Teriyon Gipson

Running back for New Mexico. 2016: 1,269 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · New Mexico · #7

5′8″ · Dallas, TX

New Mexico 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1671 nationally · Signed with New Mexico

Statement game24 car · 205 yds · 3 TDvs Boise State (FBS) · L 49-60

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 running back for New Mexico. 2016: 1,269 rushing yards, 13 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to New Mexico in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at New Mexico, 2,928 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with New Mexico3-star out of Kimball

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1671 national

CFB

College

New Mexico

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Bob Davie

New Mexico

Played his entire career under Bob Davie.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bob Davie — 20-18 over that span.

2014New Mexico4-8HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2015New Mexico7-6HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

2016New Mexico9-4HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (100th percentile). Strength: long run (96th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#2 / 304 · 100th pct

8.8

Long run#14 / 304 · 96th pct

Rush yards#28 / 304 · 91st pct

1269

Rush TDs#25 / 304 · 90th pct

Carries#103 / 304 · 66th pct

145

Fumbles lost#62 / 222 · 53rd pct

Rec yards#144 / 294 · 51st pct

Receptions#144 / 294 · 49th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	152	14.0	1.2
Road6g	85.0	6.6	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	120	12.4	1.4
Weeks 8+6g	112	8.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	New Mexico	145	1,269	8.8	13	--
2015	New Mexico	147	850	5.8	6	--
2014	New Mexico	150	809	5.4	8	--
Career		442	2,928	6.6	27	--

Season	Team
2016	New Mexico	9	80	8.9	1	--
2015	New Mexico	17	185	10.9	0	--
2014	New Mexico	15	123	8.2	1	--
Career		41	388	9.5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 48–21

vs South Dakota

181 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 27-point win at home against South Dakota.

With A. Apodaca — 172 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.6 · 41 rush yds (7 car) · C. Bojorquez — 29 AVG · 45 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-21vs South Dakota	8	181	22.6	2	84	181-yard day
Wk 2	L 31-32@ New Mexico State	12	62	5.2	2	15
Wk 5	W 48-41vs San José State	11	156	14.2	1	61	156-yard day
Wk 7	W 45-40@ Air Force	9	140	15.6	1	60
Wk 8	W 59-17vs UL Monroe	8	84	10.5	1	59
Wk 9	W 28-21@ Hawai'i	17	73	4.3	1	15
Wk 10	W 35-26vs Nevada	20	121	6.1	0	17
Wk 11	W 24-21@ Utah State	18	107	5.9	2	15
Wk 12	L 31-49@ Colorado State	15	68	4.5	0	11
Wk 13	W 56-35vs Wyoming	13	217	16.7	2	73	Season-high 217 yds
Bowl	W 23-20@ UTSA	14	60	4.3	1	27
Total		145	1269	10.0	13	84

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