Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/21Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (4.8%).
Oscar Adaway III
Oscar Adaway III is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at South Carolina.
Adaway just keeps getting the ball, series after series. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Seth Littrell, Eric Morris and Shane Beamer. On tape: 60 rushing yards and 23 receiving yards against Virginia Tech, Week 1, 2025.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | 41 | 140 | 3.4 | 1 | 23 |
| 2024 | South Carolina | 77 | 295 | 3.8 | 3 | 36 |
| 2023 | North Texas | 123 | 738 | 6.0 | 6 | 77 |
| 2022 | North Texas | 118 | 583 | 4.9 | 5 | 35 |
| 2020 | North Texas | 99 | 572 | 5.8 | 3 | 47 |
| 2019 | North Texas | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 25 |
| Career | 462 | 2,370 | 5.1 | 18 | 77 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2024 | South Carolina | 15 | 145 | 9.7 | 0 | 30 |
| 2023 | North Texas | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 0 | 15 |
| 2022 | North Texas | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | 11 |
| 2020 | North Texas | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | North Texas | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 44 | 343 | 7.8 | 1 | 30 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-11vs Virginia Tech | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 60 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs South Carolina State | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-31vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-29@ No. 23 Missouri | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-13vs Kentucky | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-20@ No. 11 LSU | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-26vs No. 14 Oklahoma | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-29vs No. 4 Alabama | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-30@ No. 7 Ole Miss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 41 | 140 | 3.4 | 1 | 23 |
Signature game
Week 2 · 2025
W 38-10
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.28O.Adaway III rush middle for 17 yards gain (A.Jones; L.Whitaker)
- Week 8 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 17 · Q4 · EPA +2.64LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Oscar Adaway III for 19 yds to the SC 41 for a
- Week 2 · South Carolina State · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.44Oscar Adaway III run for 5 yds for a TD (William Joyce KICK)
- Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.95Oscar Adaway III run for 23 yds to the VT 42 for a
- Week 8 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA −1.52Oscar Adaway III run for a loss of 3 yards to the OU 47
- Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +1.50LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Oscar Adaway III for 15 yds to the SC 35 for a
4 more plays
- Week 4 · Missouri · 1st and 15 · Q2 · EPA −1.26Oscar Adaway III run for a loss of 1 yard to the SC 49
- Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA −1.16Oscar Adaway III run for a loss of 2 yards to the SC 44
- Week 2 · South Carolina State · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA −1.14Oscar Adaway III run for no gain to the SCST 39
- Week 9 · Alabama · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.12Oscar Adaway III run for 6 yds to the ALA 33 for a
Rushing profile
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
40 of 41 carries matched to play-by-play
Success rate
30%40 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer yds18%of carries
7 carries
Grind
1–3 yds45%of carries
18 carries
Chunk
4–9 yds30%of carries
12 carries
Explosive
10+ yds8%of carries
3 carries
1 of 3 (33%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go)
3.4 yds/carry on 41 carries · 8% explosive (10+ yds) · 30% success rate.
Teams and coaches
2019North Texas4-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced
2020North Texas4-6HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022North Texas7-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning
2023North Texas5-7HC: Eric Morris · Balanced, fast tempo
2024South Carolina9-4HC: Shane Beamer · Run-heavy
2025South Carolina4-8HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 11.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 20.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
45.5%
340 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
62.2
12 games
Team sack rate
10.3%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
41 carries and 8 catches in 10 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
33 · #289 of 326 RBs · 2025
Three-star recruit. Now #289 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #34 of 37 SEC RBs
How the All-SEC base rate is computed
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Starter
The No. 1,437 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the SEC as a senior.
Seven seasons, two schools
- 2025 South Carolina BeamerYear 7 · 10 games
- 2024 South Carolina BeamerYear 6 · 13 games
- Dec 2023 Entered the transfer portalNorth Texas to South Carolina
- 2023 North Texas MorrisYear 5 · 12 games
- 2022 North Texas LittrellYear 4 · 9 games
- 2021 North Texas LittrellYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2020 North Texas LittrellYear 2 · 6 games
- 2019 North Texas LittrellYear 1 · 1 game
- High school North Little RockNorth Little Rock, AR · Class of 2019Three-star, No. 1,437 in the 2019 class.
Moves
- Transferred from North Texas to South Carolina, Dec 7, 2023.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
2019
- RecruitedThree-star, out of North Little Rock
2024 13 games
The role got bigger.
- Transferred to South Carolinafrom North Texas
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
3 coaches2019–2022
North Texas
Played for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Seth Littrell, Eric Morris and Shane Beamer.