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Player Dossier
2014-2016Texas
D'Onta Foreman
RB • 6'2" • Texas City, TX, USA
Workhorse runnerBig-play efficiency
D'Onta Foreman leans workhorse runner traits and 66 efficiency.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
D'Onta Foreman built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a running back from Texas City, TX wearing No. 33, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of D'Onta Foreman's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2017
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 25
- Overall
- No. 89
- NFL Team
- Houston Texans
D'Onta Foreman, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Texas. D'Onta Foreman leans workhorse runner traits and 66 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,929
- Rushing yards
- 2,783
- Receiving yards
- 146
- Touchdowns
- 20
Featured Highlight
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D'Onta Foreman Texas Highlights
2016 · Texas · Player Highlight
D'Onta Foreman college highlights at Texas.
- Season
- 2016
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
D'Onta Foreman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,929
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Laurens District 55
- High school pipeline
- Laurens District 55 · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2017 · Round 3 · Pick 25 · Houston Texans
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 2,103 scrimmage yards · RB 5th (top 1%) · Big 12 1st (top 1%) · National 5th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas | 6 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 27.1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 745 | 681 | 64 | 5 | 45.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 2,103 | 2,028 | 75 | 15 | 85.4 |
Related Context
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D'Onta Foreman played RB for Texas. Across 3 tracked seasons, D'Onta Foreman recorded 2,783 rushing yards, 146 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Texas paired 2,103 primary output with 66 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 57.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Loss with 159 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2015 Regular Season · Texas
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
74.5
Efficiency
57.9
Usage
17.5
Consistency
40.2
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 5. Rice: 32. California: 47. Oklahoma State: 35. TCU: 144. Oklahoma: 117. Kansas State: 43. Iowa State: 6. Kansas: 157. West Virginia: 159
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 3 by 17.4. Rice: 7 by 47.6. California: 9 by 54.4. Oklahoma State: 9 by 29.6. TCU: 20 by 68.9. Oklahoma: 9 by 100. Kansas State: 10 by 44.8. Iowa State: 2 by 31.3. Kansas: 12 by 100. West Virginia: 19 by 84.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins87.3 · Games = 4 · +21.3 vs Losses
Losses66 · Games = 6 · -21.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kansas
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/14 | @ West Virginia100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 20-38 | 18 | 147 | 8.20 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8.4 |
| Sun 11/8 | vs Kansas100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 59-20 | 12 | 157 | 13.10 | 2 | — | — | 13.1 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Iowa State | L 0-24 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Kansas State | W 23-9 | 10 | 43 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Oklahoma100 rush yards | W 24-17 | 9 | 117 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 13 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ TCU100 rush yards | L 7-50 | 18 | 112 | 6.20 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7.2 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Oklahoma State | L 27-30 | 7 | 15 | 2.10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs California | L 44-45 | 9 | 47 | 5.20 | 1 | — | — | 5.2 |
| Sun 9/13 | vs Rice | W 42-28 | 7 | 32 | 4.60 | 1 | — | — | 4.6 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ Notre Dame | L 3-38 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
Player Story
D'Onta Foreman story
D'Onta Foreman built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a running back from Texas City, TX wearing No. 33, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of D'Onta Foreman's career was his backfield work: 2,783 rushing yards, 434 carries, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 146 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 146 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 30 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas.
The arc is straightforward: D'Onta Foreman moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Texas
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas | 81 | 40.9 | 5.4 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas | 745 | 57.9 | 17.5 | 664 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 2,103 | 66 | 42.9 | 1,358 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas Tech
Week 10 · W 45-37 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
341
Scrimmage Yards
97.7 takeover
341 scrimmage yards and 47.1 usage.
#2
@ West Virginia
Week 11 · L 20-38 · Conference game
159
Scrimmage Yards
89.9 takeover
Loss with 159 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
159 scrimmage yards and 29.7 usage.
#3
vs Kansas
Week 10 · W 59-20 · Conference game
157
Scrimmage Yards
85.6 takeover
Win with 157 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
157 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
#4
vs Baylor
Week 9 · W 35-34 · Conference game
250
Scrimmage Yards
84.9 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
250 scrimmage yards and 50.8 usage.
#5
@ TCU
Week 5 · L 7-50 · Conference game
144
Scrimmage Yards
83.4 takeover
Loss with 144 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
144 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Texas
2,103 primary output · 66 efficiency · 42.9 usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · Texas
45.9
745 primary · 57.9 efficiency · 17.5 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Texas
27.1
81 primary · 40.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
15
100+ rush yards
10
150+ scrimmage yards
7
2+ TD games
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