Player Dossier

2016-2019

Oregon State

Artavis Pierce

RB • 5'11" • 208 lbs • Lake Alfred, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Artavis Pierce leans balanced backfield option traits and 64.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

59%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

73

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

64

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Oregon State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Oregon State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Artavis Pierce built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Lake Alfred, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Artavis Pierce's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.825

Auburndale · Auburndale, FL

Committed To
Oregon State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Artavis Pierce, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Oregon State. Artavis Pierce leans balanced backfield option traits and 64.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,706
Rushing yards
2,128
Receiving yards
578
Touchdowns
17

Quick Answers

Artavis Pierce quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,706
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 43 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Oregon State
Top game
Stanford
Recruit profile
3-star · Auburndale · Oregon State
High school pipeline
Auburndale · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2019 Scrimmage yards rank
1,043 scrimmage yards · RB 68th (top 11%) · Pac-12 14th (top 7%) · National 108th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State11655523132561.3
2017 Regular SeasonOregon State12451323128149.9
2018 Regular SeasonOregon State8557408149447.8
2019 Regular SeasonOregon State121,043874169777.2

Related Context

Artavis Pierce played RB for Oregon State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Artavis Pierce recorded 2,128 rushing yards, 578 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Oregon State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Oregon State paired 1,043 primary output with 64.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 64.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Loss with 187 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Oregon State

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

86.9

Efficiency

64.2

Usage

25.8

Consistency

70.9

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 76. Hawai'i: 91. Cal Poly: 93. Stanford: 187. UCLA: 122. Utah: 27. California: 114. Arizona: 121. Washington: 39. Arizona State: 63. Washington State: 75. Oregon: 35

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 10 by 73.1. Hawai'i: 8 by 97.4. Cal Poly: 13 by 76.7. Stanford: 20 by 89. UCLA: 22 by 58.5. Utah: 12 by 22.5. California: 27 by 39.3. Arizona: 16 by 79. Washington: 13 by 36.7. Arizona State: 16 by 41. Washington State: 8 by 89.1. Oregon: 5 by 68.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins102.6 · Games = 5 · +26.9 vs Losses
Losses75.7 · Games = 7 · -26.9 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

Stanford

Best efficiency game

97.4 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sat 11/30@ OregonL 10-244256.3001107
Sun 11/24@ Washington StateL 53-547588.3001179.4
Sun 11/17vs Arizona StateW 35-3416633.9003.9
Sat 11/9vs WashingtonL 7-198313.900583
Sat 11/2@ Arizona100 rush yardsW 56-38151147.601177.6
Sat 10/19@ CaliforniaW 21-1723803.5004344.2
Sun 10/13vs UtahL 7-5210212.100262.3
Sun 10/6@ UCLA100 rush yardsW 48-31211195.701135.5
Sat 9/28vs Stanford100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 28-31161418.8024469.3
Sat 9/14vs Cal PolyW 45-712907.500137.2
Sun 9/8@ Hawai'i2+ TDL 28-3177911.30211211.4
Sat 8/31vs Oklahoma StateL 36-528536.6002237.6

Player Story

Artavis Pierce story

Artavis Pierce built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Lake Alfred, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Artavis Pierce's career was his backfield work: 2,128 rushing yards, 367 carries, 15 rushing touchdowns, and 578 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 578 receiving yards and 602 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Artavis Pierce's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Oregon State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State65555.320.1
2017 Regular SeasonOregon State45151.613.5-204
2018 Regular SeasonOregon State55758.914.8106
2019 Regular SeasonOregon State1,04364.225.8486

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Stanford

Week 5 · L 28-31 · Conference game

Loss with 187 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

94.7 takeover

187 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.

#2

@ Ohio State

Week 1 · L 31-77

209

Scrimmage Yards

91.8 takeover

Loss with 209 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

209 scrimmage yards and 26.4 usage.

#3

@ UCLA

Week 11 · L 24-38 · Conference game

110

Scrimmage Yards

80.9 takeover

Loss with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

110 scrimmage yards and 42.9 usage.

#4

vs Arizona

Week 12 · W 42-17 · Conference game

112

Scrimmage Yards

79.5 takeover

Win with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

112 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.

#5

@ UCLA

Week 6 · W 48-31 · Conference game

122

Scrimmage Yards

74.6 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

122 scrimmage yards and 44 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Oregon State

1,043 primary output · 64.2 efficiency · 25.8 usage

77.2

#2

2016 Regular Season · Oregon State

61.3

655 primary · 55.3 efficiency · 20.1 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Oregon State

49.9

451 primary · 51.6 efficiency · 13.5 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games