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Rashod Dubinion

RB · App State · Sr · #7

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

868 RUSH YDS · 4 RUSH TD · 174 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to App State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to App State for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · App State

Returning around him

  • 14% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -3 net (38 in / 41 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

App State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #79 · 2026 recruiting class #116

RB · APP STATE · SUN BELT

Rashod Dubinion

  • 4
  • #7
  • 5-10 | 210 lb
  • Ellenwood, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

63

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 84th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#241

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

4 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2022

Arkansas · RB

2023

Arkansas · RB

2024

Arkansas · RB

2025

App State · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2022–2025
2932022
2602023
3352024
8682025

+196%

Up 196% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#399 national
CFB
College
2 teams
2022–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey7
Measurements5-10 | 210 lb
HometownEllenwood, GA
Primary teamApp State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 399 recruit
Composite rating 0.8924 HighSchool
Signed with Arkansas 2022
Origin Cedar Grove Ellenwood, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 4-star | 0.8924 No. 399 recruit | HighSchool | Arkansas

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#241Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#294Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

Achievements

  • Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in rushing yards (868).

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Arkansas

Composite

0.8924

#399 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Rashod Dubinion

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmNational: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"National
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Rashod Dubinion

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Receiving TDs

0

count

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #476 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 10th

Why it matters

#476 of 531 All FBS WRs in receiving TDs — 0 TDs on 27 receptions.

Vs cohort

This player 0 (10th)

MODERATE · n=27 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving yards (total)#516 / 531
  • Yards per reception#523 / 531

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
868Rush yards
174Carries
4Rush TDs
Per game
72.3Rush yards
14Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
940.3Rush yards
188Carries
4Rush TDs

✓ Hit 750-yard season · finished with 868.

To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 868): needs 132/game over remaining 1.

To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 868): needs 632/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 6/game over remaining 1.

To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 11/game over remaining 1.

To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 16/game over remaining 1.

Why this is more than a rushing profile

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Rashod Dubinion is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 868 rushing yards, 27 catches, and 0 return yards for App State. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.

Current place #241 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 25.0% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 399 recruit

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 1,038 868 rush | 170 rec | #58/735 (92nd pct)
Rush TD 4 174 carries | #154/739 (79th pct)
Yards/carry 5.0 Per-rush efficiency | #280/735 (62nd pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Workhorse | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.

WorkhorsePassing-game back

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
174 94th
YDS
868 92nd
YPC
5.0 62nd
TD
4 79th

Receiving

REC
27 92nd
YDS
170 85th
YPR
6.3 42nd
TD
0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 34-11@ Charlotte221115.0113
Wk 2W 20-13vs Lindenwood251947.8026Season-high 194 yds
Wk 3L 22-38@ Southern Miss24954.0117
Wk 5L 14-47@ Boise State171136.6039
Wk 6W 27-23vs Oregon State19985.2129
Wk 7W 41-20@ Georgia State12564.7021
Wk 8L 37-45vs Coastal Carolina10383.8112
Wk 9L 21-24@ Old Dominion9515.7013
Wk 11L 23-25vs Georgia Southern12403.3012
Wk 12L 10-58@ James Madison10252.5011
Wk 13W 26-24vs Marshall372.303
Wk 14L 29-30vs Arkansas State11403.6010
Total1748684.5439
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy
2023Arkansas4-8HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning
2024Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning
2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025App State1748685.04--
2024Arkansas563356.02--
2023Arkansas822603.21--
2022Arkansas712934.15--
Career4 loaded seasons3831,7564.612--
SeasonTeam
2025App State271706.30--
2024Arkansas161227.60--
2023Arkansas14856.11--
2022Arkansas121089.01--
Career4 loaded seasons694857.02--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 27 170 rec yds | #46/552 (92nd pct)
Usage 25.0% 48.7% rush share | #47/738 (94th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.14 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #141/362 (61st pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 868 #58/735 92nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 4 #154/739 79th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 5.0 #280/735 62nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 27 #46/552 92nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 170 #81/548 85th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.14 #141/362 61st pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 152 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 25.0% #47/738 94th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 174 #45/739 94th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 39 #240/733 67th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 25 #166/540 69th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 6.3 #320/548 42nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 0 #169/552 70th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 48.7% #19/738 98th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 32.9% #20/738 97th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 30.6% #35/738 95th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 22.1% #73/738 90th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 14.1% #90/738 88th pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 14.0% #88/738 88th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 7.5% #70/738 91st pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 2 #205/256 20th pct Turnoversvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home6g69.54.30.3
Road6g75.24.80.3

