Audric Estime

Former running back at Notre Dame. 2023: 1,341 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 17 catches.

RB · Notre Dame · Jr. · #7

5′11″ · 227 lb · Nyack, NY

CFB Index 89 · #4 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceDenver — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 12, #147 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 231 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

Statement game25 car · 238 yds · 4 TDat Stanford (FBS) · W 56-23

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Audric Estime getting snubbed for the Doak Walker is criminalr/CFB game thread · ▲ 20His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Notre Dame. 2023: 1,341 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 17 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2021.
Drafted round 5 by the Denver in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Notre Dame, 2,321 rushing yards — drafted at #147 overall by Denver.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2021

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of St. Joseph Regional

2024

Drafted by Denverround 5, pick 147

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#231 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #147

Denver · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

2022–2023

Marcus Freeman

Notre Dame

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 3rd NFL season

#147Rd 5 · Pick 12

DenverEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2022Notre Dame9-4HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-heavy

2023Notre Dame10-3HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

89All-Conference level #4 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (91st percentile). Strength: success rate (90th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#37 / 426 · 91st pct

6.8

Success rate#43 / 426 · 90th pct

55.5%

TD rate#50 / 426 · 88th pct

8.6%

Explosive rate#53 / 426 · 88th pct

11.5%

EPA / carry#76 / 426 · 82nd pct

0.33

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#3 / 333 · 99th pct

Long run#8 / 333 · 97th pct

Rush yards#12 / 333 · 97th pct

1341

Yards / carry#22 / 333 · 93rd pct

6.4

Carries#25 / 333 · 92nd pct

210

Fumbles lost#1 / 207 · 84th pct

Rec yards#88 / 327 · 73rd pct

142

Receptions#94 / 327 · 70th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

55th → 82nd percentile

Success rate

73rd → 90th percentile

Explosive rate

59th → 88th percentile

Yards / carry

72nd → 91st percentile

TD rate

73rd → 88th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

209 carries

13%

Stuffed (≤0)

31%

Grind (1–3)

37%

Chunk (4–9)

19%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	112	6.3	1.3
Road5g	112	6.1	1.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	98.4	6.1	1.1
Weeks 8+4g	138	6.5	2.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #4 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #4 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Notre Dame	210	1,341	6.4	18	--
2022	Notre Dame	156	920	5.9	11	--
2021	Notre Dame	7	60	8.6	0	--
Career		373	2,321	6.2	29	--

Season	Team
2023	Notre Dame	17	142	8.4	0	--
2022	Notre Dame	9	135	15.0	1	--
2021	Notre Dame	--	--	--	--	--
Career		26	277	10.7	1	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · NC State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39Audric Estime 80 Yd Run (Spencer Shrader Kick)
Week 3 · Central Michigan · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +4.04Audric Estime run for 72 yds Notre Dame Penalty, Offensive Holding (Holden Staes) to the ND 20
Week 5 · Duke · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Audric Estime 30 Yd Run (Sam Hartman Pass to Rico Flores Jr. for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 3 · Central Michigan · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.21Audric Estime run for 17 yds for a TD (Spencer Shrader KICK)
Week 13 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Audric Estime run for 39 yds for a TD (Spencer Shrader KICK)
Week 1 · Tennessee State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.00Audric Estime run for 50 yds to the TNST 19 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Navy · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA -2.99Audric Estime run for no gain to the NAVY 33 Notre Dame Penalty, Offensive Holding (Mitchell Evans) to the NAVY 43
Week 1 · Navy · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.96Sam Hartman pass complete to Audric Estime for 22 yds to the NAVY 21 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Navy · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.90Audric Estime run for 11 yds to the NAVY 41 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Clemson · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.74Audric Estime run for 23 yds to the ND 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-3vs Navy	16	95	5.9	1	13
Wk 1	W 56-3vs Tennessee State	13	116	8.9	1	50
Wk 2	W 45-24@ NC State	14	134	9.6	2	80
Wk 3	W 41-17vs Central Michigan	20	176	8.8	1	41	176-yard day
Wk 4	L 14-17vs Ohio State	14	70	5.0	0	22
Wk 5	W 21-14@ Duke	18	81	4.5	2	30
Wk 6	L 20-33@ Louisville	10	20	2.0	0	6
Wk 7	W 48-20vs USC	22	95	4.3	2	14
Wk 9	W 58-7vs Pittsburgh	19	114	6.0	3	33	3 rushing TDs
Wk 10	L 23-31@ Clemson	17	87	5.1	1	25
Wk 12	W 45-7vs Wake Forest	22	115	5.2	1	21
Wk 13	W 56-23@ Stanford	25	238	9.5	4	39	Season-high 238 yds
Total		210	1341	6.2	18	80