Raymond Calais: RB · Louisiana · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Raymond Calais
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at Louisiana: Mark Hudspeth and Billy Napier. First career honor, 2019: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 144 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Arkansas State — Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
33.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 14.4% of his carries. 6 carries for 17 yds vs Ohio; 8 for 144 vs Arkansas State.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
20.5% of carries overall (116/565) → 12.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/124) — 73.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5 of the team's 49 inside-the-5 carries (10.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-38vs Mississippi State | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-14vs Liberty | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 0 | 68 | |
| Wk 3 | W 77-6vs Texas Southern | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 2 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-25@ Ohio | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-24@ Georgia Southern | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-17vs App State | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-20@ Arkansas State | 8 | 144 | 18.0 | 2 | 80 | Season-high 144 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 31-3vs Texas State | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-7@ Coastal Carolina | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-27@ South Alabama | 13 | 77 | 5.9 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | W 53-3vs Troy | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-30vs UL Monroe | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 1 | 83 | |
| Wk 15 | L 38-45@ No. 20 App State | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | 31 | |
| Bowl | W 27-17vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 117 | 886 | 7.6 | 6 | 83 |
Week 8 · 2019
W 37-20
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
58%114 carriesFumble rate
1.7%2 of 117 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds7.6 yds/carry on 117 carries · 22% explosive (10+ yds) · 58% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 73.0 | 9.2 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 58.2 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 48.4 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 78.1 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Pass share
42.0%
410 pass / 566 run
Plays / game
69.7
14 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisiana, 1,845 rushing yards — drafted at #245 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Hudspeth → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 7th NFL season
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 7th NFL season
