Travis Homer: RB · Miami · #24.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Travis Homer
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Three seasons in the Miami backfield to date. On tape: 168 rushing yards and 11 receiving yards against Pittsburgh, Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
36.1% of carries overall (160/443) → 21.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/85) — 55.6% 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
3 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (30.0%). 3 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (11.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-33vs No. 25 LSU | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 2 | W 77-0vs Savannah State | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-24@ Toledo | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-17vs Florida International | 13 | 114 | 8.8 | 1 | 35 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-10vs North Carolina | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | 0 | 56 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-27vs Florida State | 21 | 70 | 3.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-16@ Virginia | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 0 | 70 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-27@ Boston College | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | L 12-20vs Duke | 18 | 133 | 7.4 | 1 | 43 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27@ Georgia Tech | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-14@ Virginia Tech | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-3vs No. 24 Pittsburgh | 8 | 168 | 21.0 | 1 | 64 | Season-high 168 yds |
 Bowl | L 3-35vs Wisconsin | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total | 164 | 985 | 6.0 | 4 | 70 |
Week 13 · 2018
W 24-3
vs Pittsburgh
168 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 11 yds
Dominant 21-point win at home against Pittsburgh.
With Z. Feagles — 42.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 4 inside the 20 · D. Dallas — 39 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
42%154 carriesFumble rate
1.8%3 of 164 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.0 yds/carry on 164 carries · 15% explosive (10+ yds) · 42% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Mark Richt — 26-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 107 | 8.7 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 59.2 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 68.1 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 88.0 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Richt
Pass share
42.9%
353 pass / 470 run
Plays / game
63.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
164 carries and 19 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Miami, 2,000 rushing yards — drafted at #204 overall by the Seattle Seahawks.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Richt.
Next stop · NFL
Seattle SeahawksEntering 8th NFL season
Seattle SeahawksEntering 8th NFL season
