Senior running back for Utah State. 2019: 89 rushing yards, 4 catches.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Mantua, UT
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 1662 nationally · Signed with BYU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Utah State. 2019: 89 rushing yards, 4 catches.
Riley Burt
Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 33 rush yds against Nevada — Week 8, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Utah State, 602 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Wells → Gary Andersen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (88th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 13.2 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.4 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 12.4 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Utah State | 26 | 89 | 3.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | BYU | 59 | 323 | 5.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | BYU | 23 | 104 | 4.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | BYU | 14 | 86 | 6.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 122 | 602 | 4.9 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Utah State | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | BYU | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | BYU | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | BYU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019
W 62–7
vs Stony Brook
15 rush yds (6 car)
Dominant 55-point win at home against Stony Brook.
With J. Love — 294 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.6 · 31 rush yds (3 car) · D. Thompkins — 5 rec · 77 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 62-7vs Stony Brook | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-17@ San Diego State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-24vs Colorado State | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-42@ LSU | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | W 36-10vs Nevada | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 21 | Season-high 33 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 7-31@ Air Force | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs BYU | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-21vs Wyoming | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-56vs Boise State | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bowl | L 41-51@ Kent State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 26 | 89 | 3.3 | 0 | 21 |