Travis Dye: RB · USC · #26.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Travis Dye
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Mario Cristobal, Bryan McClendon and Lincoln Riley. The first career honor came in 2022: All-Pac-12. A game that shows it: 149 rushing yards and 18 receiving yards against Washington State — Week 6, 2022.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 14.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.4% of his carries. 5 carries for 20 yds vs Rice; 28 for 149 vs Washington State.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
33.6% of carries overall (148/441) → 32.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (35/107) — 94.3% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
17 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (94.4%). 9 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (36.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| 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@ No. 20 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 | 6.1 | 9 | 36 |
Week 6 · 2022
W 30-14
149 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD · 3 rec · 18 yds
With A. Sleep-Dalton — 45 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20 · C. Williams — 188 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.6 · 34 rush yds (9 car)
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
54%149 carriesFumble rate
0.7%1 of 145 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.1 yds/carry on 145 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 54% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
52.6%
513 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
69.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
559 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #33 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Oregon and USC, 3,993 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 56 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Pac-12 2nd team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mario Cristobal and Lincoln Riley.
