Xazavian Valladay

Senior running back for Arizona State. 2022: 1,192 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 37 catches.

RB · Arizona State · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 200 lb · Matteson, IL

CFB Index 82 · #16 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceArizona State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Arizona State. 2022: 1,192 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 37 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Wyoming in 2017.
Transferred from Wyoming to Arizona State in 2022.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 3155 nationally · Signed with Wyoming

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Arizona State, 4,473 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Wyoming2-star out of Brother Rice

20205 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westsecond

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3155 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM

All-Mountain West 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Herm Edwards

Arizona State

Played his entire career under Herm Edwards.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Wyoming6-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2019Wyoming8-5HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2020Wyoming2-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2021Wyoming7-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy

2022Arizona State3-9HC: Herm Edwards · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #16 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (97th percentile). Strength: rush tds (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#86 / 398 · 79th pct

7.1%

Explosive rate#140 / 398 · 65th pct

8.2%

Success rate#150 / 398 · 62nd pct

47.5%

Yards / carry#182 / 398 · 54th pct

5.3

EPA / carry#195 / 398 · 51st pct

0.16

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#10 / 338 · 97th pct

Rush TDs#10 / 346 · 97th pct

Rec yards#17 / 338 · 95th pct

289

Rush yards#22 / 346 · 94th pct

1192

Carries#27 / 346 · 92nd pct

215

Yards / carry#93 / 346 · 71st pct

5.5

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Long run#181 / 346 · 47th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

44th → 51st percentile

Success rate

42nd → 62nd percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 65th percentile

Yards / carry

45th → 54th percentile

TD rate

29th → 79th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	97.5	6.2	1.2
Road6g	101	5.0	1.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	94.3	5.8	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	104	5.5	1.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #16 of 317 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #16 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Arizona State	215	1,192	5.5	16	--
2021	Wyoming	209	1,070	5.1	6	--
2020	Wyoming	99	550	5.6	4	--
2019	Wyoming	247	1,265	5.1	6	--
2018	Wyoming	71	396	5.6	3	--
Career		841	4,473	5.3	35	--

Season	Team
2022	Arizona State	37	289	7.8	2	--
2021	Wyoming	23	233	10.1	0	--
2020	Wyoming	13	105	8.1	0	--
2019	Wyoming	11	211	19.2	2	--
2018	Wyoming	4	35	8.8	0	--
Career		88	873	9.9	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 45–38

vs Washington

111 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Washington at home in a shootout.

With T. Bourguet — 182 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 93.9 · E. Czaplicki — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 45 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Eastern Michigan · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.38X.Valladay rushed to EMC End Zone for 44 yards. X.Valladay for 44 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 9 · Colorado · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +4.13Xazavian Valladay run for 42 yds for a TD, (Carter Brown KICK)
Week 5 · USC · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.44Emory Jones pass complete to Xazavian Valladay for 29 yds for a TD, (Carter Brown KICK)
Week 2 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.22Xazavian Valladay run for 42 yds to the OKSt 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Northern Arizona · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.15X.Valladay rushed to NAZ End Zone for 27 yards. X.Valladay for 27 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 3 · Eastern Michigan · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.01X.Valladay rushed to EMC 33 for yards. Tackled by EMC at EMC 33. PENALTY on ASU-I.Glass, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, accepted. No Play.
Week 9 · Colorado · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.95Xazavian Valladay run for 26 yds to the Colo 37 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Oregon State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.87Xazavian Valladay run for 39 yds to the OrgSt 16 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Washington · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Trenton Bourguet pass complete to Xazavian Valladay for 14 yds for a TD, (Carter Brown KICK)
Week 8 · Stanford · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.56Xazavian Valladay run for 15 yds for a TD, (Carter Brown KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week