Rahsul Faison

Senior running back for South Carolina. 2025: 470 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · South Carolina · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 218 lb · Pottstown, PA

CFB Index 50 · #126 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to South Carolina for 2026

The numbers

470

rushing yards · 2025

3 TD · 4.9 per carry · 19 catches

Backed by 20 car · 191 yds · 2 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 74 rush yds, 1 TD, 1 rec yds, vs Vanderbilt

Swing playSwung Utah State from 41% to 71% to win.Utah State at Wyoming · 27-25

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for South Carolina. 2025: 470 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Marshall in 2019.
Transferred from Utah State to South Carolina in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

Explosive rate: 62nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Rahsul Faison

RB · South Carolina · Sr · #1

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Rahsul Faison has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 74 rush yds, 4 receptions against Vanderbilt — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Utah State6-7HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning

2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced

2025South Carolina4-8HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #126 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: success rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#175 / 456 · 62nd pct

7.4%

TD rate#190 / 456 · 58th pct

3.2%

Yards / carry#203 / 456 · 56th pct

5.1

EPA / carry#274 / 456 · 40th pct

0.08

Success rate#391 / 456 · 14th pct

35.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 201 · 87th pct

Receptions#77 / 338 · 75th pct

Rec yards#128 / 338 · 62nd pct

118

Long run#166 / 349 · 51st pct

Rush yards#175 / 349 · 50th pct

470

Yards / carry#171 / 349 · 49th pct

4.9

Carries#180 / 349 · 48th pct

Rush TDs#200 / 349 · 38th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

56th → 40th percentile

Success rate

41st → 14th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 62nd percentile

Yards / carry

76th → 56th percentile

TD rate

37th → 58th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	39.9	5.6	0.4
Road4g	37.8	3.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	38.5	3.9	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	39.8	6.1	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

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #126 of 326 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #126 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #18 of 37 SEC RBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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	96	470	4.9	3	--
2024	Utah State	198	1,109	5.6	8	--
2023	Utah State	118	736	6.2	5	--
Career		412	2,315	5.6	16	--

Season	Team
2025	South Carolina	19	118	6.2	--
2024	Utah State	22	99	4.5	--
2023	Utah State	11	52	4.7	--
Career		52	269	5.2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–10

vs South Carolina State

21 rush yds (5 car)

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 1 · Virginia Tech · 2&33 · Q2 · EPA +3.98Rahsul Faison run for 30 yds to the VT 24
Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.45(06:57) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 R.Faison rush middle for 46 yards gain to the CCU34, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Alabama · 1&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.23LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Rahsul Faison for 33 yds to the ALA 36 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Oklahoma · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.01Rahsul Faison run for 36 yds to the OU 9 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Kentucky · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Rahsul Faison run for 12 yds for a TD (William Joyce KICK)
Week 7 · LSU · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.25LaNorris Sellers pass complete to Rahsul Faison for 13 yds to the SC 40 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Clemson · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.23(01:41) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 L.Sellers pass complete short middle to #1 R.Faison caught at USC32, for 12 yards to the USC39 (#7 K.Barnes), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Vanderbilt · 1&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.20Rahsul Faison run for 7 yds for a TD (William Joyce KICK)
Week 5 · Kentucky · 1&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Rahsul Faison run for 6 yds for a TD Kentucky Penalty, UNR: Unnecessary Roughness (Kahlil Saunders) to the UK 0 (William Joyce KICK)
Week 3 · Vanderbilt · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -1.95Rahsul Faison run for a loss of 3 yards to the VAN 44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-11vs Virginia Tech	7	40	5.7	0	30
Wk 2	W 38-10vs South Carolina State	5	21	4.2	0	6
Wk 3	L 7-31vs Vanderbilt	15	74	4.9	1	16	Season-high 74 yds
Wk 4	L 20-29@ Missouri	6	5	0.8	0	2
Wk 5	W 35-13vs Kentucky	8	23	2.9	2	12
Wk 7	L 10-20@ LSU	13	68	5.2	0	14
Wk 8	L 7-26vs Oklahoma	10	50	5.0	0	36
Wk 9	L 22-29vs Alabama	5	17	3.4	0	13
Wk 10	L 14-30@ Ole Miss	12	52	4.3	0	12
Wk 12	L 30-31@ Texas A&M	5	26	5.2	0	22
Wk 13	W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina	5	57	11.4	0	46
Wk 14	L 14-28vs Clemson	5	37	7.4	0	16
Total		96	470	5.0	3	46

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

Rahsul Faison

2019

202313 games

202412 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Workhorse

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