Last confirmed: Auburn, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · Alpharetta, GA · Milton
Peyton Barber: RB · Auburn · #25.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Peyton Barber
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. This is his second year in the same backfield at Auburn. One game to point at: 147 rushing yards and 5 rushing TD against San José State — Week 5, 2015.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 11.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.2% of his carries. 8 carries for 17 yds vs Ole Miss; 28 for 147 vs San José State.
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
42.4% of carries overall (241/568) → 42.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (34/80) — 97.1% 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
23 of 27 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (85.2%). 29 of the team's 40 inside-the-5 carries (72.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24vs Louisville | 24 | 115 | 4.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-20vs Jacksonville State | 23 | 125 | 5.4 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-45@ No. 13 LSU | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | L 9-17vs Mississippi State | 27 | 137 | 5.1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-21vs San José State | 28 | 147 | 5.3 | 5 | 36 | Season-high 147 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27@ Kentucky | 26 | 92 | 3.5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | L 46-54@ Arkansas | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 4 | 15 | 4 rushing TDs |
| Wk 9 | L 19-27vs No. 19 Ole Miss | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-10@ No. 25 Texas A&M | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-20vs Georgia | 13 | 72 | 5.5 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-34vs Idaho | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-29vs No. 2 Alabama | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | 8 | |
 Bowl | W 31-10@ Memphis | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 238 | 1017 | 4.3 | 13 | 36 |
Week 8 · 2015
L 46-54
at Arkansas
120 rush yds (37 car) · 4 TD · 1 rec · 11 yds
With S. White — 254 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.8 · K. Phillips — 36.2 yards per punt · 6 punts · 44 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
48%230 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.3 yds/carry on 238 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 48% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
2 seasons under Gus Malzahn, all run-heavy offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 82.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 71.8 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 98.7 | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 54.3 | 3.6 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
34.4%
303 pass / 579 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
334 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2015
238 carries and 11 catches in 13 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Auburn, 1,071 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2015
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Gus Malzahn.
