Player Dossier

2016-2020

Arkansas

Rakeem Boyd

RB • 6'0" • 206 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Rakeem Boyd leans balanced backfield option traits and 38 efficiency.

Usage / Role

52%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

53

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

54

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

66

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Arkansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Texas A&M • Arkansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Player Story

Rakeem Boyd built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Arkansas and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Rakeem Boyd's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8783

Stratford · Houston, TX

Committed To
Texas A&M
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Rakeem Boyd, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Arkansas. Rakeem Boyd leans balanced backfield option traits and 38 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,534
Rushing yards
2,176
Receiving yards
358
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

Rakeem Boyd quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,534
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Arkansas
Top game
Western Kentucky
Recruit profile
3-star · Stratford · Texas A&M
High school pipeline
Stratford · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2020 Scrimmage yards rank
342 scrimmage yards · RB 201st (top 34%) · SEC 71st (top 29%) · National 462nd (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00000-
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas00000-
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas12899734165264.2
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas121,2931,133160885.1
2020 Regular SeasonArkansas634230933353

Related Context

Rakeem Boyd played RB for Texas A&M and Arkansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rakeem Boyd recorded 1 passing yards, 2,176 rushing yards, and 358 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Arkansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Arkansas paired 1,293 primary output with 60.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 53.4 efficiency.

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Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas A&M, Arkansas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Loss with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2018 Regular Season · Arkansas

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

74.9

Efficiency

53.4

Usage

23.2

Consistency

67.8

Best Game by takeover score

Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Illinois: 20. Colorado State: 67. North Texas: 0. Auburn: 105. Texas A&M: 80. Alabama: 126. Ole Miss: 145. Tulsa: 113. Vanderbilt: 113. LSU: 33. Mississippi State: 92. Missouri: 5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Illinois: 7 by 24.4. Colorado State: 7 by 89.9. North Texas: 1 by 0. Auburn: 10 by 93.8. Texas A&M: 14 by 53.2. Alabama: 20 by 68.8. Ole Miss: 9 by 100. Tulsa: 25 by 47. Vanderbilt: 19 by 62. LSU: 14 by 28.6. Mississippi State: 15 by 63.1. Missouri: 5 by 10.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins66.5 · Games = 2 · -10.1 vs Losses
Losses76.6 · Games = 10 · +10.1 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

Alabama

Best efficiency game

100 vs Ole Miss

Result
Fri 11/23@ MissouriL 0-3855101
Sat 11/17@ Mississippi StateL 6-52148460186.1
Sun 11/11vs LSUL 17-24103030432.4
Sat 10/27vs Vanderbilt100 rush yardsL 31-45191135.9015.9
Sat 10/20vs TulsaW 23-022994.5003144.5
Sat 10/13vs Ole Miss100 rush yardsL 33-37710915.60123616.1
Sat 10/6vs Alabama100 rush yardsL 31-65151026.8005246.3
Sat 9/29@ Texas A&ML 17-2410474.7004335.7
Sat 9/22@ AuburnL 3-348668.30023910.5
Sat 9/15vs North TexasL 17-44100
Sat 9/8@ Colorado StateL 27-347679.6009.6
Sat 9/1vs Eastern IllinoisW 55-2061220182.9

Player Story

Rakeem Boyd story

Rakeem Boyd built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Arkansas and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Rakeem Boyd's career was his backfield work: 2,176 rushing yards, 389 carries, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 358 receiving yards across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Arkansas. 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 1 passing yard, 358 receiving yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas and Texas A&M.

The arc is straightforward: Rakeem Boyd 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Texas A&M

    2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas

    2017-2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonTexas A&M0
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas00
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas89953.423.2899
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas1,29360.335.2394
2020 Regular SeasonArkansas3423826.5-951

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Western Kentucky

Week 11 · L 19-45

Loss with 185 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

87.2 takeover

185 scrimmage yards and 21.6 usage.

#2

@ Kentucky

Week 7 · L 20-24 · Conference game

134

Scrimmage Yards

86.5 takeover

Loss with 134 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

134 scrimmage yards and 35.7 usage.

#3

vs Alabama

Week 6 · L 31-65 · Conference game

126

Scrimmage Yards

85.2 takeover

Loss with 126 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

126 scrimmage yards and 35.1 usage.

#4

vs Mississippi State

Week 10 · L 24-54 · Conference game

114

Scrimmage Yards

82.5 takeover

Loss with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

114 scrimmage yards and 32.4 usage.

#5

@ Texas A&M

Week 9 · L 31-42 · Conference game

109

Scrimmage Yards

80.7 takeover

Loss with 109 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

109 scrimmage yards and 29.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Arkansas

1,293 primary output · 60.3 efficiency · 35.2 usage

85.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Arkansas

64.2

899 primary · 53.4 efficiency · 23.2 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Arkansas

53

342 primary · 38 efficiency · 26.5 usage

Milestones

9

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games