Florida · L 39-44
No carries.
Ole Miss · L 15-45
6 carries, 14 yards
The other 6 games average 40 yards. This one was 26 below.
Mabson has carries in 7 of Auburn’s 8 games: none against Florida.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
“Why is Cobb so ineffective? Mabson seems to come in and always get 3-5+ on his carries where Cobb barely makes it back to the line of scrimmage?”
3 stories in the last 30 days, from 3 outlets.
Omar Mabson Should Be Auburn’s STARTING Running Back
KARE 11 Oct 14
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Omar Mabson Ii
The two seasons at Auburn span two head coaches: Hugh Freeze and Alex Golesh. A game that shows it: 108 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Southern Miss — Week 2, 2026.
254 rushing yards · 1 rushing TD · 47 carries
Play style
Wins in space out of the backfield.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
from 3 outlets
Omar Mabson Should Be Auburn’s STARTING Running Back
KARE 11 Oct 14 · 1 outlet
from 7 outlets
Auburn football's Omar Mabson II returns after apparent leg injury vs Vanderbilt
Montgomery Advertiser +1 Sep 26 · 2 outlets
On3Omar Mabson II not afraid to put his body on the line for AuburnSep 29
Yahoo SportsAuburn May Have a New RB1 Emerging in Omar MabsonOct 6KARE 11Yahoo SportsOn3Montgomery AdvertiserEach week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Nov 4.
Fans first named Omar Mabson Ii vs Southern Miss.
Against Ole Miss on Oct. 31: 6 carries for 14 yards. In the 7 games drawn here: 47 carries for 254 yards.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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Last game (Wk 9): 14 rushing yards, 3 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-16vs Baylor | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 43-8vs Southern Miss | 15 | 108 | 7.2 | 1 | 39 | Season-high 108 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 21-15vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-24@ No. 17 Tennessee | 10 | 62 | 6.2 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ No. 1 Georgia | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-38vs No. 18 LSU | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | L 15-45@ No. 12 Ole Miss | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 47 | 254 | 5.4 | 1 | 39 |
Week 2 · 2026
W 43-8
108 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 35-point win at home against Southern Miss.
With B. Brown — 223 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 88 rush yds (13 car) · A. McPherson — 11 points · 55 long · 100 percent on field goals
The plays that mattered most
273rd in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -16 to +27 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
40%47 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.4 yds/carry on 47 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 40% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 48.3 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 30.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 45.4 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 13.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Pass share
47.9%
264 pass / 287 run
Plays / game
68.9
8 games
Team sack rate
10.9%
312 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #202 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Hugh Freeze, D.J. Durkin, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.
