#22

Sam Scott

Senior running back for Wyoming. 2025: 408 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 11 catches.

RB · Wyoming · Sr. · #22

6′2″ · 230 lb · Omaha, NE

CFB Index 36 · #260 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Wyoming for 2026

The numbers

408

rushing yards · 2025

2 TD · 4.6 per carry · 11 catches

Best game: 58 rush yds, 1 TD, 12 rec yds, vs Northern Iowa

Swing playSwung San Diego State from 48% to 69% to win.San Diego State at Wyoming · 27-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Wyoming. 2025: 408 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 11 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wyoming in 2021.
435 rushing yards in 2024. Then 408 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

Explosive rate: 74th percentile.

The full scouting read

Sam Scott

RB · Wyoming · Sr · #22

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Sam Scott has been at Wyoming through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt on tape: 132 rush yds against Akron, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Wyoming7-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Wyoming9-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Wyoming3-9HC: Jay Sawvel · Run-leaning

2025Wyoming4-8HC: Jay Sawvel · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

36Below cohort / limited sample #260 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#117 / 456 · 74th pct

8.6%

Yards / carry#253 / 456 · 45th pct

4.8

Success rate#356 / 456 · 22nd pct

38.0%

EPA / carry#367 / 456 · 20th pct

-0.02

TD rate#374 / 456 · 18th pct

1.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#137 / 338 · 59th pct

113

Carries#190 / 349 · 46th pct

Receptions#179 / 338 · 45th pct

Rush yards#205 / 349 · 41st pct

408

Yards / carry#213 / 349 · 37th pct

4.6

Long run#219 / 349 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#236 / 349 · 26th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

17th → 20th percentile

Success rate

34th → 22nd percentile

Explosive rate

73rd → 74th percentile

Yards / carry

32nd → 45th percentile

TD rate

31st → 18th percentile

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	40.3	7.1	0.3
Road6g	27.7	2.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	45.7	3.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	22.3	5.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jay Sawvel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #260 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #260 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #29 of 34 Mountain West RBs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Wyoming	89	408	4.6	2	--
2024	Wyoming	92	435	4.7	3	--
2023	Wyoming	51	241	4.7	2	--
2022	Wyoming	4	11	2.8	0	--
Career		236	1,095	4.6	7	--

Season	Team
2025	Wyoming	11	113	10.3	1	--
2024	Wyoming	12	64	5.3	1	--
2023	Wyoming	11	77	7.0	0	--
2022	Wyoming	--	--	--	--	--
Career		34	254	7.5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 31–7

vs Northern Iowa

58 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Northern Iowa.

With B. Edmiston — 48 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 62 LONG · K. Anderson — 167 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 20.9 · -40 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Akron · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA -4.02Sam Scott run for a loss of 2 yards to the AKR 10
Week 9 · Colorado State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.80Shotgun #22 S.Scott rush middle for 37 yards gain to the CSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:51, 1ST DOWN #47 E.Sandvik kick attempt good (H: #43 G.Helm, LS: #52 C.York)
Week 1 · Akron · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -2.89Sam Scott run for no gain to the AKR 31
Week 3 · Utah · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA -2.89Sam Scott run for no gain to the UTAH 33 Wyoming Penalty, Offensive Holding (Caden Barnett) to the UTAH 43
Week 10 · San Diego State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.62(10:29) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 L.Sims pass complete short right to #22 S.Scott caught at SDSU00, for 3 yards to the SDSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:29 #47 E.Sandvik kick attempt good (H: #43 G.Helm, LS: #52 C.York)
Week 2 · Northern Iowa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.59Sam Scott run for 18 yds for a TD (Erik Sandvik KICK)
Week 1 · Akron · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Sam Scott run for 28 yds to the AKR 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Akron · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.04Sam Scott run for 6 yds to the WYO 40 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UNLV · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.01Kaden Anderson pass complete to Sam Scott for 36 yds to the UNLV 30 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Hawai'i · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -2.01(03:01) Shotgun #22 S.Scott rush right for 5 yards loss to the Wyo37 (#51 L.Lagafuaina)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 10-0@ Akron	29	132	4.6	0	28	Season-high 132 yds
Wk 2	W 31-7vs Northern Iowa	8	58	7.3	1	18
Wk 3	L 6-31vs Utah	7	13	1.9	0	4
Wk 4	L 20-37@ Colorado	5	16	3.2	0	6
Wk 6	L 17-31vs UNLV	11	49	4.5	0	10
Wk 7	W 35-28vs San José State	3	6	2.0	0	3
Wk 8	L 21-24@ Air Force	2	4	2.0	0	2
Wk 9	W 28-0vs Colorado State	3	68	22.7	1	37
Wk 10	L 7-24@ San Diego State	5	7	1.4	0	3
Wk 12	L 3-24@ Fresno State	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Wk 13	L 7-13vs Nevada	11	48	4.4	0	19
Wk 14	L 7-27@ Hawai'i	3	8	2.7	0	10
Total		89	408	4.7	2	37