Last confirmed: Alabama, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 235 lb · Northport, AL
Bo Scarbrough: RB · Alabama · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Bo Scarbrough
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Third year in the Alabama backfield. One game to point at: 79 rushing yards and 2 receiving yards against Vanderbilt — Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 20.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.3% of his carries. 6 carries for 18 yds vs Ole Miss; 11 for 79 vs Vanderbilt.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
21.5% of carries overall (124/577) → 17.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/123) — 68.2% 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
11 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (91.7%). 9 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (27.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15
WBMA Oct 7Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs No. 3 Florida State | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Fresno State | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-23vs Colorado State | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-0@ Vanderbilt | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 2 | 19 | Season-high 79 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 66-3vs Ole Miss | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-19@ Texas A&M | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-9vs Arkansas | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-7vs Tennessee | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs No. 19 LSU | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ No. 18 Mississippi State | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-0vs Mercer | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 44 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-26@ No. 6 Auburn | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 1 | 21 | |
 Bowl | W 24-6@ No. 1 Clemson | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | |
 Bowl | W 26-23@ No. 3 Georgia | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | 124 | 596 | 4.8 | 8 | 44 |
Week 4 · 2017
W 59-0
at Vanderbilt
79 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 59-point win on the road against Vanderbilt.
With T. Tagovailoa — 103 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.6 · 22 rush yds (1 car) · D. Harris — 151 rush yds (12 car) · 3 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
47%108 carriesFumble rate
0.0%0 of 124 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.8 yds/carry on 124 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Nick Saban — 41-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 42.3 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 53.2 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 45.1 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 38.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
35.7%
332 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
66.4
14 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
124 carries and 17 catches in 14 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Alabama, 1,512 rushing yards — drafted at #236 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Nick Saban.
Where he ended up · NFL
Dallas CowboysEntering 9th NFL season
Dallas CowboysEntering 9th NFL season
