Senior running back for Ohio State. 2023: 158 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 4 catches.
5′9″ · 226 lb · Cincinnati, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 82 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
Statement game21 car · 189 yds · 5 TDvs Rutgers (FBS) · W 49-10
Top 0.1% rushing TDs game since 2021.
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4 running back for Ohio State. 2023: 158 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 4 catches.
Miyan Williams
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Fourth year in the Ohio State backfield, same address the whole way. 2021 brought the first one: All-America (AP). One game to point at: 62 rush yds, 1 receptions against Penn State — Week 8, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ohio State, 1,549 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ryan Day.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Ryan Day — 40-7 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: yards / carry (1st percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 33.2 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 12.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 19.2 | 3.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 62.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ohio State | 49 | 158 | 3.2 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 128 | 825 | 6.4 | 14 | -- |
| 2021 | Ohio State | 71 | 507 | 7.1 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 257 | 1,549 | 6.0 | 20 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ohio State | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Ohio State | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 143 | 7.9 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2023
W 20–12
vs Penn State
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-3@ Indiana | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 2 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-7vs Youngstown State | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Western Kentucky | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-14@ Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-17vs Maryland | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-12vs Penn State | 24 | 62 | 2.6 | 1 | 12 | Season-high 62 yds |
| Total | 49 | 158 | 3.1 | 3 | 12 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
12.3% of carries overall (50/407) → 23.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/90) — 23.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (26.3%).
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Joachim Bangda’s 2023 season.
Matches Joachim on
Differs from Joachim on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Joachim Bangda's senior season at Charlotte (2023).
Matches Joachim on
Differs from Joachim on
Player DNA