Rocko Griffin

#24 · RB · Jr. · Massachusetts5′9″ · 200 lb · Rincon, GA · South Effingham

Rocko Griffin is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Massachusetts.

Griffin does a little of everything without one standout trait. The six seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Derek Mason, Clark Lea, Jeff Traylor and Joe Harasymiak. A game that shows it: 94 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Temple — Week 1, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jai'Den ThomasUNLV · 2026 · 84% season match
Jo'Nathan SilverDelaware · 2025 · 79% season match
Mario AndersonSouth Carolina · 2023 · 78% season match
Noah WhittingtonOregon · 2024 · 77% season match
Marion LukesCentral Michigan · 2023 · 76% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Massachusetts	53	245	4.6	2	43
2024	UTSA	17	44	2.6	0	17
2023	UTSA	91	483	5.3	6	69
2022	Vanderbilt	9	86	9.6	1	34
2021	Vanderbilt	145	517	3.6	4	36
2020	Vanderbilt	35	91	2.6	0	15
Career		350	1,466	4.2	13	69

Season	Team
2025	Massachusetts	10	61	6.1	0	18
2024	UTSA	3	16	5.3	0	8
2023	UTSA	9	30	3.3	0	7
2022	Vanderbilt	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Vanderbilt	10	41	4.1	0	16
2020	Vanderbilt	1	3	3.0	0	3
Career		33	151	4.6	0	18

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-42vs Temple	10	94	9.4	1	41	Season-high 94 yds
Wk 2	L 26-27vs Bryant	10	20	2.0	0	9
Wk 3	L 7-47@ Iowa	10	28	2.8	0	8
Wk 5	L 6-42@ No. 20 Missouri	5	23	4.6	0	7
Wk 9	L 13-38@ Central Michigan	7	56	8.0	1	43
Wk 11	L 10-44@ Akron	3	-5	-1.7	0	2
Wk 12	L 3-45vs Northern Illinois	3	5	1.7	0	3
Wk 13	L 14-42@ Ohio	2	-2	-1.0	0	1
Wk 14	L 14-45vs Bowling Green	3	26	8.7	0	20
Total		53	245	4.6	2	43

Signature game

Week 1 · 2025

L 10-42

vs Temple

94 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

With K. Andrews — 57 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20 · B. Rose — 193 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 14.3

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Central Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.35R.Griffin rush right for 43 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 1 · Temple · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Rocko Griffin run for 18 yds for a TD (Derek Morris KICK)
Week 1 · Temple · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.41Rocko Griffin run for 19 yds to the MASS 44 for a
Week 14 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.37R.Griffin rush left for 20 yards gain to the UMass48 (J.Johnson)
Week 5 · Missouri · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.26Rocko Griffin run for 7 yds to the MIZ 49 for a
Week 1 · Temple · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.03Rocko Griffin run for 41 yds to the TEM 3 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Jordan to Griffin: an 18-yard pass.
Week 2 · Bryant · 2nd and 1 · Q2 · EPA −1.62Rocko Griffin run for a loss of 1 yards to the MASS 38
Week 14 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.47R.Griffin rush right for 4 yards gain to the UMass37 (K.Pascal; G.Lampron)
Week 3 · Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.43Rocko Griffin run for a loss of 2 yards to the MASS 36

Rushing profile

Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security

How he gets his yards, and how often it works

53 car · 245 yds · 2 TD

All 53 box-score carries covered (play-by-play lists 57)

Success rate

32%57 carries

Fumble rate

1.9%1 of 53 carries · 1 lost

Stuffed

0 or fewer yds

19%of carries

11 carries

Grind

1–3 yds

42%of carries

24 carries

Chunk

4–9 yds

30%of carries

17 carries

Explosive

10+ yds

9%of carries

5 carries

4.6 yds/carry on 53 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 32% success rate.

Teams and coaches

2020Vanderbilt0-9HC: Derek Mason · Balanced

2021Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced

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

2023UTSA9-4HC: Jeff Traylor · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

2025Massachusetts0-12HC: Joe Harasymiak · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 37 (#252 of 326). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

37Below cohort / limited sample #252 of 326 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: success rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#110 / 456 · 76th pct

8.8%

Yards / carry#295 / 456 · 35th pct

4.6

EPA / carry#315 / 456 · 31st pct

0.03

TD rate#322 / 456 · 29th pct

1.8%

Success rate#430 / 456 · 6th pct

31.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Long run#184 / 349 · 46th pct

Receptions#198 / 338 · 39th pct

Yards / carry#213 / 349 · 37th pct

4.6

Rec yards#214 / 338 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct

Carries#302 / 349 · 13th pct

Rush yards#304 / 349 · 13th pct

245

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 in 2025. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	36.2	5.5	0.2
Road5g	20.0	2.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	41.2	4.7	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	16.0	3.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

Pass share

54.2%

415 pass / 351 run

Plays / game

63.8

12 games

Team sack rate

7.2%

461 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

53 carries and 10 catches in 9 games

Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

37 · #252 of 326 RBs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #252 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #19 of 30 Mid-American RBs

How the All-MAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).

Starter

The No. 1,123 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Mid-American as a junior.