Former running back at Ohio State. 2020: 870 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 12 catches.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Marietta, GA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 191 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma
Statement game26 car · 206 yds · 3 TDat Texas Tech (FBS) · W 51-46
Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Ohio State. 2020: 870 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 12 catches.
Trey Sermon
Trey Sermon has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. 2020 brought the first one: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 331 rush yds, 4 rec yds against Northwestern — Week 16, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ohio State, 2,946 rushing yards — drafted at #88 overall by San Francisco.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Urban Meyer → Ryan Day. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (96th percentile). Strength: rush yards (92nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 127 | 7.1 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 84.0 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+6g | 112 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ohio State | 116 | 870 | 7.5 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | Oklahoma | 54 | 385 | 7.1 | 4 | -- |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | 164 | 947 | 5.8 | 13 | -- |
| 2017 | Oklahoma | 121 | 744 | 6.1 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 455 | 2,946 | 6.5 | 26 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ohio State | 12 | 95 | 7.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Oklahoma | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | 12 | 177 | 14.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Oklahoma | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 48 | 482 | 10.0 | 3 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 52-17vs Nebraska | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-25@ Penn State | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-27vs Rutgers | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35vs Indiana | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-12@ Michigan State | 10 | 112 | 11.2 | 1 | 64 | |
| Wk 16 | W 22-10vs Northwestern | 29 | 331 | 11.4 | 2 | 65 | Season-high 331 yds |
| Total | 84 | 675 | 7.3 | 3 | 65 |
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
36.6% of carries overall (116/317) → 39.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (33/84) — 51.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Final Heisman position · 2020
Trey Sermon finished 46th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.