Former running back at Nevada. 2024: 246 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 11 catches.
5′9″ · 211 lb · Levittown, PA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former running back at Nevada. 2024: 246 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 11 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearPat Garwo III
Wins in space out of the backfield. Three head coaches in six seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2021: ACC Running Back Player of the Week. One game to point at: 63 rush yds, 3 rush TD against Eastern Washington — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Nevada, 2,159 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Jay Norvell, Vai Taua, Ken Wilson, and Jeff Choate. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (93rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (17th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 28.0 | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 26.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 32.9 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 8.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nevada | 55 | 246 | 4.5 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 52 | 270 | 5.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 132 | 403 | 3.1 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | 205 | 1,045 | 5.1 | 7 | -- |
| 2020 | Boston College | 33 | 122 | 3.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Boston College | 18 | 73 | 4.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 495 | 2,159 | 4.4 | 16 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nevada | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Boston College | 29 | 241 | 8.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Boston College | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Boston College | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Boston College | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 57 | 366 | 6.4 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 49–16
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-29vs SMU | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 1 | W 28-26@ Troy | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 2 | 22 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-20vs Georgia Southern | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-27@ Minnesota | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-16vs Eastern Washington | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 3 | 25 | Season-high 63 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 31-35@ San José State | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-37vs Oregon State | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs Fresno State | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-34@ Hawai'i | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 55 | 246 | 4.5 | 5 | 25 |
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
10 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (83.3%). 3 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (16.7%).
Player DNA
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Robert Henry’s 2023 season.
Matches Robert on
Differs from Robert on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gary Brightwell’s path through Arizona.
Kierre Crossley
Matches Gary on
Player DNA