Last confirmed: Rutgers, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′8″ · Cheltenham, PA · Archbishop Wood
Desmon Peoples: RB · Rutgers · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Desmon Peoples
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. One game to point at: 83 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Ohio State — Week 8, 2014.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 19.7% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 21.7% of his carries. 1 carry for -3 yds vs Indiana; 15 for 83 vs Ohio State.
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
24.8% of carries overall (114/460) → 25.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/84) — 71.4% 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
3 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (15.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Rutgers | 115 | 447 | 3.9 | 3 |
| Career | 115 | 447 | 3.9 | 3 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Rutgers | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 0 |
| Career | 8 | 132 | 16.5 | 0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-38@ Washington State | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-25vs Howard | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-13vs Penn State | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-24@ Navy | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-6vs Tulane | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 0 | 14 | Season-high 83 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 26-24vs Michigan | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-56@ No. 13 Ohio State | 15 | 83 | 5.5 | 2 | 20 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-42@ No. 16 Nebraska | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 10 | L 0-37vs Wisconsin | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-23vs Indiana | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 115 | 447 | 3.9 | 3 | 21 |
Week 8 · 2014
L 17-56
at Ohio State
83 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD
With T. Gleeson — 36.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 50 long · G. Nova — 192 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 44.7
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
40%115 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds3.9 yds/carry on 115 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 40% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 31.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 58.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 54.3 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 30.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Flood
Pass share
42.8%
356 pass / 476 run
Plays / game
64.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2014
115 carries and 8 catches in 10 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Rutgers, 447 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2015
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kyle Flood.
