Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019South Carolina
Rico Dowdle
RB • 6'0" • 215 lbs • Asheville, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Rico Dowdle leans balanced backfield option traits and 52 efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Carolina
Player Story
Rico Dowdle built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Asheville, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Rico Dowdle's career was his backfield work:...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Rico Dowdle, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · South Carolina. Rico Dowdle leans balanced backfield option traits and 52 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,650
- Rushing yards
- 2,167
- Receiving yards
- 483
- Touchdowns
- 19
Quick Answers
Rico Dowdle quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,650
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · South Carolina
- Top game
- Western Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Frances Academy
- High school pipeline
- St. Frances Academy · 58 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2019 Scrimmage yards rank
- 665 scrimmage yards · RB 139th (top 21%) · SEC 30th (top 11%) · National 299th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | South Carolina | 9 | 58 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 68.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 9 | 761 | 714 | 47 | 7 | 68.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Carolina | 8 | 77 | 45 | 32 | 1 | 53.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Carolina | 8 | 302 | 206 | 96 | 2 | 53.6 |
| 2018 Postseason | South Carolina | 12 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 67.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 760 | 633 | 127 | 5 | 67.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 10 | 665 | 498 | 167 | 4 | 67.1 |
Related Context
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Rico Dowdle played RB for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Rico Dowdle recorded 2,167 rushing yards, 483 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
South Carolina paired 819 primary output with 52.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 50.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Win with 140 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · South Carolina
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
65.6
Efficiency
50.4
Usage
20.6
Consistency
66
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 27. Coastal Carolina: 127. Georgia: 54. Vanderbilt: 121. Kentucky: 73. Missouri: 68. Texas A&M: 19. Tennessee: 140. Ole Miss: -1. Florida: 8. Clemson: 65. Akron: 86
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia: 7 by 37.9. Coastal Carolina: 16 by 76.8. Georgia: 11 by 36.5. Vanderbilt: 21 by 59. Kentucky: 15 by 41.4. Missouri: 24 by 27.6. Texas A&M: 7 by 28.3. Tennessee: 14 by 91.7. Ole Miss: 1 by 0. Florida: 2 by 41.7. Clemson: 6 by 95.1. Akron: 13 by 68.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins90.2 · Games = 6 · +49.2 vs Losses
Losses41 · Games = 6 · -49.2 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
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
95.1 vs Clemson
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/29 | @ Virginia | L 0-28 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.9 |
| Sat 12/1 | vs Akron | W 28-3 | 13 | 86 | 6.60 | 0 | — | — | 6.6 |
| Sun 11/25 | @ Clemson | L 35-56 | 4 | 49 | 12.30 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10.8 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Florida | L 31-35 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Ole Miss | W 48-44 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Tennessee100 rush yards | W 27-24 | 14 | 140 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Texas A&M | L 23-26 | 7 | 19 | 2.70 | 0 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Missouri | W 37-35 | 21 | 53 | 2.50 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2.8 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Kentucky | L 10-24 | 13 | 44 | 3.40 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Vanderbilt100 rush yards | W 37-14 | 20 | 112 | 5.60 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5.8 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Georgia | L 17-41 | 7 | 18 | 2.60 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Coastal Carolina100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 49-15 | 15 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7.9 |
Player Story
Rico Dowdle story
Rico Dowdle built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Asheville, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Rico Dowdle's career was his backfield work: 2,167 rushing yards, 428 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 483 receiving yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with South Carolina. 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 483 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 21 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Rico Dowdle 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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South Carolina
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201620172017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | South Carolina | 819 | 52.4 | 26.7 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 819 | 52.4 | 26.7 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Carolina | 379 | 42.2 | 20.2 | -440 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Carolina | 379 | 42.2 | 20.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | South Carolina | 787 | 50.4 | 20.6 | 408 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Carolina | 787 | 50.4 | 20.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 665 | 52 | 24.3 | -122 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Carolina
Week 12 · W 44-31
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
239
Scrimmage Yards
95.3 takeover
239 scrimmage yards and 32.4 usage.
#2
vs Tennessee
Week 9 · W 27-24 · Conference game
140
Scrimmage Yards
90.1 takeover
Win with 140 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
140 scrimmage yards and 27.5 usage.
#3
vs Kentucky
Week 5 · W 24-7 · Conference game
125
Scrimmage Yards
83.3 takeover
Win with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
125 scrimmage yards and 26.2 usage.
#4
vs Alabama
Week 3 · L 23-47 · Conference game
123
Scrimmage Yards
82.9 takeover
Loss with 123 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
123 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.
#5
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 1 · W 49-15
127
Scrimmage Yards
79.6 takeover
Win with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
127 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · South Carolina
819 primary output · 52.4 efficiency · 26.7 usage
68.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · South Carolina
68.1
819 primary · 52.4 efficiency · 26.7 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · South Carolina
67.9
787 primary · 50.4 efficiency · 20.6 usage
Milestones
8
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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