Last confirmed: South Carolina, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′9″ · Atlanta, GA · Stephenson
Mike Davis: RB · South Carolina · #28.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Mike Davis
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. On tape: 183 rushing yards and 8 receiving yards against Kentucky, Week 6, 2014.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 15.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 16.7% of his carries. 1 carry for 8 yds vs South Alabama; 23 for 183 vs Kentucky.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
44.4% of carries overall (197/444) → 29.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (27/93) — 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
16 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (84.2%). 7 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (36.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | South Carolina | 199 | 982 | 4.9 | 9 |
| Career | 199 | 982 | 4.9 | 9 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | South Carolina | 32 | 368 | 11.5 | 2 |
| Career | 32 | 368 | 11.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-52vs No. 21 Texas A&M | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-23vs East Carolina | 18 | 101 | 5.6 | 2 | 36 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-35vs No. 6 Georgia | 17 | 66 | 3.9 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-34@ Vanderbilt | 17 | 82 | 4.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21vs Missouri | 22 | 104 | 4.7 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-45@ Kentucky | 23 | 183 | 8.0 | 3 | 40 | Season-high 183 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 41-10vs Furman | 18 | 111 | 6.2 | 2 | 25 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-42@ No. 5 Auburn | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 10 | L 42-45vs Tennessee | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-20@ Florida | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-12vs South Alabama | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-35@ No. 23 Clemson | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | 16 | |
 Bowl | W 24-21vs Miami | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 0 | 17 | |
| Total | 199 | 982 | 4.9 | 9 | 40 |
Week 6 · 2014
L 38-45
at Kentucky
183 rush yds (23 car) · 3 TD
With D. Thompson — 218 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 42.3 · 33 rush yds (7 car) · S. Carson — 37 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
46%185 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 199 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 46% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 68.4 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 89.6 | 4.8 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 86.6 | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 62.7 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Spurrier
Pass share
49.7%
467 pass / 473 run
Plays / game
72.3
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
497 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2014
199 carries and 32 catches in 13 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
One season at South Carolina, 982 rushing yards — drafted at #126 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2014
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Steve Spurrier.
Where he ended up · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 12th NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 12th NFL season
