Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3/20Inside-5 share
3 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (15.0%).
Tiyon Evans
Tiyon Evans: RB · Louisville · #7.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tiyon Evans
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Josh Heupel and Scott Satterfield. A game that shows it: 126 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against James Madison — Week 10, 2022.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Louisville in the news
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louisville | 83 | 525 | 6.3 | 6 | 71 |
| 2021 | Tennessee | 81 | 525 | 6.5 | 6 | 92 |
| Career | 164 | 1,050 | 6.4 | 12 | 92 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louisville | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | Tennessee | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 1 | 47 |
| Career | 11 | 92 | 8.4 | 1 | 47 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ Syracuse | 13 | 89 | 6.8 | 1 | 36 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-14@ UCF | 19 | 75 | 3.9 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-3vs South Florida | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-34@ Boston College | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-21vs No. 10 Wake Forest | 11 | 106 | 9.6 | 1 | 52 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-10vs James Madison | 10 | 126 | 12.6 | 1 | 71 | Season-high 126 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 16-31@ No. 12 Clemson | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | W 25-10vs NC State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 83 | 525 | 6.3 | 6 | 71 |
Signature game
Week 10 · 2022
W 34-10
126 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 24-point win at home against James Madison.
With M. Cunningham — 223 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.3 · M. Vassett — 45 yards per punt · 3 punts · 47 long
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 10 · James Madison · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.78Tiyon Evans run for 71 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
- Week 9 · Wake Forest · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.01Tiyon Evans run for 52 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
- Week 1 · Syracuse · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.28Tiyon Evans run for 36 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
- Week 4 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −3.16Tiyon Evans run for a loss of 3 yards to the Lvile 35 Tiyon Evans fumbled, recovered by SFla Matthew Hill
- Week 2 · UCF · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.68Malik Cunningham pass complete to Tiyon Evans for 2 yds to the Lvile 47 LOUISVILLE Penalty, Offensive Holding (-10 Yards) to the Lvile 43
- Week 9 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.26Tiyon Evans run for 13 yds to the Lvile 49 for a
4 more plays
- Week 11 · Clemson · 2nd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Tiyon Evans run for 16 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
- Week 2 · UCF · 1st and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.20Tiyon Evans 7 Yd Run
- Week 10 · James Madison · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +2.12Tiyon Evans run for 15 yds to the JMads 35 for a
- Week 11 · Clemson · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA −1.98Tiyon Evans run for 11 yds to the Clem 46 Tiyon Evans fumbled, recovered by Clem Jalyn Phillips
Rushing profile
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
83 of 83 carries matched to play-by-play
Success rate
45%82 carriesFumble rate
3.6%3 of 83 carries · 3 lostStuffed
0 or fewer yds14%of carries
12 carries
Grind
1–3 yds31%of carries
26 carries
Chunk
4–9 yds37%of carries
31 carries
Explosive
10+ yds17%of carries
14 carries
1 of 4 (25%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go) · 1 of 3 (33%) scored from inside the 5-yard line
6.3 yds/carry on 83 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 45% success rate.
Teams and coaches
2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 71.2 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 60.0 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 65.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 65.5 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
41.8%
368 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
83 carries and 7 catches in 8 games
About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
46 · #155 of 317 RBs · 2022
Former four-star. Now #155 at the position.
Two seasons, two schools
- 2022 Louisville SatterfieldYear 2 · 8 games
- Nov 2021 Entered the transfer portalTennessee to Louisville
- 2021 Tennessee HeupelYear 1 · 7 games
- Junior college Hutchinson C.C.Four-star junior college recruit. Signed with Tennessee.
- High school HartsvilleHartsville, SC · Class of 2019Three-star, No. 423 in the 2019 class.
Moves
- Transferred from Tennessee to Louisville, Nov 26, 2021.
How it ended
Two seasons, at Tennessee and Louisville, 1,050 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
The week the volume broke through — put up 156 yds at Missouri.Missouri · W 62-242021
2019
- RecruitedThree-star, out of Hartsville
2021 7 games
- Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Hutchinson C.C.
2022 8 games
- Transferred to Louisvillefrom Tennessee
Coaching lineage · 2021–2022
2 coaches2021
Tennessee
Played for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Josh Heupel and Scott Satterfield.