Usage / Role
82%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019South Alabama
Tra Minter
RB • 5'9" • 205 lbs • Ellaville, GA, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Tra Minter leans workhorse runner traits and 56 efficiency.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
74
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
85
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina
Player Story
Tra Minter built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Ellaville, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Tra Minter's career was his backfield work: 2,192...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Tra Minter, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Alabama. Tra Minter leans workhorse runner traits and 56 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,849
- Rushing yards
- 2,192
- Receiving yards
- 657
- Touchdowns
- 15
Quick Answers
Tra Minter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,849
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- Coastal Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Milton · Florida
- High school pipeline
- Milton · 45 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2019 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,266 scrimmage yards · RB 35th (top 6%) · Sun Belt 6th (top 3%) · National 48th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 588 | 341 | 247 | 2 | 51.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 995 | 794 | 201 | 8 | 63.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 1,266 | 1,057 | 209 | 5 | 80.1 |
Related Context
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Tra Minter played RB for South Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tra Minter recorded 2,192 rushing yards, 657 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 1,266 primary output with 56 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 56 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: Jackson State
Win with 222 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
105.5
Efficiency
56
Usage
35.2
Consistency
64.6
Best Game by takeover score
Jackson State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 84. Jackson State: 222. Memphis: 13. UAB: 77. UL Monroe: 182. Georgia Southern: 53. Troy: 122. App State: 96. Texas State: 87. Louisiana: 138. Georgia State: 72. Arkansas State: 120
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 15 by 46.5. Jackson State: 20 by 96.3. Memphis: 4 by 33.9. UAB: 8 by 90.1. UL Monroe: 23 by 82.3. Georgia Southern: 20 by 27.6. Troy: 23 by 53.7. App State: 24 by 42.2. Texas State: 21 by 43.2. Louisiana: 23 by 63.9. Georgia State: 20 by 39.3. Arkansas State: 24 by 52.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins171 · Games = 2 · +78.6 vs Losses
Losses92.4 · Games = 10 · -78.6 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
Jackson State
Best efficiency game
96.3 vs Jackson State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | vs Arkansas State100 rush yards | W 34-30 | 21 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Georgia State | L 15-28 | 18 | 70 | 3.90 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.6 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Louisiana100 rush yards | L 27-37 | 22 | 137 | 6.20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Texas State | L 28-30 | 21 | 87 | 4.10 | 1 | — | — | 4.1 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs App State | L 3-30 | 23 | 94 | 4.10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Thu 10/17 | @ Troy | L 13-37 | 17 | 86 | 5.10 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 5.3 |
| Thu 10/3 | vs Georgia Southern | L 17-20 | 17 | 45 | 2.60 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2.6 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ UL Monroe100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 17-30 | 19 | 150 | 7.90 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 7.9 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ UAB | L 3-35 | 5 | 43 | 8.60 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 9.6 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Memphis | L 6-42 | 4 | 13 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Jackson State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 37-14 | 16 | 189 | 11.80 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 11.1 |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Nebraska | L 21-35 | 10 | 37 | 3.70 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 5.6 |
Player Story
Tra Minter story
Tra Minter built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Ellaville, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Tra Minter's career was his backfield work: 2,192 rushing yards, 482 carries, 12 rushing touchdowns, and 657 receiving yards across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with South Alabama. 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 657 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 1,566 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Alabama.
The arc is straightforward: Tra Minter 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 Alabama
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Alabama | 588 | 37.5 | 21.3 | 588 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Alabama | 995 | 44.5 | 28.8 | 407 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 1,266 | 56 | 35.2 | 271 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 13 · W 31-28 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
252
Scrimmage Yards
96.8 takeover
252 scrimmage yards and 42.6 usage.
#2
vs Jackson State
Week 2 · W 37-14
222
Scrimmage Yards
91.9 takeover
Win with 222 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
222 scrimmage yards and 27.8 usage.
#3
@ UL Monroe
Week 5 · L 17-30 · Conference game
182
Scrimmage Yards
87.9 takeover
Loss with 182 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
182 scrimmage yards and 34.8 usage.
#4
@ Ole Miss
Week 1 · L 27-47
95
Scrimmage Yards
77.1 takeover
Loss with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
95 scrimmage yards and 23.2 usage.
#5
vs Louisiana
Week 12 · L 27-37 · Conference game
138
Scrimmage Yards
75.4 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
138 scrimmage yards and 39.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
1,266 primary output · 56 efficiency · 35.2 usage
80.1
#2
2018 Regular Season · South Alabama
63.1
995 primary · 44.5 efficiency · 28.8 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · South Alabama
51.9
588 primary · 37.5 efficiency · 21.3 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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