Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Utah
Tavion Thomas
RB • 6'2" • 238 lbs • Dayton, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Tavion Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Utah
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Cincinnati • Utah
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Tavion Thomas built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a running back from Dayton, OH wearing No. 9, spending time with Cincinnati and Utah. The clearest part of Tavion Thomas' career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Tavion Thomas, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Utah. Tavion Thomas leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,534
- Rushing yards
- 2,484
- Receiving yards
- 50
- Touchdowns
- 35
Quick Answers
Tavion Thomas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,534
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Utah
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Princeton · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Princeton · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Junior
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 730 scrimmage yards · RB 124th (top 18%) · Pac-12 26th (top 11%) · National 234th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Cincinnati | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 8 | 488 | 490 | -2 | 6 | 52.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 4 | 196 | 190 | 6 | 1 | 44.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | Utah | 13 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 72.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah | 13 | 1,044 | 1,041 | 3 | 20 | 72.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah | 10 | 730 | 687 | 43 | 7 | 60.9 |
Related Context
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Tavion Thomas played RB for Cincinnati and Utah. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tavion Thomas recorded 2,484 rushing yards, 50 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Utah.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Utah paired 1,111 primary output with 48.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 48.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, Utah.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Utah
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
85.5
Efficiency
48.1
Usage
27.4
Consistency
65.3
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. Ohio State: 67. Weber State: 107. BYU: 26. San Diego State: 0. Washington State: 1. USC: 113. Arizona State: 84. Oregon State: 74. UCLA: 160. Stanford: 184. Oregon: 94. Colorado: 142. Oregon: 59
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 18 by 38.8. Weber State: 12 by 87.2. BYU: 7 by 38.7. San Diego State: 1 by 0. Washington State: 1 by 10.4. USC: 16 by 73.6. Arizona State: 20 by 43.8. Oregon State: 21 by 36.7. UCLA: 24 by 69.4. Stanford: 21 by 86.5. Oregon: 21 by 46.6. Colorado: 25 by 59.2. Oregon: 19 by 34.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins104.9 · Games = 9 · +63.1 vs Losses
Losses41.8 · Games = 4 · -63.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
87.2 vs Weber State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/1 | @ Ohio State | L 45-48 | 18 | 67 | 3.70 | 1 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Sat 12/4 | vs Oregon2+ TD | W 38-10 | 18 | 63 | 3.50 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 3.1 |
| Fri 11/26 | vs Colorado100 rush yards | W 28-13 | 25 | 142 | 5.70 | 1 | — | — | 5.7 |
| Sun 11/21 | vs Oregon2+ TD | W 38-7 | 21 | 94 | 4.50 | 3 | — | — | 4.5 |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Stanford100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 52-7 | 20 | 177 | 8.90 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8.8 |
| Sun 10/31 | vs UCLA100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 44-24 | 24 | 160 | 6.70 | 4 | — | — | 6.7 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Oregon State2+ TD | L 34-42 | 21 | 74 | 3.50 | 2 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sun 10/17 | vs Arizona State | W 35-21 | 20 | 84 | 4.20 | 1 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sun 10/10 | @ USC100 rush yards | W 42-26 | 16 | 113 | 7.10 | 1 | — | — | 7.1 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Washington State | W 24-13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ San Diego State | L 31-33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sun 9/12 | @ BYU | L 17-26 | 7 | 26 | 3.70 | 0 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Thu 9/2 | vs Weber State100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 40-17 | 12 | 107 | 8.90 | 2 | — | — | 8.9 |
Player Story
Tavion Thomas story
Tavion Thomas built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a running back from Dayton, OH wearing No. 9, spending time with Cincinnati and Utah. The clearest part of Tavion Thomas' career was his backfield work: 2,484 rushing yards, 475 carries, 35 rushing touchdowns, and 50 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Utah. 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 50 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Cincinnati and Utah.
The arc is straightforward: Tavion Thomas 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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- 1
Cincinnati
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Utah
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201820192021202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Cincinnati | 497 | 53.9 | 17.3 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 497 | 53.9 | 17.3 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 196 | 41 | 17.5 | -301 |
| 2021 Postseason | Utah | 1,111 | 48.1 | 27.4 | 915 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah | 1,111 | 48.1 | 27.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 1,111 | 48.1 | 27.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah | 730 | 47.5 | 24.6 | -381 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Stanford
Week 10 · W 52-7 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
184
Scrimmage Yards
95.5 takeover
184 scrimmage yards and 35.6 usage.
#2
vs Stanford
Week 11 · W 42-7 · Conference game
180
Scrimmage Yards
94.7 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
180 scrimmage yards and 38.6 usage.
#3
vs UCLA
Week 9 · W 44-24 · Conference game
160
Scrimmage Yards
85.5 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
160 scrimmage yards and 39.3 usage.
#4
vs Alabama A&M
Week 3 · W 63-7
141
Scrimmage Yards
83.1 takeover
Win with 141 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
141 scrimmage yards and 23.7 usage.
#5
vs Colorado
Week 13 · W 28-13 · Conference game
142
Scrimmage Yards
78.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
142 scrimmage yards and 42.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Utah
1,111 primary output · 48.1 efficiency · 27.4 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · Utah
72.9
1,111 primary · 48.1 efficiency · 27.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Cincinnati
72.9
1,111 primary · 48.1 efficiency · 27.4 usage
Milestones
9
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
9
2+ TD games
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