West Virginia · L 27-38
No carries.
Wake Forest · L 7-51
5 carries, 5 yards
The other 7 games average 34 yards. This one was 29 below.
Davis has carries in 8 of Virginia’s 9 games: none against West Virginia.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Xay Davis
Two seasons in the Virginia backfield to date. A game that shows it: 107 rushing yards against Norfolk State — Week 2, 2026.
240 rushing yards · 2 rushing TD · 55 carries
Play style
Does a little of everything without one standout trait.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
16.9% of carries overall (54/319) → 33.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/45) — 46.7% 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
5 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (29.4%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Fans first named Xay Davis vs NC State.
Against Wake Forest on Oct. 31: 5 carries for 5 yards. In the 9 games drawn here: 55 carries for 240 yards.
Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.
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Last game (Wk 9): 5 rushing yards, 1 catch.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-8vs NC State | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs Norfolk State | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 0 | 44 | Season-high 107 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 27-38vs West Virginia | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-3vs Delaware | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-38@ Florida State | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-25vs Syracuse | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-23@ No. 24 SMU | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-19vs Duke | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-51@ No. 14 Wake Forest | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 55 | 240 | 4.4 | 2 | 44 |
Week 2 · 2026
W 59-3
107 rush yds (11 car)
Dominant 56-point win at home against Norfolk State.
With B. Pribula — 162 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 51.1 · D. Sparks — 54 yards per punt · 2 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
290th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Ratings of the games shown run from -12 to +13 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
40%55 carriesFumble rate
1.8%1 of 55 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.4 yds/carry on 55 carries · 15% explosive (10+ yds) · 40% success rate.
2 seasons under Tony Elliott — 15-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 38.2 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 16.3 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 33.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Pass share
42.2%
253 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
66.7
9 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
299 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #219 at the position.
The No. 1,405 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the ACC.
2026 is in progress.
