Last confirmed: New Mexico, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′8″ · Dallas, TX · Kimball
Teriyon Gipson: RB · New Mexico · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Teriyon Gipson
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Third year in the New Mexico backfield. A game that shows it: 217 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Wyoming — Week 13, 2016.
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 29.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.4% of his carries. 7 carries for 25 yds vs UL Monroe; 13 for 217 vs Wyoming.
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
21.7% of carries overall (143/659) → 14.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/108) — 75.0% 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
6 of the team's 36 inside-the-5 carries (16.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | New Mexico | 145 | 1,269 | 8.8 | 13 |
| 2015 | New Mexico | 147 | 850 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 2014 | New Mexico | 150 | 809 | 5.4 | 8 |
| Career | 442 | 2,928 | 6.6 | 27 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | New Mexico | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 1 |
| 2015 | New Mexico | 17 | 185 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 2014 | New Mexico | 15 | 123 | 8.2 | 1 |
| Career | 41 | 388 | 9.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-21vs South Dakota | 8 | 181 | 22.6 | 2 | 84 | 181-yard day |
| Wk 2 | L 31-32@ New Mexico State | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 2 | 15 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-41vs San José State | 11 | 156 | 14.2 | 1 | 61 | 156-yard day |
| Wk 7 | W 45-40@ Air Force | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 1 | 60 | |
| Wk 8 | W 59-17vs UL Monroe | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 1 | 59 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-21@ Hawai'i | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-26vs Nevada | 20 | 121 | 6.1 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-21@ Utah State | 18 | 107 | 5.9 | 2 | 15 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-49@ Colorado State | 15 | 68 | 4.5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-35vs Wyoming | 13 | 217 | 16.7 | 2 | 73 | Season-high 217 yds |
 Bowl | W 23-20@ UTSA | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 1 | 27 | |
| Total | 145 | 1269 | 8.8 | 13 | 84 |
Week 1 · 2016
W 48-21
vs South Dakota
181 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 27-point win at home against South Dakota.
With A. Apodaca — 172 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.6 · 41 rush yds (7 car) · C. Bojorquez — 29 yards per punt · 4 punts · 45 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
57%130 carriesFumble rate
1.4%2 of 145 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds8.8 yds/carry on 145 carries · 22% explosive (10+ yds) · 57% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Bob Davie — 20-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 152 | 14.0 | 1.2 |
| Road4g | 77.5 | 5.0 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 120 | 12.4 | 1.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 112 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Davie
Pass share
20.7%
178 pass / 680 run
Plays / game
66.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
197 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
145 carries and 9 catches in 11 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at New Mexico, 2,928 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 34 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bob Davie.
