#24

Darius Bracy

Senior running back for Middle Tennessee. 2022: 264 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 16 catches.

RB · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #24

5′10″ · 214 lb · Mobile, AL

CFB Index 34 · #280 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceMiddle Tennessee 2022 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Middle Tennessee. 2022: 264 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 16 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Middle Tennessee, 526 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

Played his entire career under Rick Stockstill.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Central Michigan1-11HC: John Bonamego · Run-leaning

2019Central Michigan8-6HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced

2020Central Michigan3-3HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2021Central Michigan9-4HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #280 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#112 / 398 · 72nd pct

6.2%

Success rate#229 / 398 · 42nd pct

43.8%

Yards / carry#337 / 398 · 15th pct

4.3

EPA / carry#339 / 398 · 15th pct

0.01

Explosive rate#341 / 398 · 14th pct

3.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#105 / 338 · 68th pct

Long run#119 / 346 · 65th pct

Rec yards#152 / 338 · 55th pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Rush TDs#179 / 346 · 44th pct

Carries#257 / 346 · 25th pct

Yards / carry#282 / 346 · 17th pct

4.1

Rush yards#292 / 346 · 16th pct

264

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	25.8	6.8	0.5
Road7g	23.0	2.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	17.6	4.7	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	35.2	3.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

34 · #280 of 317 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Middle Tennessee	65	264	4.1	4	--
2021	Central Michigan	36	212	5.9	0	--
2020	Central Michigan	13	50	3.8	0	--
2019	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		114	526	4.6	4	--

Season	Team
2022	Middle Tennessee	16	92	5.8	2	--
2021	Central Michigan	4	37	9.2	0	--
2020	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Central Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		20	129	6.5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 49–6

vs Tennessee State

12 rush yds (3 car)

Dominant 43-point win at home against Tennessee State.

With C. Cunningham — 216 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 78.2 · 23 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · F. Peasant — 122 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · UTSA · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +5.50Darius Bracy run for 53 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 6 · UAB · 4&2 · Q4 · EPA -4.05Darius Bracy run for 1 yd to the UAB 6
Week 5 · UTSA · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA -3.25Chase Cunningham pass complete to Darius Bracy for 9 yds to the TexSA 5
Week 9 · UTEP · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA -3.06Darius Bracy run for no gain to the UTEP 42 Darius Bracy fumbled, recovered by MTnSt Tevita Tafuna
Week 9 · UTEP · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA -3.06Darius Bracy run for no gain to the UTEP 42 Darius Bracy fumbled, recovered by MTnSt Tevita Tafuna
Week 3 · Tennessee State · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Darius Bracy 11 Yd pass from Chase Cunningham (Zeke Rankin Kick)
Week 12 · Florida Atlantic · 2&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Chase Cunningham pass complete to Darius Bracy for 20 yds to the FlAtl 34 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Florida Atlantic · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Chase Cunningham pass complete to Darius Bracy for 16 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 6 · UAB · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.45Darius Bracy run for 1 yd for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 12 · Florida Atlantic · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.44Darius Bracy run for 5 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-44@ James Madison	4	14	3.5	0	9
Wk 2	W 34-19@ Colorado State	6	-1	-0.2	0	4
Wk 3	W 49-6vs Tennessee State	3	12	4.0	0	8
Wk 4	W 45-31@ Miami	6	5	0.8	0	5
Wk 5	L 30-45vs UTSA	3	53	17.7	1	53
Wk 6	L 14-41@ UAB	9	33	3.7	1	12
Wk 9	W 24-13@ UTEP	4	12	3.0	0	5
Wk 11	W 24-14vs Charlotte	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 12	W 49-21vs Florida Atlantic	7	38	5.4	1	11
Wk 13	W 33-28@ Florida International	20	91	4.6	1	17	Season-high 91 yds
Bowl	W 25-23@ San Diego State	2	7	3.5	0	4
Total		65	264	4.2	4	53

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology