Re'Mahn Davis

Former running back at Kentucky. 2023: 1,129 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 33 catches.

RB · Kentucky · Sr. · #1

5′10″ · 216 lb · San Francisco, CA

CFB Index 86 · #10 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceBuffalo — drafted 2024, Rd 4, Pick 28, #128 overall

The story

Former running back at Kentucky. 2023: 1,129 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 33 catches.

Transferred from Temple to Vanderbilt in 2021.
Drafted round 4 by the Buffalo in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kentucky, 3,510 rushing yards — drafted at #128 overall by Buffalo.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20213 games

Entered the portal

2024

Drafted by Buffaloround 4, pick 128

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #128

Buffalo · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 3rd NFL season

#128Rd 4 · Pick 28

BuffaloEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

2020Temple1-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2021Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced

2022Vanderbilt5-7HC: Clark Lea · Run-leaning

2023Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

86All-Conference level #10 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#90 / 426 · 79th pct

7.1%

Yards / carry#119 / 426 · 72nd pct

5.8

Explosive rate#137 / 426 · 68th pct

8.2%

EPA / carry#166 / 426 · 61st pct

0.21

Success rate#241 / 426 · 43rd pct

43.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#10 / 327 · 97th pct

323

Receptions#15 / 327 · 95th pct

Rush TDs#15 / 333 · 95th pct

Long run#16 / 333 · 94th pct

Carries#29 / 333 · 91st pct

199

Rush yards#32 / 333 · 91st pct

1129

Fumbles lost#1 / 207 · 84th pct

Yards / carry#66 / 333 · 79th pct

5.7

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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

196 carries

19%

Stuffed (≤0)

35%

Grind (1–3)

31%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	96.9	6.2	1.2
Road5g	70.8	4.6	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	106	6.6	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	57.0	3.8	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #10 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Kentucky	199	1,129	5.7	14	--
2022	Vanderbilt	209	926	4.4	4	--
2021	Vanderbilt	44	211	4.8	1	--
2020	Temple	78	308	3.9	1	--
2019	Temple	193	936	4.8	8	--
Career		723	3,510	4.9	28	--

Season	Team
2023	Kentucky	33	323	9.8	7	--
2022	Vanderbilt	26	131	5.0	2	--
2021	Vanderbilt	5	27	5.4	0	--
2020	Temple	12	62	5.2	0	--
2019	Temple	15	181	12.1	2	--
Career		91	724	8.0	11	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 28–17

vs Eastern Kentucky

52 rush yds (12 car)

With D. Leary — 299 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 33.7 · -12 rush yds (1 car) · B. Brown — 34 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Akron · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +6.61Devin Leary pass complete to Ray Davis for 58 yds for a TD (Alex Raynor KICK)
Week 5 · Florida · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Ray Davis run for 75 yds for a TD (Alex Raynor PAT BLOCKED)
Week 3 · Akron · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.44Ray Davis run for 55 yds for a TD (Alex Raynor KICK)
Week 7 · Missouri · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA -3.79Devin Leary pass complete to Ray Davis for 4 yds to the MIZ 3
Week 1 · Ball State · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Ray Davis 30 Yd Run (Alex Raynor Kick)
Week 1 · Clemson · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.53Ray Davis run for 43 yds to the CLEM 22 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Vanderbilt · 2&22 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Ray Davis run for 38 yds to the UK 48 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Akron · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.07Devin Leary pass complete to Ray Davis for 39 yds to the AKR 36 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Louisville · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Ray Davis run for 37 yds for a TD (Alex Raynor KICK)
Week 1 · Ball State · 2&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Ray Davis run for 23 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 44-14vs Ball State	14	112	8.0	2	30
Wk 2	W 28-17vs Eastern Kentucky	12	52	4.3	0	13
Wk 3	W 35-3vs Akron	7	72	10.3	1	55
Wk 4	W 45-28@ Vanderbilt	17	78	4.6	2	38
Wk 5	W 33-14vs Florida	26	280	10.8	3	75	Season-high 280 yds
Wk 6	L 13-51@ Georgia	15	59	3.9	0	11
Wk 7	L 21-38vs Missouri	20	128	6.4	0	17
Wk 9	L 27-33vs Tennessee	16	42	2.6	1	8
Wk 10	W 24-3@ Mississippi State	21	80	3.8	0	14
Wk 11	L 21-49vs Alabama	12	26	2.2	2	6
Wk 12	L 14-17@ South Carolina	12	61	5.1	1	31
Wk 13	W 38-31@ Louisville	14	76	5.4	1	37
Bowl	L 35-38vs Clemson	13	63	4.8	1	43
Total		199	1129	5.6	14	75

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

196Carries

1126Yards

22.0%Top-5 share

18.9%Stuffed rate

Just 22.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.9% of his carries. 12 carries for 26 yds vs Alabama; 26 for 280 vs Florida.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

63.4%Carry share

50.9%Q4-lead share

51.9%In competitive games

63.4% of carries overall (194/306) → 50.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (27/53) — 51.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

13/16Inside-5 share

13 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (81.2%).