Ollie Gordon

Former running back at Oklahoma State. 2024: 858 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 30 catches.

RB · Oklahoma State · Jr.

6′2″ · 225 lb · Fort Worth, TX

CFB Index 61 · #63 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceMiami — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 3, #179 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 238 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State

Statement game29 car · 282 yds · 4 TDat West Virginia (FBS) · W 48-34

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Ollie Gordon is a damn cheat coder/CFB game thread · ▲ 5His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Oklahoma State. 2024: 858 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 30 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2022.
Drafted round 6 by the Miami in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oklahoma State, 2,897 rushing yards — drafted at #179 overall by Miami.

His career

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

202213 games

Signed with Oklahoma State4-star out of Trinity

2025

Drafted by Miamiround 6, pick 179

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#238 national

CFB

College

Oklahoma State

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #179

Miami · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 2nd NFL season

#179Rd 6 · Pick 3

MiamiEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mike Gundy — 20-19 over that span.

2022Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma State10-4HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

2024Oklahoma State3-9HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

61Quality starter #63 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (92nd percentile). Strength: rush tds (91st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#175 / 442 · 61st pct

5.4%

EPA / carry#250 / 442 · 44th pct

0.14

Success rate#271 / 442 · 39th pct

42.7%

Yards / carry#304 / 442 · 31st pct

4.7

Explosive rate#352 / 442 · 20th pct

4.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#25 / 330 · 92nd pct

Rush TDs#26 / 335 · 91st pct

Carries#39 / 335 · 89th pct

189

Rec yards#51 / 330 · 85th pct

201

Rush yards#63 / 335 · 81st pct

858

Long run#64 / 335 · 80th pct

Yards / carry#231 / 335 · 29th pct

4.5

Fumbles lost#157 / 204 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

57th → 44th percentile

Success rate

42nd → 39th percentile

Explosive rate

87th → 20th percentile

Yards / carry

84th → 31st percentile

TD rate

84th → 61st 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

185 carries

13%

Stuffed (≤0)

46%

Grind (1–3)

30%

Chunk (4–9)

11%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	71.0	4.5	1.2
Road6g	72.0	4.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	60.3	3.6	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	82.7	5.2	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

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

61 · #63 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #63 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Oklahoma State	189	858	4.5	12	--
2023	Oklahoma State	285	1,731	6.1	21	--
2022	Oklahoma State	62	308	5.0	2	--
Career		536	2,897	5.4	35	--

Season	Team
2024	Oklahoma State	30	201	6.7	2	--
2023	Oklahoma State	39	330	8.5	1	--
2022	Oklahoma State	12	76	6.3	2	--
Career		81	607	7.5	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 39–31

vs Arkansas

49 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Arkansas at home in a shootout.

With A. Bowman — 326 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 64.2 · 7 rush yds (5 car) · H. Kaak — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.52Ollie Gordon II run for 68 yds for a TD (Logan Ward KICK)
Week 8 · BYU · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +4.72Ollie Gordon II run for 50 yds for a TD (Logan Ward KICK)
Week 8 · BYU · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Garret Rangel pass complete to Ollie Gordon II for 17 yds for a TD (Logan Ward KICK)
Week 9 · Baylor · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.85Alan Bowman pass complete to Ollie Gordon II for 15 yds to the BAY 32 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Texas Tech · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Ollie Gordon II run for 1 yd for a TD (Logan Ward KICK)
Week 1 · South Dakota State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Ollie Gordon II 22 Yd pass from Alan Bowman (Logan Ward Kick)
Week 1 · South Dakota State · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Ollie Gordon II run for 10 yds to the SDST 44 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Kansas State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Alan Bowman pass complete to Ollie Gordon II for 13 yds to the OKST 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Arkansas · 1&10 · Q6 · EPA +2.53Ollie Gordon II 12 Yd Run (Alan Bowman Pass to Ollie Gordon II for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 1 · South Dakota State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Ollie Gordon II run for 12 yds for a TD (Logan Ward KICK)

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 44-20vs South Dakota State	27	104	3.9	2	12
Wk 2	W 39-31vs Arkansas	17	49	2.9	1	12
Wk 3	W 45-10@ Tulsa	17	41	2.4	0	10
Wk 4	L 19-22vs Utah	11	42	3.8	0	18
Wk 5	L 20-42@ Kansas State	15	76	5.1	0	27
Wk 6	L 14-38vs West Virginia	13	50	3.8	0	14
Wk 8	L 35-38@ BYU	16	107	6.7	2	50
Wk 9	L 28-38@ Baylor	18	77	4.3	2	13
Wk 10	L 21-42vs Arizona State	11	25	2.3	1	9
Wk 11	L 13-38@ TCU	25	121	4.8	1	15
Wk 13	L 48-56vs Texas Tech	15	156	10.4	3	68	Season-high 156 yds
Wk 14	L 0-52@ Colorado	4	10	2.5	0	7
Total		189	858	4.4	12	68

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