Last confirmed: Marshall, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′9″ · Lakeland, FL
Steward Butler: RB · Marshall · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Steward Butler
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. One game to point at: 233 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Western Kentucky — Week 14, 2014.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 29.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 7.8% of his carries. 2 carries for 1 yds vs Old Dominion; 24 for 233 vs Western Kentucky.
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
20.6% of carries overall (101/490) → 27.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (33/121) — 9.1% 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
4 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (16.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Marshall | 107 | 798 | 7.5 | 7 |
| Career | 107 | 798 | 7.5 | 7 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Marshall | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Career | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 48-7vs Rhode Island | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 2 | 39 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-14vs Ohio | 19 | 119 | 6.3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 6 | W 56-14@ Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-24vs Middle Tennessee | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-13@ Florida International | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 1 | 61 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-16vs Florida Atlantic | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | W 63-17@ Southern Miss | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 2 | 83 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-14vs Rice | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 13 | W 23-18@ UAB | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 14 | L 66-67vs Western Kentucky | 24 | 233 | 9.7 | 2 | 48 | Season-high 233 yds |
| Wk 15 | W 26-23vs Louisiana Tech | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | |
 Bowl | W 52-23@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 107 | 798 | 7.5 | 7 | 83 |
Week 14 · 2014
L 66-67
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
50%97 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds7.5 yds/carry on 107 carries · 19% 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
2014 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 82.4 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 51.0 | 9.9 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 51.6 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 77.1 | 8.9 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doc Holliday
Pass share
46.3%
472 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
72.9
14 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2014
About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Marshall, 798 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2014
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Doc Holliday.
