Marcus Carroll: RB · Missouri · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Marcus Carroll
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2023: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 91 rushing yards and 3 rushing TD against Massachusetts — Week 7, 2024.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 19.5% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 10.2% of carries. 2 carries for 1 yds vs South Carolina; 15 for 91 vs Massachusetts.
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
28.2% of carries overall (136/482) → 20.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/77) — 68.8% 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
21 of 25 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (84.0%). 18 of the team's 38 inside-the-5 carries (47.4%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Missouri | 140 | 595 | 4.2 | 12 | 35 |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 274 | 1,350 | 4.9 | 13 | 63 |
| 2022 | Georgia State | 126 | 616 | 4.9 | 5 | 44 |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 33 | 116 | 3.5 | 1 | 15 |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 2 | 6 |
| Career | 588 | 2,722 | 4.6 | 33 | 63 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Missouri | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 0 | 19 |
| 2023 | Georgia State | 23 | 234 | 10.2 | 0 | 49 |
| 2022 | Georgia State | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 13 |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 1 | −2 | −2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 38 | 327 | 8.6 | 0 | 49 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Murray State | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-0vs Buffalo | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-21vs No. 24 Boston College | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27vs Vanderbilt | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-41@ No. 25 Texas A&M | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-3@ Massachusetts | 15 | 91 | 6.1 | 3 | 35 | Season-high 91 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17vs Auburn | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-34@ No. 15 Alabama | 17 | 80 | 4.7 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-23vs Oklahoma | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | L 30-34@ No. 23 South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-20@ Mississippi State | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 3 | 19 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 14 | W 28-21vs Arkansas | 22 | 90 | 4.1 | 2 | 16 | |
 Bowl | W 27-24vs Iowa | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 140 | 595 | 4.2 | 12 | 35 |
Week 14 · 2024
W 28-21
vs Arkansas
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
50%131 carriesFumble rate
0.7%1 of 140 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.3 yds/carry on 140 carries · 7% explosive (10+ yds) · 50% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 45.6 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 51.8 | 3.8 | 1.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 42.6 | 4.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 49.5 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
44.1%
403 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
140 carries and 9 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #105 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Georgia State and Missouri, 2,722 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Shawn Elliott and Eli Drinkwitz.
