Last confirmed: Oregon State, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 208 lb · Lake Alfred, FL · Auburndale
Artavis Pierce: RB · Oregon State · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Artavis Pierce
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Artavis Pierce has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Oregon State. One game to point at: 141 rushing yards and 46 receiving yards against Stanford — Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
38.1% of carries overall (147/386) → 30.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/50) — 100.0% 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
7 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (31.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Sports Illustrated Oct 23
OregonLive Oct 17
Oregon State University Athletics Oct 15
Yahoo Sports Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Oregon State | 147 | 874 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 54 | 408 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | Oregon State | 68 | 323 | 4.8 | 1 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 98 | 523 | 5.3 | 4 |
| Career | 367 | 2,128 | 5.8 | 15 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Oregon State | 23 | 169 | 7.3 | 1 |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 15 | 149 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2017 | Oregon State | 15 | 128 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 21 | 132 | 6.3 | 1 |
| Career | 74 | 578 | 7.8 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 36-52vs Oklahoma State | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-31@ Hawai'i | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 2 | 37 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7vs Cal Poly | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31vs Stanford | 16 | 141 | 8.8 | 2 | 43 | Season-high 141 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 48-31@ UCLA | 21 | 119 | 5.7 | 1 | 53 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-52vs No. 15 Utah | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17@ California | 23 | 80 | 3.5 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-38@ Arizona | 15 | 114 | 7.6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-19vs Washington | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-34vs Arizona State | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | L 53-54@ Washington State | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 0 | 33 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-24@ No. 14 Oregon | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 23 | |
| Total | 147 | 874 | 5.9 | 6 | 53 |
Week 5 · 2019
L 28-31
vs Stanford
141 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD · 4 rec · 46 yds
With J. Luton — 337 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.0 · I. Hodgins — 10 rec · 162 yds · 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
43%148 carriesFumble rate
0.7%1 of 147 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.9 yds/carry on 147 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 43% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 66.5 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 79.2 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 83.8 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 61.8 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
50.7%
419 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
68.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
454 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
147 carries and 23 catches in 12 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oregon State, 2,128 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 43 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Gary Andersen, Cory Hall, and Jonathan Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
