Tavion Thomas

Junior running back for Utah. 2022: 687 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 6 catches.

RB · Utah · Jr. · #9

6′2″ · 238 lb · Dayton, OH

CFB Index 48 · #138 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceUtah 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 410 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati

Statement game20 car · 177 yds · 4 TDat Stanford (FBS) · W 52-7

Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Utah. 2022: 687 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 6 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Utah, 2,484 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20188 games

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Dunbar

2020

Signed with Cincinnati4-star out of Princeton

202112 games

All-Pac-12First Team

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#410 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2019

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

2021–2022

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #138 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (82nd percentile). Concern: receptions (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#74 / 398 · 82nd pct

53.3%

EPA / carry#157 / 398 · 61st pct

0.19

Explosive rate#204 / 398 · 48th pct

6.7%

TD rate#244 / 398 · 39th pct

3.7%

Yards / carry#256 / 398 · 36th pct

4.8

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#84 / 346 · 73rd pct

Carries#94 / 346 · 73rd pct

142

Rush yards#107 / 346 · 69th pct

687

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Yards / carry#183 / 346 · 45th pct

4.8

Long run#225 / 346 · 34th pct

Rec yards#242 / 338 · 28th pct

Receptions#235 / 338 · 28th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

79th → 61st percentile

Success rate

65th → 82nd percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 48th percentile

Yards / carry

56th → 36th percentile

TD rate

96th → 39th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	61.0	4.5	0.8
Road4g	80.2	4.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	59.1	4.2	0.7
Weeks 8+3g	91.0	5.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

48 · #138 of 317 RBs

Former four-star. Now #138 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Utah	142	687	4.8	7	--
2021	Utah	204	1,108	5.4	21	--
2019	Cincinnati	40	190	4.8	1	--
2018	Cincinnati	89	499	5.6	6	--
Career		475	2,484	5.2	35	--

Season	Team
2022	Utah	6	43	7.2	--
2021	Utah	2	3	1.5	--
2019	Cincinnati	1	6	6.0	--
2018	Cincinnati	1	-2	-2.0	--
Career		10	50	5.0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 43–42

vs USC

28 rush yds (8 car)

Edged out USC at home in a shootout.

With C. Rising — 415 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.5 · 60 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD · D. Kincaid — 16 rec · 234 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Florida · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -4.21Tavion Thomas run for no gain to the Fla 1
Week 11 · Stanford · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.51Tavion Thomas run for 36 yds for a TD, (Jadon Redding KICK)
Week 3 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Tavion Thomas run for 18 yds for a TD, (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 1 · Florida · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.48Tavion Thomas run for 4 yds for a TD, (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 4 · Arizona State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.46Tavion Thomas run for 28 yds to the ArzSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Southern Utah · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Cameron Rising pass complete to Tavion Thomas for 18 yds to the SoUth 38 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Stanford · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.33Tavion Thomas run for 15 yds to the Stanf 34 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UCLA · 1&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.88Tavion Thomas run for 5 yds for a TD, (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 1 · Florida · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +1.86Tavion Thomas run for 22 yds to the Fla 43 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Oregon · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.73Tavion Thomas run for 4 yds to the Utah 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 26-29@ Florida	23	115	5.0	1	22
Wk 2	W 73-7vs Southern Utah	11	48	4.4	2	13
Wk 3	W 35-7vs San Diego State	16	59	3.7	1	18
Wk 4	W 34-13@ Arizona State	11	60	5.5	0	28
Wk 5	W 42-16vs Oregon State	6	13	2.2	0	6
Wk 6	L 32-42@ UCLA	18	91	5.1	1	12
Wk 7	W 43-42vs USC	8	28	3.5	0	11
Wk 10	W 45-20vs Arizona	8	38	4.8	0	11
Wk 11	W 42-7vs Stanford	22	180	8.2	2	36	Season-high 180 yds
Wk 12	L 17-20@ Oregon	19	55	2.9	0	8
Total		142	687	4.5	7	36