Last confirmed: Texas, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Texas City, TX
D'Onta Foreman: RB · Texas · #33.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
D'Onta Foreman
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Third year in the Texas backfield. On tape: 341 rushing yards and 3 rushing TD against Texas Tech, Week 10, 2016.
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 14.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 8.7% of his carries. 24 carries for 124 yds vs Kansas State; 32 for 317 vs Texas Tech.
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
56.5% of carries overall (316/559) → 57.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (33/57) — 84.8% 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
24 of 28 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (85.7%). 11 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (42.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-47vs No. 10 Notre Dame | 24 | 131 | 5.5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 3 | L 43-50@ California | 21 | 157 | 7.5 | 2 | 47 | 157-yard day |
| Wk 5 | L 31-49@ Oklahoma State | 17 | 148 | 8.7 | 2 | 62 | |
| Wk 6 | L 40-45@ No. 20 Oklahoma | 25 | 159 | 6.4 | 2 | 28 | 159-yard day |
| Wk 7 | W 27-6vs Iowa State | 30 | 136 | 4.5 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ Kansas State | 24 | 124 | 5.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-34vs No. 8 Baylor | 32 | 250 | 7.8 | 2 | 40 | 250-yard day |
| Wk 10 | W 45-37@ Texas Tech | 33 | 341 | 10.3 | 3 | 74 | Season-high 341 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 20-24vs No. 11 West Virginia | 35 | 167 | 4.8 | 0 | 32 | 167-yard day |
| Wk 12 | L 21-24@ Kansas | 51 | 250 | 4.9 | 2 | 19 | 250-yard day |
| Wk 13 | L 9-31vs TCU | 31 | 165 | 5.3 | 0 | 44 | 165-yard day |
| Total | 323 | 2028 | 6.3 | 15 | 74 |
Week 10 · 2016
W 45-37
at Texas Tech
341 rush yds (33 car) · 3 TD
Edged out Texas Tech on the road in a shootout.
With M. Dickson — 51 yards per punt · 5 punts · 63 long · S. Buechele — 244 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.1
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
52%321 carriesFumble rate
1.9%6 of 323 carries · 6 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.3 yds/carry on 323 carries · 15% explosive (10+ yds) · 52% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Charlie Strong — 16-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 170 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 204 | 7.3 | 1.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 146 | 6.5 | 1.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 216 | 6.4 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charlie Strong
Pass share
40.5%
400 pass / 587 run
Plays / game
82.2
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
323 carries and 7 catches in 11 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas, 2,783 rushing yards — drafted at #89 overall by the Houston Texans.
His career
He has a stat line in 27 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Charlie Strong.
Where he ended up · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 10th NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 10th NFL season
