Drinkwitz

Missouri

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Stanford4-8HC: David Shaw · Pass-leaning

2020Stanford4-2HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2023Missouri11-2HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #231 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: success rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#148 / 426 · 65th pct

8.0%

TD rate#328 / 426 · 23rd pct

2.7%

EPA / carry#339 / 426 · 21st pct

0.03

Yards / carry#352 / 426 · 17th pct

4.4

Success rate#353 / 426 · 17th pct

37.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#158 / 327 · 51st pct

Rush TDs#181 / 333 · 40th pct

Carries#222 / 333 · 33rd pct

Rush yards#240 / 333 · 28th pct

317

Receptions#240 / 327 · 25th pct

Yards / carry#250 / 333 · 24th pct

4.2

Long run#297 / 333 · 10th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

7th → 21st percentile

Success rate

12th → 17th percentile

Explosive rate

78th → 65th percentile

Yards / carry

26th → 17th percentile

TD rate

18th → 23rd 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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	29.9	4.1	0.3
Road4g	27.0	2.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	39.1	4.2	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	10.8	2.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #231 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Missouri	76	317	4.2	3	--
2022	Missouri	100	439	4.4	2	--
2021	Stanford	79	404	5.1	3	--
2020	Stanford	29	204	7.0	1	--
2019	Stanford	9	57	6.3	0	--
Career		293	1,421	4.8	9	--

Season	Team
2023	Missouri	6	81	13.5	1	--
2022	Missouri	10	66	6.6	1	--
2021	Stanford	11	63	5.7	0	--
2020	Stanford	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Stanford	5	43	8.6	0	--
Career		32	253	7.9	2	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.76Brady Cook pass complete to Nathaniel Peat for 49 yds for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 13 · Arkansas · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Nathaniel Peat run for 1 yd for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 1 · South Dakota · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Brady Cook pass complete to Nathaniel Peat for 19 yds to the SDAK 25 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · South Dakota · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.90Nathaniel Peat run for 1 yd for a TD (Harrison Mevis KICK)
Week 5 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.61Nathaniel Peat run for 19 yds to the MIZ 41 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Memphis · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +1.59Nathaniel Peat run for 12 yds to the MIZ 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Memphis · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.52Nathaniel Peat run for 11 yds to the MIZ 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.44Nathaniel Peat run for 6 yds to the MIZ 44 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Florida · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.44Nathaniel Peat run for 16 yds to the FLA 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Vanderbilt · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA -1.42Nathaniel Peat run for a loss of 1 yard to the VAN 44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-10vs South Dakota	14	52	3.7	1	13
Wk 2	W 23-19vs Middle Tennessee	8	51	6.4	0	15
Wk 3	W 30-27vs Kansas State	7	18	2.6	0	7
Wk 4	W 34-27vs Memphis	15	65	4.3	1	18
Wk 5	W 38-21@ Vanderbilt	12	71	5.9	0	19	Season-high 71 yds
Wk 6	L 39-49vs LSU	2	9	4.5	0	10
Wk 7	W 38-21@ Kentucky	4	8	2.0	0	5
Wk 10	L 21-30@ Georgia	2	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 11	W 36-7vs Tennessee	2	-4	-2.0	0	1
Wk 12	W 33-31vs Florida	2	18	9.0	0	16
Wk 13	W 48-14@ Arkansas	8	29	3.6	1	16
Total		76	317	3.6	3	19