#47

Rahjai Harris

Former running back at East Carolina. 2024: 1,166 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · East Carolina · Sr. · #47

5′11″ · 214 lb · Duncan, SC

CFB Index 60 · #70 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceEast Carolina 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1253 nationally · Signed with Byrnes

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at East Carolina. 2024: 1,166 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 15 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Byrnes in 2020.
Named AAC Rookies of the Year in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at East Carolina, 3,090 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

20208 games

Recruited3-star out of Byrnes
All-AACfirst
AAC Rookies of the Yearwinner

202413 games

All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1253 national

CFB

College

East Carolina

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Mike Houston

East Carolina

Played his entire career under Mike Houston.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mike Houston — 28-31 over that span.

2020East Carolina3-6HC: Mike Houston · Run-leaning

2021East Carolina7-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced, fast tempo

2022East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2023East Carolina2-10HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

2024East Carolina8-5HC: Mike Houston · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #70 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (94th percentile). Concern: success rate (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#133 / 442 · 70th pct

5.8

Explosive rate#139 / 442 · 69th pct

8.3%

TD rate#160 / 442 · 64th pct

5.7%

EPA / carry#217 / 442 · 51st pct

0.17

Success rate#329 / 442 · 26th pct

39.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#9 / 335 · 97th pct

Rush yards#22 / 335 · 94th pct

1166

Carries#25 / 335 · 93rd pct

206

Rush TDs#36 / 335 · 88th pct

Yards / carry#74 / 335 · 76th pct

5.7

Receptions#115 / 330 · 63rd pct

Rec yards#156 / 330 · 52nd pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

6th → 51st percentile

Success rate

7th → 26th percentile

Explosive rate

44th → 69th percentile

Yards / carry

10th → 70th percentile

TD rate

43rd → 64th 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

193 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

39%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	74.0	5.8	0.3
Road7g	103	5.8	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	88.1	5.2	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	91.5	6.5	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

60 · #70 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #70 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	East Carolina	206	1,166	5.7	11	--
2023	East Carolina	129	485	3.8	5	--
2022	East Carolina	67	238	3.6	5	--
2021	East Carolina	164	579	3.5	4	--
2020	East Carolina	127	622	4.9	4	--
Career		693	3,090	4.5	29	--

Season	Team
2024	East Carolina	15	91	6.1	0	--
2023	East Carolina	7	43	6.1	1	--
2022	East Carolina	9	71	7.9	1	--
2021	East Carolina	24	162	6.8	1	--
2020	East Carolina	6	31	5.2	1	--
Career		61	398	6.5	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 26–21

at NC State

220 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With K. Houser — 147 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 55.7 · 84 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · Y. Smith — 7 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · NC State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +7.27Rahjai Harris 86 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 2 · Old Dominion · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +6.93Rahjai Harris run for 63 yds for a TD (Jake Garcia pass to Chase Sowell for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 4 · Liberty · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA -4.39Rahjai Harris run for 2 yds to the LIB 23 Rahjai Harris fumbled, recovered by LIB A'Khori Jones A. Jones return for 6 yds
Week 12 · Tulsa · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.61Rahjai Harris 24 Yd Run (Rahjai Harris Run for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 13 · North Texas · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Rahjai Harris run for 39 yds for a TD (Andrew Conrad KICK)
Week 1 · NC State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Rahjai Harris run for 13 yds to the NCSU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Temple · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Rahjai Harris run for 55 yds to the TEM 7 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Temple · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Rahjai Harris run for 4 yds for a TD (Katin Houser pass to Tyler Savage for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 12 · Tulsa · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Rahjai Harris 23 Yd Run (Andrew Conrad PAT failed)
Week 2 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Rahjai Harris run for 22 yds for a TD (Andrew Conrad PAT MISSED)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-3vs Norfolk State	6	24	4.0	0	15	Season-high 220 yds
Wk 2	W 20-14@ Old Dominion	26	131	5.0	2	63
Wk 3	L 19-21vs App State	18	87	4.8	0	11
Wk 4	L 24-35@ Liberty	13	47	3.6	1	16
Wk 5	W 30-20vs UTSA	25	60	2.4	0	10
Wk 6	L 24-55@ Charlotte	12	48	4.0	0	17
Wk 8	L 28-45@ Army	9	34	3.8	0	8
Wk 9	W 56-34vs Temple	11	130	11.8	1	55
Wk 11	W 49-14vs Florida Atlantic	8	55	6.9	1	19
Wk 12	W 38-31@ Tulsa	18	114	6.3	2	24
Wk 13	W 40-28@ North Texas	24	128	5.3	3	39	3 rushing TDs
Wk 14	L 20-34vs Navy	19	88	4.6	0	29
Bowl	W 26-21@ NC State	17	220	12.9	1	86
Total		206	1166	5.8	11	86