Charleston Southern · W 37-0 · FCS
13 carries, 59 yards, 1 TD
Florida State · W 36-24
12 carries, 36 yards
The other 7 games average 70 yards. This one was 34 below.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Davidson against Clemson’s best seasons, game by game
Backs who run like Davidson, and how their seasons went
Davidson against this year’s top backs, game by game
The road ahead: 528 yards, 66 a game, 4 regular-season games left.
Already their own best season; their previous best was 260, in 2025.
“No. He got downed at the like the 5 and Gideon Davidson pushed it in after iirc”
3 stories in the last 30 days, from 4 outlets.
No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.
Share of the team's total this season.
Each line is one carry: taller means more yards, and a line pointing down lost yards. Black lines are touchdowns. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside each lane the carries are lined up shortest to longest, not placed. Of his carries with a spot in the play text: left 11, middle 79, right 14. His longest went for 75 yards.
Gideon Davidson
Gideon Davidson takes over from Adam Randall at Clemson.
Rushing value per play
+0.26
our model · 2026 · 69 plays
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04
Play style
Does a little of everything without one standout trait.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
35.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 17.3% of his carries. 7 carries for 20 yds vs LSU; 21 for 145 vs California.
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
38.2% of carries overall (104/272) → 28.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/53) — 100.0% 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
6 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (54.5%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
from 4 outlets
from 8 outlets
Clemson rides Gideon Davidson's career evening for funky Friday night win over California
TigerNet Sep 26 · 2 outlets
TigerNetGideon Davidson on first career TD, faith that more success is comingSep 21
Sports IllustratedWhy Clemson RB Gideon Davidson Has More Confidence After First TouchdownSep 20
On3TigerNetTigerNet
Atlantic Coast ConferenceEach week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Nov 4.
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Last game (Wk 9): 36 rushing yards.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-51@ No. 11 LSU | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | W 22-7vs Georgia Southern | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 0 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-20vs North Carolina | 16 | 105 | 6.6 | 1 | 45 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-10@ California | 22 | 159 | 7.2 | 2 | 75 | Season-high 159 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 13-41vs No. 4 Miami | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-0vs Charleston Southern | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-20vs Virginia Tech | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 0 | 26 | |
| Wk 9 | W 36-24@ Florida State | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 105 | 528 | 5.0 | 5 | 75 |
Oct. 31 · W 36-24 at Florida State, play by play
12 carries for 36 yards.
6-yard run. Second quarter, up 13-10.
5-yard run on 3rd and 6. Second quarter, up 13-10.
14 carries for 62 yards.
2-yard run on 3rd and 1. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
2-yard loss on 4th and 1. First quarter, tied 0-0. Turnover on downs.
No gain on 3rd and 1. Second quarter, down 10-3.
26-yard run. Third quarter, down 10-3.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
13 carries for 59 yards and a touchdown.
11-yard run. First quarter, tied 0-0.
3-yard run on 3rd and 1. First quarter, up 3-0. Converted.
5-yard run on 4th and 2. Second quarter, up 10-0. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
7 carries for 25 yards and a touchdown.
9-yard run. First quarter, down 7-0.
1-yard run on 4th and 2. Third quarter, down 17-6. Turnover on downs.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
22 carries for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns, his most this season. In the fourth quarter, with Clemson ahead by one score, he carried 5 times for 98 yards. He converted a 4th and 1 with Clemson down 7-3.
The per-play feed is missing a 14-yard run in the first quarter (the play drew a penalty), which the play text shows; the chart draws the 21 carries it has.
3-yard run on 3rd and 3. First quarter, down 7-0. Converted.
1-yard run on 3rd and 3. Second quarter, down 7-3.
2-yard run on 4th and 1. Second quarter, down 7-3. Converted.
75-yard touchdown run on 3rd and 8. Fourth quarter, made it 24-10.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
16 carries for 105 yards and a touchdown.
3-yard run on 3rd and 1. First quarter, down 7-0. Converted.
Incomplete on 3rd and 10. First quarter, down 7-0. Broken up by North Carolina’s D. McDonald.
45-yard run. Fourth quarter, down 20-15.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
14 carries for 62 yards.
21-yard run. Fourth quarter, up 16-7.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
7 carries for 20 yards.
1-yard loss on 3rd and 2. First quarter, tied 3-3.
8-yard run. Third quarter, down 38-3.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
Week 4 · 2026
W 24-10
at California
159 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD
With B. Wesco Jr. — 3 rec · 22 yds · T. Reynolds — 108 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 32.3 · 28 rush yds (11 car)
The plays that mattered most
68th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -8 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
38%104 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.0 yds/carry on 105 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 38% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 12-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 62.6 | 4.7 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 71.7 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 71.7 | 4.9 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 49.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
45.3%
248 pass / 299 run
Plays / game
68.4
8 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
289 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
105 carries and 4 catches in 8 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #105 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #35 of 38 ACC RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
