Rico Dowdle

Senior running back for South Carolina. 2019: 498 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · South Carolina · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 215 lb · Asheville, NC

South Carolina 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 576 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for South Carolina. 2019: 498 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Carolina, 2,167 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 226 yds vs Western Carolina.Western Carolina · W 44-312016

20169 games

Signed with South Carolina3-star out of A.C. Reynolds

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#576 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

Played his entire career under Will Muschamp.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Will Muschamp — 26-25 over that span.

2016South Carolina6-7HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2017South Carolina9-4HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced, slow tempo

2018South Carolina7-6HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (82nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#56 / 314 · 82nd pct

Rec yards#63 / 314 · 80th pct

167

Carries#157 / 326 · 52nd pct

106

Fumbles lost#53 / 218 · 50th pct

Rush yards#171 / 326 · 48th pct

498

Rush TDs#179 / 326 · 42nd pct

Yards / carry#203 / 326 · 37th pct

4.7

Long run#216 / 326 · 33rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	54.7	5.9	0.5
Road4g	42.5	3.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	74.8	5.9	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	12.2	3.3	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 · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	South Carolina	106	498	4.7	4	--
2018	South Carolina	123	654	5.3	4	--
2017	South Carolina	66	251	3.8	2	--
2016	South Carolina	133	764	5.7	6	--
Career		428	2,167	5.1	16	--

Season	Team
2019	South Carolina	22	167	7.6	0	--
2018	South Carolina	14	133	9.5	1	--
2017	South Carolina	11	128	11.6	1	--
2016	South Carolina	15	55	3.7	1	--
Career		62	483	7.8	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 20–17

at Georgia

79 rush yds (21 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Charlton — 45 AVG · 58 LONG · 7 NO · R. Hilinski — 116 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-24@ North Carolina	11	62	5.6	0	21
Wk 2	W 72-10vs Charleston Southern	10	87	8.7	2	35
Wk 3	L 23-47vs Alabama	12	102	8.5	0	33	Season-high 102 yds
Wk 4	L 14-34@ Missouri	8	17	2.1	1	11
Wk 5	W 24-7vs Kentucky	15	102	6.8	1	30
Wk 7	W 20-17@ Georgia	21	79	3.8	0	17
Wk 8	L 27-38vs Florida	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 11	L 15-20vs App State	14	9	0.6	0	5
Wk 12	L 6-30@ Texas A&M	7	12	1.7	0	13
Wk 14	L 3-38vs Clemson	7	20	2.9	0	9
Total		106	498	4.9	4	35

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