Travis Etienne

Former running back at Clemson. 2020: 914 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 48 catches.

RB · Clemson · Sr. · #9

5′10″ · 205 lb · Jennings, LA

Consensus AAJacksonville — drafted 2021, Rd 1, Pick 25, #25 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 216 nationally · Signed with Clemson

Statement game12 car · 205 yds · 3 TDvs Georgia Tech (FBS) · W 52-14

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Clemson. 2020: 914 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 48 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Clemson in 2017.
Drafted round 1 by the Jacksonville in 2021.
Named All-America (AP) in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Clemson, 4,952 rushing yards, an All-American season (2020) — drafted at #25 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201713 games

Signed with Clemson4-star out of Jennings

202011 games

All-Americafirst · 6 selectors
All-ACCfirst

2021

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 1, pick 25

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#216 national

CFB

College

Clemson

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #25

Jacksonville · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

9 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2020)

4 first-team selectors

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 6th NFL season

#25Rd 1 · Pick 25

JacksonvilleEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 51-5 over that span.

2017Clemson12-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2018Clemson15-0HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2019Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 260 · 100th pct

588

Receptions#2 / 260 · 99th pct

Rush TDs#6 / 271 · 98th pct

Carries#14 / 271 · 95th pct

168

Rush yards#16 / 271 · 94th pct

914

Long run#34 / 271 · 87th pct

Yards / carry#88 / 271 · 66th pct

5.4

Fumbles lost#169 / 175 · 3rd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	86.3	6.2	1.5
Road5g	72.8	5.6	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	87.2	6.5	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	74.3	5.5	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Selector Grid · 2020

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Clemson	168	914	5.4	14	--
2019	Clemson	207	1,614	7.8	19	--
2018	Clemson	204	1,658	8.1	24	--
2017	Clemson	107	766	7.2	13	--
Career		686	4,952	7.2	70	--

Season	Team
2020	Clemson	48	588	12.2	2	--
2019	Clemson	37	432	11.7	4	--
2018	Clemson	12	78	6.5	2	--
2017	Clemson	5	57	11.4	0	--
Career		102	1,155	11.3	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2020

W 34–10

at Notre Dame

124 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Notre Dame.

With T. Lawrence — 322 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 90 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · A. Rodgers — 8 rec · 121 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Miami · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.86Travis Etienne run for 72 yds for a TD (B.T. Potter KICK)
Week 16 · Notre Dame · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +5.34Travis Etienne 44 Yd Run (B.T. Potter Kick)
Week 5 · Virginia · 3&16 · Q3 · EPA +4.49Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Travis Etienne for 46 yds to the Virg 28 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Georgia Tech · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA -3.62Travis Etienne run for 8 yds to the GTech 22 Travis Etienne fumbled, forced by Charlie Thomas, recovered by GTech Tre Swilling
Week 9 · Boston College · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.51D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Travis Etienne for 33 yds to the BC 39 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Wake Forest · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Travis Etienne for 26 yds to the WFrst 46 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Syracuse · 1&20 · Q1 · EPA +3.30Travis Etienne 25 Yd Run (B.T. Potter Kick)
Week 9 · Boston College · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.17D.J. Uiagalelei pass complete to Travis Etienne for 42 yds to the BC 20 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Virginia · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Trevor Lawrence pass complete to Travis Etienne for 16 yds to the Virg 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.97Travis Etienne 35 Yd pass from D.J. Uiagalelei (B.T. Potter Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week