Tayon Fleet-Davis

Senior running back for Maryland. 2021: 721 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 32 catches.

RB · Maryland · Sr. · #8

6′0″ · 220 lb · Oxon Hill, MD

CFB Index 67 · #48 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceMaryland 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 851 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Maryland. 2021: 721 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 32 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Maryland, 1,340 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2017

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Potomac

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#851 national

CFB

College

Maryland

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017

D.J. Durkin

Maryland

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

era →

2019–2021

Mike Locksley

Maryland

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada, and Mike Locksley. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Maryland4-8HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Maryland7-6HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #48 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (95th percentile). Strength: receptions (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#145 / 409 · 65th pct

5.5%

Yards / carry#148 / 409 · 64th pct

5.8

Explosive rate#152 / 409 · 63rd pct

8.7%

EPA / carry#215 / 409 · 48th pct

0.17

Success rate#260 / 409 · 36th pct

42.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#17 / 331 · 95th pct

305

Receptions#19 / 331 · 94th pct

Rush TDs#66 / 343 · 79th pct

Yards / carry#87 / 343 · 73rd pct

5.6

Rush yards#94 / 343 · 73rd pct

721

Carries#116 / 343 · 66th pct

128

Long run#134 / 343 · 61st pct

Fumbles lost#63 / 222 · 46th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	59.6	6.3	0.6
Road5g	49.4	3.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	56.3	6.1	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	54.3	4.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #48 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #48 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Maryland	128	721	5.6	8	--
2020	Maryland	9	23	2.6	0	--
2019	Maryland	63	265	4.2	2	--
2018	Maryland	75	331	4.4	5	--
2017	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
Career		275	1,340	4.9	15	--

Season	Team
2021	Maryland	32	305	9.5	1	--
2020	Maryland	1	17	17.0	0	--
2019	Maryland	15	181	12.1	2	--
2018	Maryland	4	46	11.5	1	--
2017	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
Career		52	549	10.6	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 20–17

at Illinois

62 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Tagovailoa — 350 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.6 · 25 rush yds (6 car) · A. Pecorella — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · West Virginia · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Tayon Fleet-Davis run for 53 yds to the WVirg 9 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.21Tayon Fleet-Davis run for 43 yds to the Rutgr 32 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Rutgers · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.07Tayon Fleet-Davis 13 Yd Run (Joseph Petrino Kick)
Week 4 · Kent State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Tayon Fleet-Davis run for 29 yds for a TD, (Joseph Petrino PAT MISSED)
Week 2 · Howard · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.78Tayon Fleet-Davis run for 17 yds for a TD, (Joseph Petrino KICK)
Week 8 · Minnesota · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.77Tayon Fleet-Davis run for 13 yds for a TD, (Joseph Petrino KICK)
Week 9 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Taulia Tagovailoa pass complete to Tayon Fleet-Davis for 45 yds to the MARYLAND 20 for a 1ST down INDIANA Penalty, Defensive Holding (Raheem Layne II) declined for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Ohio State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Taulia Tagovailoa pass complete to Tayon Fleet-Davis for 18 yds to the OhSt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.51Tayon Fleet-Davis 10 Yd pass from Taulia Tagovailoa (Joseph Petrino Kick)
Week 13 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.34Tayon Fleet-Davis run for 30 yds to the Mary 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-24vs West Virginia	18	123	6.8	0	53
Wk 2	W 62-0vs Howard	8	66	8.3	1	17
Wk 3	W 20-17@ Illinois	11	62	5.6	1	18
Wk 4	W 37-16vs Kent State	7	60	8.6	2	29
Wk 5	L 14-51vs Iowa	3	20	6.7	0	11
Wk 6	L 17-66@ Ohio State	8	7	0.9	0	3
Wk 8	L 16-34@ Minnesota	8	21	2.6	1	13
Wk 9	W 38-35vs Indiana	16	40	2.5	1	7
Wk 10	L 14-31vs Penn State	8	37	4.6	0	11
Wk 11	L 21-40@ Michigan State	4	5	1.3	0	4
Wk 12	L 18-59vs Michigan	11	71	6.5	0	25
Wk 13	W 40-16@ Rutgers	18	152	8.4	2	43	Season-high 152 yds
Total		120	664	5.2	8	53