Mar'Keise Irving

Former running back at Oregon. 2023: 1,180 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 56 catches.

RB · Oregon · Jr.

5′10″ · 195 lb · Country Club Hills, IL

CFB Index 87 · #9 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceTampa Bay — drafted 2024, Rd 4, Pick 25, #125 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 340 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Oregon. 2023: 1,180 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 56 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Minnesota in 2021.
Transferred from Minnesota to Oregon in 2022.
Drafted round 4 by the Tampa Bay in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Oregon, 2,931 rushing yards — drafted at #125 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

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

202111 games

Signed with Minnesota4-star out of Hillcrest

202213 games

Entered the portal

2024

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 4, pick 125

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#340 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #125

Tampa Bay · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021

Bryan McClendon

Oregon

2022–2023

Dan Lanning

Oregon

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bryan McClendon → Dan Lanning. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 3rd NFL season

#125Rd 4 · Pick 25

Tampa BayEntering 3rd NFL season

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2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2022Oregon10-3HC: Dan Lanning · Run-leaning

2023Oregon12-2HC: Dan Lanning · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

87All-Conference level #9 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (83rd percentile). Strength: yards / carry (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#71 / 426 · 83rd pct

53.2%

Yards / carry#80 / 426 · 81st pct

6.3

EPA / carry#83 / 426 · 81st pct

0.32

Explosive rate#121 / 426 · 72nd pct

8.7%

TD rate#134 / 426 · 69th pct

5.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#1 / 327 · 100th pct

Rec yards#5 / 327 · 99th pct

413

Rush yards#25 / 333 · 93rd pct

1180

Yards / carry#25 / 333 · 92nd pct

6.3

Rush TDs#34 / 333 · 89th pct

Carries#38 / 333 · 88th pct

186

Long run#103 / 333 · 68th pct

Fumbles lost#67 / 207 · 47th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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

186 carries

12%

Stuffed (≤0)

27%

Grind (1–3)

42%

Chunk (4–9)

18%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	95.1	9.3	0.9
Road6g	69.8	5.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	91.0	9.7	0.9
Weeks 8+7g	77.6	5.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Lanning

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

our read surprisingly productive for a back with no award recognition yet — top-3% receiving usage, top-1% overall rushing production.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #9 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #9 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Oregon	186	1,180	6.3	11	--
2022	Oregon	155	1,052	6.8	5	--
2021	Minnesota	133	699	5.3	4	--
Career		474	2,931	6.2	20	--

Season	Team
2023	Oregon	56	413	7.4	2	--
2022	Oregon	31	299	9.6	3	--
2021	Minnesota	8	73	9.1	0	--
Career		95	785	8.3	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 31–7

vs Oregon State

41 rush yds (14 car)

Dominant 24-point win at home against Oregon State.

With B. Nix — 367 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.4 · 31 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · T. Johnson — 11 rec · 137 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Portland State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +6.31Bucky Irving run for 56 yds for a TD (Camden Lewis KICK)
Week 1 · Portland State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.01Bucky Irving run for 52 yds for a TD (Camden Lewis KICK)
Week 4 · Colorado · 2&21 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Bucky Irving run for 25 yds to the COLO 24 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.35Bucky Irving run for 43 yds for a TD (Camden Lewis KICK)
Week 8 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.29Bo Nix pass complete to Bucky Irving for 42 yds for a TD (Camden Lewis KICK)
Week 9 · Utah · 3&18 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Bo Nix pass complete to Bucky Irving for 19 yds to the ORE 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Oregon State · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Bo Nix pass complete to Bucky Irving for 14 yds for a TD (Camden Lewis KICK)
Week 7 · Washington · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Bucky Irving run for 12 yds for a TD (P. Herbert Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 10 · California · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Bucky Irving run for 6 yds for a TD (Camden Lewis KICK)
Week 11 · USC · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.50Bucky Irving run for 19 yds for a TD (Camden Lewis KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 81-7vs Portland State	4	119	29.8	2	56
Wk 2	W 38-30@ Texas Tech	11	38	3.5	1	9
Wk 3	W 55-10vs Hawai'i	12	59	4.9	0	11
Wk 4	W 42-6vs Colorado	10	89	8.9	0	25
Wk 5	W 42-6@ Stanford	13	88	6.8	1	17
Wk 7	L 33-36@ Washington	22	127	5.8	1	15
Wk 8	W 38-24vs Washington State	15	129	8.6	2	43	Season-high 129 yds
Wk 9	W 35-6@ Utah	14	83	5.9	1	16
Wk 10	W 63-19vs California	18	89	4.9	1	16
Wk 11	W 36-27vs USC	19	118	6.2	1	19
Wk 12	W 49-13@ Arizona State	11	63	5.7	0	27
Wk 13	W 31-7vs Oregon State	14	41	2.9	0	9
Wk 14	L 31-34@ Washington	9	20	2.2	0	6
Bowl	W 45-6vs Liberty	14	117	8.4	1	44
Total		186	1180	7.5	11	56