SaRodorick Thompson

Senior running back for Texas Tech. 2022: 684 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 23 catches.

RB · Texas Tech · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 220 lb · Irving, TX

CFB Index 54 · #103 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceTexas Tech 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1825 nationally · Signed with Texas Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Texas Tech. 2022: 684 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 23 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas Tech, 2,673 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20184 games

Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Ranchview

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1825 national

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

2019–2021

Matt Wells

Texas Tech

era →

2022

Joey McGuire

Texas Tech

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Kliff Kingsbury, Matt Wells, and Joey McGuire. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2019Texas Tech4-8HC: Matt Wells · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2020Texas Tech4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021Texas Tech7-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2022Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #103 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#149 / 398 · 63rd pct

8.0%

TD rate#164 / 398 · 59th pct

5.1%

EPA / carry#165 / 398 · 59th pct

0.19

Success rate#165 / 398 · 59th pct

46.7%

Yards / carry#197 / 398 · 51st pct

5.2

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#52 / 338 · 84th pct

Rush TDs#84 / 346 · 73rd pct

Carries#99 / 346 · 71st pct

140

Rush yards#108 / 346 · 69th pct

684

Rec yards#117 / 338 · 65th pct

119

Yards / carry#166 / 346 · 50th pct

4.9

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Long run#225 / 346 · 34th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

61st → 59th percentile

Success rate

50th → 59th percentile

Explosive rate

70th → 63rd percentile

Yards / carry

40th → 51st percentile

TD rate

93rd → 59th 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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	58.3	5.3	0.7
Road6g	46.0	5.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	46.3	4.7	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	60.0	5.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #103 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #103 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Texas Tech	140	684	4.9	7	--
2021	Texas Tech	107	500	4.7	10	--
2020	Texas Tech	109	610	5.6	8	--
2019	Texas Tech	160	765	4.8	12	--
2018	Texas Tech	27	114	4.2	3	--
Career		543	2,673	4.9	40	--

Season	Team
2022	Texas Tech	23	119	5.2	1	--
2021	Texas Tech	6	113	18.8	0	--
2020	Texas Tech	21	124	5.9	0	--
2019	Texas Tech	39	154	3.9	0	--
2018	Texas Tech	2	10	5.0	0	--
Career		91	520	5.7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022

W 37–34

vs Texas

70 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Texas at home in a shootout.

With D. Smith — 331 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.5 · 42 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · M. Price — 13 rec · 98 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -4.10SaRodorick Thompson run for a loss of 10 yards to the TexTc 45 SaRodorick Thompson fumbled, recovered by Okla Ethan Downs
Week 8 · West Virginia · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.12SaRodorick Thompson run for 13 yds for a TD, (Trey Wolff KICK)
Week 1 · Murray State · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.10Donovan Smith pass complete to SaRodorick Thompson for 30 yds for a TD, (Trey Wolff KICK)
Week 1 · Murray State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.03SaRodorick Thompson run for 24 yds to the MurrS 43 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oklahoma · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.99Tyler Shough pass complete to SaRodorick Thompson for 24 yds to the TexTc 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Kansas · 2&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.70SaRodorick Thompson run for 36 yds for a TD, (Trey Wolff KICK)
Week 10 · TCU · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Tyler Shough pass complete to SaRodorick Thompson for 9 yds to the TCU 33 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · NC State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.58SaRodorick Thompson run for 13 yds to the NCSt 37 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Texas · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.48SaRodorick Thompson run for 19 yds to the Texas 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oklahoma · 1&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.20SaRodorick Thompson run for 7 yds for a TD, (Trey Wolff KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 63-10vs Murray State	7	48	6.9	0	24
Wk 2	W 33-30vs Houston	5	11	2.2	0	5
Wk 3	L 14-27@ NC State	9	39	4.3	0	13
Wk 4	W 37-34vs Texas	17	70	4.1	1	19
Wk 5	L 28-37@ Kansas State	6	55	9.2	0	23
Wk 6	L 31-41@ Oklahoma State	20	87	4.4	1	19	Season-high 87 yds
Wk 8	W 48-10vs West Virginia	15	59	3.9	1	13
Wk 9	L 17-45vs Baylor	10	66	6.6	0	16
Wk 10	L 24-34@ TCU	8	46	5.8	0	24
Wk 11	W 43-28vs Kansas	7	68	9.7	1	36
Wk 12	W 14-10@ Iowa State	7	35	5.0	0	15
Wk 13	W 51-48vs Oklahoma	22	86	3.9	2	14
Bowl	W 42-25@ Ole Miss	7	14	2.0	1	8
Total		140	684	5.2	7	36

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

SaRodorick Thompson

20184 games

2022 snapshot

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Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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