Cody Schrader: RB · Missouri · #7.
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Cody Schrader
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Second year in the same backfield at Missouri. First career honor, 2023: All-America (Consensus). A game that shows it: 217 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Arkansas — Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 14.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 13.9% of his carries. 9 carries for 22 yds vs Kansas State; 27 for 217 vs Arkansas.
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
58.7% of carries overall (272/463) → 53.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (63/117) — 84.1% 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
16 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (88.9%). 14 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (45.2%).
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-10vs South Dakota | 18 | 138 | 7.7 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-19vs Middle Tennessee | 23 | 84 | 3.7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-27vs No. 15 Kansas State | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 0 | 36 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Memphis | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-21@ Vanderbilt | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 6 | L 39-49vs No. 23 LSU | 13 | 114 | 8.8 | 3 | 52 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 7 | W 38-21@ No. 24 Kentucky | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-12vs South Carolina | 26 | 159 | 6.1 | 2 | 29 | 159-yard day |
| Wk 10 | L 21-30@ No. 1 Georgia | 22 | 112 | 5.1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 11 | W 36-7vs No. 14 Tennessee | 35 | 205 | 5.9 | 1 | 35 | 205-yard day |
| Wk 12 | W 33-31vs Florida | 23 | 148 | 6.4 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-14@ Arkansas | 27 | 217 | 8.0 | 1 | 49 | Season-high 217 yds |
 Bowl | W 14-3vs No. 7 Ohio State | 29 | 128 | 4.4 | 1 | 11 | |
| Total | 276 | 1617 | 5.9 | 14 | 52 |
Week 11 · 2023
W 36-7
vs Tennessee
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
49%244 carriesFumble rate
0.4%1 of 276 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.9 yds/carry on 276 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 49% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Eli Drinkwitz, all run-leaning offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 129 | 6.3 | 1.1 |
| Road4g | 115 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 97.0 | 5.8 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 168 | 6.3 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
43.8%
374 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
65.7
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Selector Grid · 2023
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Two seasons at Missouri, 2,361 rushing yards, an All-American season (2023) — the college career is complete.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2023)
7 first-team selectors
National awards
Burlsworth
2023 season
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2023)
