Emari Demercado

Senior running back for TCU. 2022: 681 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · TCU · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 210 lb · Inglewood, CA

CFB Index 58 · #82 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceTCU 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 173 nationally · Joined TCU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for TCU. 2022: 681 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 13 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at TCU, 1,590 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201810 games

Signed with TCU3-star out of Saddleback College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#173 national

CFB

College

TCU

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

2022

Sonny Dykes

TCU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2019TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020TCU6-4HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy

2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #82 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#124 / 398 · 69th pct

5.8

EPA / carry#161 / 398 · 60th pct

0.19

Explosive rate#167 / 398 · 58th pct

7.5%

TD rate#171 / 398 · 57th pct

5.0%

Success rate#257 / 398 · 35th pct

42.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#55 / 346 · 84th pct

Yards / carry#87 / 346 · 74th pct

5.6

Rush yards#110 / 346 · 68th pct

681

Rush TDs#107 / 346 · 65th pct

Carries#128 / 346 · 63rd pct

121

Receptions#132 / 338 · 60th pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Rec yards#202 / 338 · 40th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

1st → 60th percentile

Success rate

16th → 35th percentile

Explosive rate

30th → 58th percentile

Yards / carry

10th → 69th percentile

TD rate

25th → 57th 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 · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	36.6	4.9	0.1
Road8g	53.1	6.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	56.9	6.6	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	32.3	4.1	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

58 · #82 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #82 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	TCU	121	681	5.6	6	--
2021	TCU	96	421	4.4	4	--
2020	TCU	46	199	4.3	0	--
2019	TCU	18	65	3.6	0	--
2018	TCU	57	224	3.9	0	--
Career		338	1,590	4.7	10	--

Season	Team
2022	TCU	13	65	5.0	1	--
2021	TCU	12	94	7.8	0	--
2020	TCU	10	110	11.0	0	--
2019	TCU	--	--	--	--	--
2018	TCU	5	8	1.6	0	--
Career		40	277	6.9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 51–45

at Michigan

150 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Michigan on the road in a shootout.

With J. Sandy — 44 AVG · 51 LONG · 6 NO · M. Duggan — 225 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 57 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · SMU · 2&13 · Q4 · EPA +6.41Emari Demercado run for 63 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 1 · Colorado · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +4.50Emari Demercado 43 Yd Run (Griffin Kell Kick)
Week 1 · Michigan · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +4.49Emari Demercado run for 69 yds to the Mich 1 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Oklahoma State · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Emari Demercado run for 16 yds to the OKSt 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Emari Demercado run for 36 yds to the Okla 1 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · SMU · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Emari Demercado run for 1 yd for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 6 · Kansas · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -2.25Emari Demercado run for no gain to the Kans 38
Week 8 · Kansas State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.79Emari Demercado run for 12 yds to the TCU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Texas Tech · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +1.78Emari Demercado run for 10 yds to the TexTc 27 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Michigan · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +1.65Emari Demercado run for 5 yds to the Mich 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-13@ Colorado	4	49	12.3	1	43	Season-high 150 yds
Wk 2	W 59-17vs Tarleton State	6	7	1.2	0	3
Wk 4	W 42-34@ SMU	6	64	10.7	2	63
Wk 5	W 55-24vs Oklahoma	8	62	7.8	1	36
Wk 6	W 38-31@ Kansas	3	2	0.7	0	2
Wk 7	W 43-40vs Oklahoma State	9	62	6.9	0	16
Wk 8	W 38-28vs Kansas State	8	43	5.4	0	12
Wk 9	W 41-31@ West Virginia	6	10	1.7	0	5
Wk 10	W 34-24vs Texas Tech	11	43	3.9	0	15
Wk 11	W 17-10@ Texas	11	65	5.9	0	14
Wk 12	W 29-28@ Baylor	8	26	3.3	1	8
Wk 13	W 62-14vs Iowa State	6	12	2.0	0	5
Wk 14	L 28-31vs Kansas State	4	27	6.8	0	16
Bowl	W 51-45@ Michigan	17	150	8.8	1	69
Bowl	L 7-65@ Georgia	14	59	4.2	0	10
Total		121	681	5.4	6	69