Player Dossier

2015-2017

LSU

Derrius Guice

RB • 5'11" • 212 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Derrius Guice leans workhorse runner traits and 51.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

91%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

95

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · LSU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Player Story

Derrius Guice built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 5, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Derrius Guice's career was his backfield work: 3,074...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.9793

Baton Rouge Catholic · Baton Rouge, LA

Committed To
LSU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2018
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 27
Overall
No. 59
NFL Team
Washington

Derrius Guice, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · LSU. Derrius Guice leans workhorse runner traits and 51.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,324
Rushing yards
3,074
Receiving yards
250
Touchdowns
32

Quick Answers

Derrius Guice quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,324
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · LSU
Top game
Ole Miss
Recruit profile
4-star · Baton Rouge Catholic · LSU
High school pipeline
Gilmer · 30 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2018 · Round 2 · Pick 27 · Washington
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2017
2017 Scrimmage yards rank
1,375 scrimmage yards · RB 29th (top 5%) · SEC 3rd (top 2%) · National 42nd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2015 PostseasonLSU1145396042.4
2015 Regular SeasonLSU1141139714342.4
2016 PostseasonLSU1214913811278.1
2016 Regular SeasonLSU121,3441,249951478.1
2017 PostseasonLSU121229824277.8
2017 Regular SeasonLSU121,2531,1531001177.8

Related Context

Derrius Guice played RB for LSU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Derrius Guice recorded 3,074 rushing yards, 250 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with LSU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

LSU paired 1,493 primary output with 66.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 51.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · LSU

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

114.6

Efficiency

51.2

Usage

36.7

Consistency

68

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 122. BYU: 126. Chattanooga: 102. Mississippi State: 79. Syracuse: 14. Florida: 71. Auburn: 76. Ole Miss: 285. Alabama: 100. Arkansas: 147. Tennessee: 108. Texas A&M: 145

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: 24 by 50.3. BYU: 28 by 47. Chattanooga: 15 by 70.8. Mississippi State: 16 by 52.2. Syracuse: 8 by 18.2. Florida: 19 by 34. Auburn: 21 by 37.3. Ole Miss: 23 by 100. Alabama: 24 by 40.7. Arkansas: 21 by 72.9. Tennessee: 27 by 41.9. Texas A&M: 29 by 49.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins119.3 · Games = 9 · +19 vs Losses
Losses100.3 · Games = 3 · -19 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

100 vs Ole Miss

Result
Mon 1/1vs Notre Dame2+ TDL 17-2121984.7003245.1
Sun 11/26vs Texas A&M100 rush yardsW 45-21281274.5011185
Sun 11/19@ TennesseeW 30-102497413114
Sat 11/11vs Arkansas100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 33-1021147737
Sun 11/5@ AlabamaL 10-2419713.7005294.2
Sat 10/21@ Ole Miss100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 40-242227612.5011912.4
Sat 10/14vs AuburnW 27-2320713.500153.6
Sat 10/7@ FloridaW 17-1617502.9002213.7
Sat 9/23vs SyracuseW 35-268141.8011.8
Sat 9/16@ Mississippi StateL 7-3715765.100134.9
Sat 9/9vs Chattanooga100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 45-10151026.8026.8
Sun 9/3vs BYU100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 27-0271224.502144.5

Player Story

Derrius Guice story

Derrius Guice built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 5, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Derrius Guice's career was his backfield work: 3,074 rushing yards, 471 carries, 29 rushing touchdowns, and 250 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with LSU. 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 250 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 695 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU.

The arc is straightforward: Derrius Guice 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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    LSU

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520152016201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 PostseasonLSU45663.78.8
2015 Regular SeasonLSU45663.78.80
2016 PostseasonLSU1,49366.529.31,037
2016 Regular SeasonLSU1,49366.529.30
2017 PostseasonLSU1,37551.236.7-118
2017 Regular SeasonLSU1,37551.236.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ole Miss

Week 8 · W 40-24 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

285

Scrimmage Yards

100 takeover

285 scrimmage yards and 35.9 usage.

#2

@ Arkansas

Week 11 · W 38-10 · Conference game

252

Scrimmage Yards

95.6 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

252 scrimmage yards and 34.4 usage.

#3

@ Texas A&M

Week 13 · W 54-39 · Conference game

285

Scrimmage Yards

93.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

285 scrimmage yards and 56.1 usage.

#4

vs South Carolina

Week 6 · W 45-24 · Conference game

163

Scrimmage Yards

86.1 takeover

Win with 163 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

163 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.

#5

vs Southern Miss

Week 7 · W 45-10

169

Scrimmage Yards

83.6 takeover

Win with 169 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

169 scrimmage yards and 48.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · LSU

1,493 primary output · 66.5 efficiency · 29.3 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · LSU

78.1

1,493 primary · 66.5 efficiency · 29.3 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · LSU

77.8

1,375 primary · 51.2 efficiency · 36.7 usage

Milestones

12

100+ rush yards

7

150+ scrimmage yards

9

2+ TD games