Last confirmed: Alabama, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 215 lb · Berea, KY · Madison Southern
Damien Harris: RB · Alabama · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Damien Harris
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. He has spent four seasons in the Alabama backfield. On tape: 111 rushing yards and 13 receiving yards against Arkansas, Week 6, 2018.
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 20.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 12.2% of his carries. 3 carries for 12 yds vs Tennessee; 15 for 111 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
23.8% of carries overall (131/551) → 10.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/139) — 26.7% 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
5 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (45.5%). 19 of the team's 48 inside-the-5 carries (39.6%).
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
2018 season · 15 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-14vs Louisville | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | 32 | |
| Wk 2 | W 57-7vs Arkansas State | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 3 | W 62-7@ Ole Miss | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | 43 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-23vs No. 22 Texas A&M | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-14vs Louisiana | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 6 | W 65-31@ Arkansas | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 2 | 19 | Season-high 111 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 39-10vs Missouri | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 8 | W 58-21@ Tennessee | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | W 29-0@ No. 4 LSU | 19 | 107 | 5.6 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-0vs No. 18 Mississippi State | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | W 50-17vs The Citadel | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 0 | 73 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-21vs Auburn | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-28@ No. 4 Georgia | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | 14 | |
 Bowl | W 45-34vs No. 4 Oklahoma | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 2 | 11 | |
 Bowl | L 16-44vs No. 2 Clemson | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 150 | 876 | 5.8 | 9 | 73 |
Bowl · 2018
W 45-34
vs Oklahoma · neutral site
48 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 25 yds
Edged out Oklahoma at a neutral site in a shootout.
With T. Tagovailoa — 318 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · J. Jacobs — 98 rush yds (15 car) · 4 rec · 60 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
52%107 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.8 yds/carry on 150 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 52% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under Nick Saban — 55-4 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 53.1 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 73.0 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 58.7 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 58.0 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
43.8%
438 pass / 563 run
Plays / game
66.7
15 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
455 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
150 carries and 22 catches in 15 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Alabama, 3,073 rushing yards — drafted at #87 overall by the New England Patriots.
His career
He has a stat line in 54 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Nick Saban.
Where he ended up · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
