Raheim Sanders

Former running back at South Carolina. 2024: 881 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 27 catches.

RB · South Carolina · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 230 lb · Rockledge, FL

CFB Index 70 · #34 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSouth Carolina 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former running back at South Carolina. 2024: 881 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 27 catches.

Transferred from Arkansas to South Carolina in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Carolina, 3,111 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202213 games

All-SECfirst

202412 games

Entered the portal
All-SECsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

Played his entire career under Shane Beamer.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Arkansas9-4HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

2022Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

2023Arkansas4-8HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

2024South Carolina9-4HC: Shane Beamer · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #34 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (95th percentile). Strength: receptions (89th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#140 / 442 · 68th pct

6.0%

EPA / carry#204 / 442 · 54th pct

0.18

Success rate#236 / 442 · 46th pct

44.3%

Yards / carry#274 / 442 · 38th pct

4.9

Explosive rate#293 / 442 · 34th pct

5.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#16 / 330 · 95th pct

316

Receptions#34 / 330 · 89th pct

Rush TDs#36 / 335 · 88th pct

Carries#44 / 335 · 87th pct

183

Rush yards#58 / 335 · 83rd pct

881

Long run#73 / 335 · 77th pct

Yards / carry#190 / 335 · 42nd pct

4.8

Fumbles lost#157 / 204 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

18th → 54th percentile

Success rate

12th → 46th percentile

Explosive rate

13th → 34th percentile

Yards / carry

14th → 38th percentile

TD rate

32nd → 68th 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

183 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

40%

Grind (1–3)

33%

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
Home7g	75.7	4.4	0.9
Road5g	70.2	4.6	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	65.5	4.2	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	81.3	4.8	1.0

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 · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #34 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Carolina	183	881	4.8	11	--
2023	Arkansas	62	209	3.4	2	--
2022	Arkansas	222	1,443	6.5	10	--
2021	Arkansas	114	578	5.1	5	--
Career		581	3,111	5.4	28	--

Season	Team
2024	South Carolina	27	316	11.7	2	--
2023	Arkansas	10	75	7.5	0	--
2022	Arkansas	28	271	9.7	2	--
2021	Arkansas	11	109	9.9	1	--
Career		76	771	10.1	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 44–20

vs Texas A&M

144 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Texas A&M.

With L. Sellers — 244 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.5 · 106 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · K. Kroeger — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · LSU · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +6.10Raheim Sanders run for 66 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 10 · Texas A&M · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +4.91Raheim Sanders 52 Yd Run (Alex Herrera Kick)
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 1&20 · Q4 · EPA +4.50LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Raheim Sanders for 43 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera KICK)
Week 12 · Missouri · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.79Raheim Sanders run for a loss of 1 yard to the MIZ 18
Week 10 · Texas A&M · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.78LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Raheim Sanders for 36 yds to the TA&M 38 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Vanderbilt · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Raheim Sanders run for 33 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera KICK)
Week 10 · Texas A&M · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.69Raheim Sanders run for 28 yds to the TA&M 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Old Dominion · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Raheim Sanders run for 12 yds to the SC 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Wofford · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Raheim Sanders run for 11 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera KICK)
Week 3 · LSU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Raheim Sanders run for 10 yds for a TD (Alex Herrera 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 23-19vs Old Dominion	24	88	3.7	1	21
Wk 2	W 31-6@ Kentucky	13	54	4.2	1	21
Wk 3	L 33-36vs LSU	19	143	7.5	2	66
Wk 4	W 50-7vs Akron	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 6	L 3-27vs Ole Miss	8	29	3.6	0	12
Wk 7	L 25-27@ Alabama	16	78	4.9	1	23
Wk 8	W 35-9@ Oklahoma	15	33	2.2	1	7
Wk 10	W 44-20vs Texas A&M	20	144	7.2	2	52	Season-high 144 yds
Wk 11	W 28-7@ Vanderbilt	15	126	8.4	2	39
Wk 12	W 34-30vs Missouri	19	53	2.8	0	14
Wk 13	W 56-12vs Wofford	15	72	4.8	1	17
Wk 14	W 17-14@ Clemson	18	60	3.3	0	10
Total		183	881	4.5	11	66