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins5g93.25.00.4
Losses7g57.44.20.3

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-76g1115.50.5
Weeks 8+6g33.53.50.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

63Solid starter
8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (87th). Strength: receptions (86th). Concern: fumbles lost (13th).

Carries#45 / 349 · 87th pct
174rush
Receptions#46 / 338 · 86th pct
27rece
Rush yards#58 / 349 · 84th pct
868rush
Rec yards#77 / 338 · 77th pct
170rece
Yards / carry#157 / 349 · 53rd pct
5.0rush
Rush TDs#153 / 349 · 50th pct
4rush
Long run#211 / 349 · 39th pct
39rush
Fumbles lost#154 / 201 · 14th pct
2fumb

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

wepa_rushing0.14Mid (p50–p75) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics
Rashod DubinionApp StateColeman BennettKennesaw State· 91% simKamari MoultonIowa· 86% simAl-Jay HendersonBuffalo· 85% sim
Carries
87
Dubinion
83
Bennett
86
Moulton
90
Henderson
Receptions
86
Dubinion
86
Bennett
63
Moulton
85
Henderson
Rush yards
84
Dubinion
80
Bennett
84
Moulton
79
Henderson
Rec yards
77
Dubinion
96
Bennett
53
Moulton
79
Henderson
Yards / carry
53
Dubinion
49
Bennett
62
Moulton
18
Henderson
Rush TDs
50
Dubinion
50
Bennett
62
Moulton
72
Henderson
Long run
39
Dubinion
29
Bennett
33
Moulton
43
Henderson
Fumbles lost
14
Dubinion
14
Henderson

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

RB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jevyon Ducker’s 2025 season.

Jevyon Ducker

80%match

Temple · 2025

#2

Harrison Waylee

Northern Illinois · 2022

All-MAC
75%
#3

Nelson Smith

Navy · 2020

65%
#4

Caleb Ramseur

Nevada · 2025

72%
#5

Jalen John

Massachusetts · 2024

72%

Matches Jevyon on

Total rush EPA (college ability)
Yards / carry
EPA / carry (adj)

Differs from Jevyon on

Rush TD rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jevon Jackson's senior season at UAB (2025).

Jevon Jackson

78%match

UAB · 2025

#2

Demie Sumo

Kentucky · 2024

77%
#3

Michel Dukes

South Florida · 2023

77%
#4

Jabari Small

Tennessee · 2023

All-SEC
76%
#5

Larry McCammon III

Florida Atlantic · 2023

All-Conference USA
76%

Matches Jevon on

Yards / carry
Rush TD rate
Receiving share

Differs from Jevon on

Recruiting rating (higher)
Height (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

Pass share

55.6%

508 pass / 405 run

Plays / game

70.2

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.7%

389 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches
2022
Shawn Clark
App State
2023
Shawn Clark
App State
2024
Shawn Clark
App State
2025
Dowell Loggains
App State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Clark → Dowell Loggains. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownEllenwood, GA
Height5'10"
Weight210 lb
Class4
PositionRB
Jersey7

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-Sun Belt

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2025 All-Sun Belt all_conference Sun Belt RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Arkansas RB4 #241 #294 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC
2023 Arkansas RB4 #1405 #1652 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | SEC
2022 Arkansas RB4 #540 #591 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 App State Sun Belt RB 4 No. 7 | 5-10 | 210 lb | Ellenwood, GA
2024 Arkansas SEC RB 4 No. 7 | 5-10 | 210 lb | Ellenwood, GA
2023 Arkansas SEC RB 4 No. 7 | 5-10 | 210 lb | Ellenwood, GA
2022 Arkansas SEC RB 4 No. 7 | 5-10 | 210 lb | Ellenwood, GA