Ellis Merriweather

Senior running back for Massachusetts. 2022: 575 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · Massachusetts · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 225 lb · Alpharetta, GA

CFB Index 32 · #293 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceMassachusetts 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 239 nationally · Joined Massachusetts

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Massachusetts. 2022: 575 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 8 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Massachusetts in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Massachusetts, 1,828 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20204 games

Signed with Massachusetts3-star out of Garden City C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#239 national

CFB

College

Massachusetts

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

3 coaches

2020

Walt Bell

Massachusetts

2021

Alex Miller

Massachusetts

era →

2022

Don Brown

Massachusetts

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Walt Bell, Alex Miller, and Don Brown. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Massachusetts0-4HC: Walt Bell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Massachusetts1-11HC: Alex Miller · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Massachusetts1-11HC: Don Brown · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

32Below cohort / limited sample #293 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: success rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#326 / 398 · 18th pct

3.6%

TD rate#330 / 398 · 17th pct

2.2%

Yards / carry#344 / 398 · 14th pct

4.2

EPA / carry#345 / 398 · 13th pct

-0.00

Success rate#357 / 398 · 10th pct

35.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#80 / 346 · 77th pct

150

Rush yards#134 / 346 · 61st pct

575

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Receptions#204 / 338 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#209 / 346 · 34th pct

Long run#225 / 346 · 34th pct

Rec yards#229 / 338 · 32nd pct

Yards / carry#306 / 346 · 11th pct

3.8

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

36th → 13th percentile

Success rate

40th → 10th percentile

Explosive rate

61st → 18th percentile

Yards / carry

55th → 14th percentile

TD rate

19th → 17th percentile

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	57.5	4.9	0.2
Road6g	57.5	3.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	48.0	3.8	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	67.0	4.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

32 · #293 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #293 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Massachusetts	150	575	3.8	3	--
2021	Massachusetts	218	1,138	5.2	5	--
2020	Massachusetts	42	115	2.7	0	--
Career		410	1,828	4.5	8	--

Season	Team
2022	Massachusetts	8	48	6.0	0	--
2021	Massachusetts	22	165	7.5	1	--
2020	Massachusetts	1	4	4.0	0	--
Career		31	217	7.0	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 20–3

vs Stony Brook

76 rush yds (20 car)

With G. Campiotti — 90 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 40.7 · 72 rush yds (11 car) · C. Kolodziey — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 28 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Temple · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Ellis Merriweather run for 36 yds to the UMass 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Army · 3&16 · Q1 · EPA +3.13Brady Olson pass complete to Ellis Merriweather for 27 yds to the UMass 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Arkansas State · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Brady Olson pass complete to Ellis Merriweather for 13 yds to the ArkSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UConn · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Ellis Merriweather run for 12 yds to the UConn 44 Ellis Merriweather fumbled, forced by Durante Jones, recovered by UMass
Week 11 · Arkansas State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Garrett Dzuro pass complete to Ellis Merriweather for 1 yd to the ArkSt 40 for a 1ST down ARKANSAS ST Penalty, Personal Foul (Kenneth Harris) to the ArkSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Arkansas State · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.70Ellis Merriweather run for 4 yds for a TD, (Garrett Dzuro pass to Ellis Merriweather for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 3 · Stony Brook · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Ellis Merriweather run for 10 yds to the UMass 49 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Buffalo · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.65Ellis Merriweather run for 5 yds for a TD, (Cameron Carson KICK)
Week 12 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -2.57Brady Olson pass complete to Ellis Merriweather for 1 yd to the UMass 42 UMASS Penalty, Personal Foul (Josh Atwood) to the UMass 27
Week 2 · Toledo · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.24Ellis Merriweather run for 6 yds to the Toled 38 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 10-42@ Tulane	11	36	3.3	0	9
Wk 2	L 10-55@ Toledo	17	54	3.2	0	10
Wk 3	W 20-3vs Stony Brook	20	76	3.8	0	11
Wk 4	L 0-28@ Temple	8	53	6.6	0	36
Wk 7	L 7-34vs Buffalo	10	21	2.1	1	13
Wk 9	L 13-23vs New Mexico State	23	84	3.7	0	16
Wk 10	L 10-27@ UConn	12	33	2.8	0	12
Wk 11	L 33-35@ Arkansas State	29	122	4.2	2	23	Season-high 122 yds
Wk 12	L 3-20@ Texas A&M	15	47	3.1	0	7
Wk 13	L 7-44vs Army	5	49	9.8	0	17
Total		150	575	4.3	3	36

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

Ellis Merriweather

20204 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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