#26

Travis Dye

Senior running back for USC. 2022: 884 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 20 catches.

RB · USC · Sr. · #26

5′10″ · 200 lb · Norco, CA

CFB Index 73 · #33 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceUSC 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 987 nationally · Signed with Oregon

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for USC. 2022: 884 rushing yards, 9 rushing TD, 20 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon in 2018.
Transferred from Oregon to USC in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at USC, 3,993 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201813 games

Signed with Oregon3-star out of Norco

202210 games

Entered the portal
All-Pac-12Second Team

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#987 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 · 2ND TEAM

All-Pac-12 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018–2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

2022

Lincoln Riley

USC

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Oregon9-4HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2019Oregon12-2HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2020Oregon4-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2021Oregon10-4HC: Bryan McClendon · Run-leaning

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

73Quality starter #33 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (87th percentile). Strength: epa / carry (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#51 / 398 · 87th pct

56.8%

EPA / carry#63 / 398 · 84th pct

0.36

Explosive rate#65 / 398 · 84th pct

10.8%

Yards / carry#82 / 398 · 80th pct

6.2

TD rate#124 / 398 · 69th pct

6.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 244 · 88th pct

Yards / carry#46 / 346 · 86th pct

6.1

Rec yards#55 / 338 · 84th pct

194

Rush TDs#49 / 346 · 84th pct

Rush yards#61 / 346 · 83rd pct

884

Receptions#74 / 338 · 78th pct

Carries#89 / 346 · 74th pct

145

Long run#225 / 346 · 34th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

85th → 84th percentile

Success rate

84th → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

84th → 84th percentile

Yards / carry

73rd → 80th percentile

TD rate

83rd → 69th 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	76.2	5.5	0.8
Road4g	107	6.8	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	92.4	6.4	1.0
Weeks 8+3g	79.0	5.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #33 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #33 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	USC	145	884	6.1	9	--
2021	Oregon	211	1,271	6.0	16	--
2020	Oregon	64	443	6.9	1	--
2019	Oregon	106	658	6.2	0	--
2018	Oregon	139	737	5.3	4	--
Career		665	3,993	6.0	30	--

Season	Team
2022	USC	20	194	9.7	0	--
2021	Oregon	46	402	8.7	2	--
2020	Oregon	9	239	26.6	4	--
2019	Oregon	16	159	9.9	1	--
2018	Oregon	12	69	5.8	1	--
Career		103	1,063	10.3	8	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Oregon State · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.95Travis Dye 7 Yd Run (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 4 · Oregon State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Travis Dye run for 36 yds to the OrgSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Travis Dye 27 Yd Run (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 3 · Fresno State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Travis Dye 25 Yd Run (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 10 · California · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Travis Dye run for 12 yds for a TD, (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 5 · Arizona State · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.46Travis Dye run for 2 yds for a TD, (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 3 · Fresno State · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Caleb Williams pass complete to Travis Dye for 6 yds to the FrsSt 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Utah · 1&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.32Travis Dye run for 8 yds for a TD, (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 9 · Arizona · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.20Caleb Williams pass complete to Travis Dye for 17 yds to the USC 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oregon State · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.88Travis Dye run for 12 yds to the OrgSt 44 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	W 66-14vs Rice	5	20	4.0	0	6
Wk 2	W 41-28@ Stanford	14	105	7.5	1	27
Wk 3	W 45-17vs Fresno State	11	102	9.3	1	25
Wk 4	W 17-14@ Oregon State	19	133	7.0	1	36
Wk 5	W 42-25vs Arizona State	13	62	4.8	2	16
Wk 6	W 30-14vs Washington State	28	149	5.3	1	20	Season-high 149 yds
Wk 7	L 42-43@ Utah	11	76	6.9	1	20
Wk 9	W 45-37@ Arizona	20	113	5.7	1	22
Wk 10	W 41-35vs California	15	98	6.5	1	27
Wk 11	W 55-17vs Colorado	9	26	2.9	0	9
Total		145	884	6.0	9	36