Last confirmed: Georgia State, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Elberton, GA · Elbert County
Tra Barnett: RB · Georgia State · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tra Barnett
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Four seasons at Georgia State, two different head coaches: Trent Miles and Shawn Elliott. A game that shows it: 242 rushing yards and 2 receiving yards against Troy — Week 9, 2019.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 15.6% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.0% of his carries. 9 carries for 52 yds vs Furman; 34 for 242 vs Troy.
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
45.0% of carries overall (235/522) → 47.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (41/87) — 95.1% 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
21 of 27 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (77.8%). 9 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (40.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Georgia State | 248 | 1,453 | 5.9 | 12 |
| 2018 | Georgia State | 109 | 551 | 5.1 | 7 |
| 2017 | Georgia State | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2016 | Georgia State | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Career | 387 | 2,156 | 5.6 | 19 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Georgia State | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2018 | Georgia State | 14 | 70 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Georgia State | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2016 | Georgia State | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 |
| Career | 39 | 184 | 4.7 | 0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-30@ Tennessee | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-42vs Furman | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-57@ Western Michigan | 19 | 127 | 6.7 | 0 | 45 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-37@ Texas State | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-38vs Arkansas State | 14 | 139 | 9.9 | 1 | 56 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-21@ Coastal Carolina | 20 | 110 | 5.5 | 2 | 26 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21vs Army | 17 | 108 | 6.4 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-33vs Troy | 34 | 242 | 7.1 | 2 | 41 | Season-high 242 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 31-45@ UL Monroe | 32 | 190 | 5.9 | 2 | 18 | 190-yard day |
| Wk 12 | L 27-56vs App State | 17 | 90 | 5.3 | 0 | 44 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-15vs South Alabama | 23 | 128 | 5.6 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-38@ Georgia Southern | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 1 | 15 | |
 Bowl | L 17-38vs Wyoming | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Total | 248 | 1453 | 5.9 | 12 | 56 |
Week 9 · 2019
W 52-33
vs Troy
242 rush yds (34 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Troy at home in a shootout.
With B. Wright — 52.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 65 long · D. Ellington — 189 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 88.6 · 32 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
52%220 carriesFumble rate
0.4%1 of 248 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.9 yds/carry on 248 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 52% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 126 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 105 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 91.7 | 5.9 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 135 | 5.6 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Elliott
Pass share
39.6%
385 pass / 586 run
Plays / game
74.7
13 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
375 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
248 carries and 16 catches in 13 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia State, 2,156 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 36 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Trent Miles → Shawn Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
