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Heisman / Players / David Eziomume /Clemson

David Eziomume

RB · Clemson · Fr · #24

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

71 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 16 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Clemson for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Clemson for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Clemson

Returning around him

  • 83% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
  • 9 Clemson players drafted to NFL
  • Transfer portal: -4 net (11 in / 15 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Clemson · Last season: 7-6 (AP #12) · Talent rank #7 · 2026 recruiting class #26

RB · CLEMSON · ACC

David Eziomume

  • 1
  • #24
  • 6-0 | 215 lb
  • Acworth, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

11

Below cohort in the position cohort. Carried by yards / carry at the 29th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1041

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2024–2025
62.02024
71.02025

+15%

Modest growth (15%) across the multi-season window.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#335 national
CFB
College
Clemson
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class1
Jersey24
Measurements6-0 | 215 lb
HometownAcworth, GA
Primary teamClemson

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 335 recruit
Composite rating 0.9025 HighSchool
Signed with Clemson 2024
Origin North Cobb Kennesaw, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 4-star | 0.9025 No. 335 recruit | HighSchool | Clemson

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1041Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#983Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Clemson

Composite

0.9025

#335 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on David Eziomume

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about David Eziomume

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 5g
71Rush yards
16Carries
0Rush TDs
Per game
14.2Rush yards
3Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
184.6Rush yards
42Carries
0Rush TDs

To hit 750-yard season (currently 71): needs 84.9/game over remaining 8.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 71): needs 116.1/game over remaining 8.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 71): needs 178.6/game over remaining 8.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 1.2/game over remaining 8.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 1.9/game over remaining 8.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 0): needs 2.5/game over remaining 8.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

David Eziomume's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Clemson, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #1041 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 5.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 335 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 81 71 rush | 10 rec | #476/735 (35th pct)
Rush TD 0 16 carries | #447/739 (40th pct)
Yards/carry 4.4 Per-rush efficiency | #409/735 (44th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
16 36th
YDS
71 35th
YPC
4.4 44th
TD
0 40th

Receiving

REC
3 33rd
YDS
10 17th
YPR
3.3 11th
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 10-17vs LSU351.704
Wk 4L 21-34vs Syracuse
Wk 6W 38-10@ North Carolina3144.709
Wk 7W 41-10@ Boston College4184.5019
Wk 13W 45-10vs Furman6345.7014Season-high 34 yds
Total16714.2019
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Clemson16714.40--
2024Clemson10626.20--
Career2 loaded seasons261335.10--
SeasonTeam
2025Clemson3103.30--
2024Clemson----------
Career2 loaded seasons3103.30--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 3 10 rec yds | #371/552 (33rd pct)
Usage 5.4% 11.4% rush share | #516/738 (30th pct)
Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 71 #476/735 35th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 0 #447/739 40th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.4 #409/735 44th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 3 #371/552 33rd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 10 #454/548 17th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Role share 5.4% #516/738 30th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 19 #413/733 44th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 16 #475/739 36th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 4 #504/540 7th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 3.3 #487/548 11th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Returns Punt returns 1 #20/29 34th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Returns Punt return avg -12.0 #27/27 4th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Returns Punt return yards -12 #27/27 4th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 11.4% #439/738 41st pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 7.9% #292/738 61st pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 7.4% #446/738 40th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 6.8% #481/738 35th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 2.0% #612/738 17th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 1.9% #680/738 8th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 1.4% #467/738 37th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 1 #78/256 70th pct Turnoversvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 5 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home3g13.03.70.0
Road2g16.04.60.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins3g22.05.00.0
Losses2g2.51.70.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-74g9.23.60.0
Weeks 8+1g34.05.70.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

11Below cohort
8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (0th).

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct
1fumb
Yards / carry#241 / 349 · 29th pct
4.4rush
Long run#313 / 349 · 10th pct
19rush
Receptions#305 / 338 · 8th pct
3rece
Rec yards#318 / 338 · 6th pct
10rece
Rush TDs#326 / 349 · 3rd pct
0rush
Rush yards#350 / 349 · 0th pct
71rush
Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct
16rush

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
David EziomumeClemsonJordan BrunsonMiami (OH)· 50% simChavon WrightNorthern Illinois· 49% simTae MeadowsTroy· 48% sim
Fumbles lost
49
Eziomume
49
Brunson
49
Wright
49
Meadows
Yards / carry
29
Eziomume
41
Brunson
33
Wright
29
Meadows
Long run
10
Eziomume
73
Brunson
49
Wright
53
Meadows
Receptions
8
Eziomume
2
Brunson
32
Wright
45
Meadows
Rec yards
6
Eziomume
3
Brunson
10
Wright
38
Meadows
Rush TDs
3
Eziomume
50
Brunson
62
Wright
72
Meadows
Rush yards
0
Eziomume
80
Brunson
84
Wright
74
Meadows
Carries
0
Eziomume
85
Brunson
92
Wright
84
Meadows

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Pass share

53.8%

474 pass / 407 run

Plays / game

67.8

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

4.5%

337 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Dabo Swinney
Clemson
2025
Dabo Swinney
Clemson

Played his entire career under Dabo Swinney.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownAcworth, GA
Height6'0"
Weight215 lb
Class1
PositionRB
Jersey24

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Clemson RB1 #1041 #983 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Clemson ACC RB 1 No. 24 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Acworth, GA
2024 Clemson ACC RB 1 No. 24 | 6-0 | 215 lb | Acworth, GA