Frank Gore Jr.

Junior running back for Southern Miss. 2023: 1,131 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 27 catches.

RB · Southern Miss · Jr. · #3

5′8″ · 195 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 70 · #49 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSouthern Miss 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1028 nationally · Signed with Killian

Statement game24 car · 247 yds · 2 TDat App State (FBS) · L 38-48

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Southern Miss. 2023: 1,131 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 27 catches.

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

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Southern Miss, 4,022 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202010 games

Recruited3-star out of Killian
All-Conference USAsecond

202112 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202213 games

All-Sun Beltfirst

202312 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1028 national

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

13 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

2021–2023

Will Hall

Southern Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Scotty Walden → Will Hall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Southern Miss3-7HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning

2021Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

70Quality starter #49 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (80th percentile). Strength: carries (96th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#84 / 426 · 80th pct

9.5%

Yards / carry#160 / 426 · 63rd pct

5.5

EPA / carry#175 / 426 · 59th pct

0.20

TD rate#196 / 426 · 54th pct

4.8%

Success rate#233 / 426 · 45th pct

43.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#15 / 333 · 96th pct

231

Long run#16 / 333 · 94th pct

Rush yards#31 / 333 · 91st pct

1131

Receptions#29 / 327 · 91st pct

Rec yards#43 / 327 · 87th pct

221

Rush TDs#41 / 333 · 87th pct

Yards / carry#160 / 333 · 50th pct

4.9

Fumbles lost#195 / 207 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

67th → 59th percentile

Success rate

62nd → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

74th → 80th percentile

Yards / carry

86th → 63rd percentile

TD rate

56th → 54th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

210 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

38%

Grind (1–3)

30%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	76.7	4.4	0.8
Road6g	112	5.1	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	66.2	3.8	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	122	5.7	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #49 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #49 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Southern Miss	231	1,131	4.9	10	--
2022	Southern Miss	228	1,382	6.1	9	--
2021	Southern Miss	179	801	4.5	5	--
2020	Southern Miss	121	708	5.9	2	--
Career		759	4,022	5.3	26	--

Season	Team
2023	Southern Miss	27	221	8.2	3	--
2022	Southern Miss	19	219	11.5	0	--
2021	Southern Miss	20	155	7.8	0	--
2020	Southern Miss	9	97	10.8	1	--
Career		75	692	9.2	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 40–14

vs Alcorn State

29 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 26-point win at home against Alcorn State.

With B. Wiles — 267 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 54.2 · 3 rush yds (6 car) · T. Mims — 30 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · App State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Frank Gore Jr. run for 75 yds for a TD (Andrew Stein KICK)
Week 9 · App State · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +4.59Frank Gore Jr. run for 42 yds for a TD (Andrew Stein KICK)
Week 13 · Troy · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.47Frank Gore Jr. run for 57 yds for a TD (Andrew Stein KICK)
Week 9 · App State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.56Frank Gore Jr. run for 43 yds to the APP 21 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UL Monroe · 2&13 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Billy Wiles pass complete to Frank Gore Jr. for 30 yds to the ULM 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Old Dominion · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Billy Wiles pass complete to Frank Gore Jr. for 16 yds to the ODU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Troy · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.23Ethan Crawford pass complete to Frank Gore Jr. for 26 yds to the TROY 23 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Louisiana · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.04Billy Wiles pass complete to Frank Gore Jr. for 18 yds for a TD Louisiana Penalty, Personal Foul (Mason Narcisse) to the UL 0 (Andrew Stein KICK)
Week 12 · Mississippi State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.95Ethan Crawford pass complete to Frank Gore Jr. for 8 yds for a TD (Andrew Stein KICK)
Week 5 · Texas State · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.92Frank Gore Jr. run for 29 yds to the TXST 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-14vs Alcorn State	6	29	4.8	1	18
Wk 2	L 13-66@ Florida State	11	31	2.8	0	15
Wk 3	L 3-21vs Tulane	13	16	1.2	0	12
Wk 4	L 37-44@ Arkansas State	20	132	6.6	1	29
Wk 5	L 36-50vs Texas State	24	123	5.1	2	29
Wk 6	L 13-17vs Old Dominion	29	66	2.3	0	10
Wk 8	L 3-55@ South Alabama	12	37	3.1	0	6
Wk 9	L 38-48@ App State	24	247	10.3	2	75	Season-high 247 yds
Wk 10	W 24-7vs UL Monroe	24	131	5.5	1	18
Wk 11	W 34-31@ Louisiana	33	158	4.8	2	20	158-yard day
Wk 12	L 20-41@ Mississippi State	22	66	3.0	0	22
Wk 13	L 17-35vs Troy	13	95	7.3	1	57
Total		231	1131	4.7	10	75

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

210Carries

1161Yards

21.2%Top-5 share

16.7%Stuffed rate

Just 21.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 16.7% of his carries. 13 carries for 16 yds vs Tulane; 23 for 260 vs App State.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

47.6%Carry share

36.6%Q4-lead share

86.7%In competitive games

47.6% of carries overall (209/439) → 36.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/41) — 86.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

20/233rd/4th & short

7/21Inside-5 share