#27

Oscar Adaway III

Senior running back for South Carolina. 2025: 140 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · South Carolina · Sr. · #27

5′11″ · 219 lb · North Little Rock, AR

CFB Index 33 · #289 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to South Carolina for 2026

The numbers

140

rushing yards · 2025

1 TD · 3.4 per carry · 8 catches

Best game: 20 rush yds, 1 TD, 2 rec yds, vs South Carolina State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for South Carolina. 2025: 140 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 8 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Little Rock in 2019.
Transferred from North Texas to South Carolina in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

TD rate: 46th percentile.

The full scouting read

Oscar Adaway III

RB · South Carolina · Sr · #27

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Across six seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Seth Littrell, Eric Morris and Shane Beamer. The receipt on tape: 60 rush yds, 23 rec yds against Virginia Tech, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #289 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: success rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#245 / 456 · 46th pct

2.5%

Explosive rate#296 / 456 · 35th pct

5.0%

EPA / carry#366 / 456 · 20th pct

-0.02

Yards / carry#418 / 456 · 8th pct

3.8

Success rate#437 / 456 · 4th pct

30.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#199 / 338 · 41st pct

Receptions#225 / 338 · 32nd pct

Long run#287 / 349 · 17th pct

Rush TDs#284 / 349 · 13th pct

Yards / carry#335 / 349 · 4th pct

3.4

Carries#342 / 349 · 2nd pct

Rush yards#344 / 349 · 2nd pct

140

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

13th → 20th percentile

Success rate

28th → 4th percentile

Explosive rate

16th → 35th percentile

Yards / carry

8th → 8th percentile

TD rate

35th → 46th 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	18.1	3.3	0.1
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #289 of 326 RBs

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 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Carolina	41	140	3.4	1	--
2024	South Carolina	77	295	3.8	3	--
2023	North Texas	123	738	6.0	6	--
2022	North Texas	118	583	4.9	5	--
2020	North Texas	99	572	5.8	3	--
2019	North Texas	4	42	10.5	0	--
Career		462	2,370	5.1	18	--

Season	Team
2025	South Carolina	8	72	9.0	0	--
2024	South Carolina	15	145	9.7	0	--
2023	North Texas	14	89	6.4	0	--
2022	North Texas	5	29	5.8	1	--
2020	North Texas	2	8	4.0	0	--
2019	North Texas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		44	343	7.8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–10

vs South Carolina State

20 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against South Carolina State.

With M. Love — 49 AVG · 56 LONG · 5 NO · V. Swain — 1 SOLO · 2 TD · 1 TOT

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.28(07:46) No Huddle-Shotgun #27 O.Adaway III rush middle for 17 yards gain to the USC43 (#9 A.Jones; #4 L.Whitaker), 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Oklahoma · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +2.64LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Oscar Adaway III for 19 yds to the SC 41 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · South Carolina State · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.44Oscar Adaway III run for 5 yds for a TD (William Joyce KICK)
Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.95Oscar Adaway III run for 23 yds to the VT 42 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oklahoma · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA -1.52Oscar Adaway III run for a loss of 3 yards to the OU 47
Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.50LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Oscar Adaway III for 15 yds to the SC 35 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Missouri · 1&15 · Q2 · EPA -1.26Oscar Adaway III run for a loss of 1 yard to the SC 49
Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA -1.16Oscar Adaway III run for a loss of 2 yards to the SC 44
Week 2 · South Carolina State · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA -1.14Oscar Adaway III run for no gain to the SCST 39
Week 9 · Alabama · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +1.12Oscar Adaway III run for 6 yds to the ALA 33 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Missouri	3	7	2.3	0	5
Wk 5	W 35-13vs Kentucky	7	26	3.7	0	12
Wk 7	L 10-20@ LSU	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 8	L 7-26vs Oklahoma	2	-2	-1.0	0	1
Wk 9	L 22-29vs Alabama	2	8	4.0	0	6
Wk 10	L 14-30@ Ole Miss	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 13	W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina	3	9	3.0	0	4
Total		41	140	3.1	1	23

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

Oscar Adaway III

2019

202413 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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