Player Dossier

2016-2019

South Alabama

Tra Minter

RB • 5'9" • 205 lbs • Ellaville, GA, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Tra Minter leans workhorse runner traits and 56 efficiency.

Usage / Role

82%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

74

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8933

Milton · Alpharetta, GA

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama00000-
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama12588341247251.9
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama12995794201863.1
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama121,2661,057209580.1

Related Context

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 11/29vs Arkansas State100 rush yardsW 34-3021106513145
Sat 11/23@ Georgia StateL 15-2818703.900223.6
Sat 11/16vs Louisiana100 rush yardsL 27-37221376.201116
Sat 11/9@ Texas StateL 28-3021874.1014.1
Sat 10/26vs App StateL 3-3023944.100124
Thu 10/17@ TroyL 13-3717865.1006365.3
Thu 10/3vs Georgia SouthernL 17-2017452.600382.6
Sat 9/28@ UL Monroe100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 17-30191507.9004327.9
Sat 9/21@ UABL 3-355438.6003349.6
Sat 9/14vs MemphisL 6-424133.3003.3
Sat 9/7vs Jackson State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 37-141618911.80243311.1
Sat 8/31@ NebraskaL 21-3510373.7005475.6

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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama0
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama58837.521.3588
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama99544.528.8407
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1,2665635.2271

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

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#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