Player Dossier

2019-2023

Southern Miss

Antavious Willis

RB • 5'10" • 180 lbs • Camden, MS, USA

Explosive all-purpose backBig-play efficiency

Antavious Willis leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 73.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Antavious Willis built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Camden, MS wearing No. 11, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Antavious Willis' career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8356

Velma Jackson · Camden, MS

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Antavious Willis, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss. Antavious Willis leans explosive all-purpose back traits and 73.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
345
Rushing yards
213
Receiving yards
132
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Antavious Willis quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
345
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
3-star · Velma Jackson · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Velma Jackson · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Junior
2023 Scrimmage yards rank
69 scrimmage yards · RB 486th (top 69%) · Sun Belt 170th (top 63%) · National 1,599th (top 61%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 PostseasonSouthern Miss1000050
2020 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss460357045.5
2021 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss797970138.5
2022 PostseasonSouthern Miss11-2-20047.4
2022 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss111218734047.4
2023 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss11692841036.3

Related Context

Antavious Willis played RB for Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Antavious Willis recorded 92 passing yards, 213 rushing yards, and 132 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Southern Miss paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 73.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Loss with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

6.3

Efficiency

73.6

Usage

1.5

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alcorn State: 19. Florida State: 35. Tulane: 0. Arkansas State: 15. Texas State: 0. Old Dominion: 0. App State: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Louisiana: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Troy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alcorn State: 5 by 39.6. Florida State: 2 by 100. Arkansas State: 2 by 81.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins6.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses6.3 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 11/25vs TroyL 17-35
Sat 11/18@ Mississippi StateL 20-41
Fri 11/10@ LouisianaW 34-31
Sat 11/4vs UL MonroeW 24-7
Sat 10/28@ App StateL 38-48
Sat 10/7vs Old DominionL 13-17
Sat 9/30vs Texas StateL 36-50
Sat 9/23@ Arkansas StateL 37-441990167.5
Sat 9/16vs TulaneL 3-21
Sun 9/10@ Florida StateL 13-6623517.5
Sat 9/2vs Alcorn StateW 40-145193.8003.8

Player Story

Antavious Willis story

Antavious Willis built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a running back from Camden, MS wearing No. 11, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Antavious Willis' career was his backfield work: 213 rushing yards, 56 carries, and 132 receiving yards across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Southern Miss. 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 92 passing yards, 132 receiving yards, and 14 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.

The arc is straightforward: Antavious Willis 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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    Southern Miss

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonSouthern Miss00
2020 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss6070.62.760
2021 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss9741.77.537
2022 PostseasonSouthern Miss11941.5522
2022 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss11941.550
2023 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss6973.61.5-50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida International

Week 13 · W 37-17 · Conference game

Win with 59 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

74.1 takeover

59 scrimmage yards and 7.8 usage.

#2

@ Florida State

Week 2 · L 13-66

35

Scrimmage Yards

71.5 takeover

Loss with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

35 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.

#3

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 15 · W 45-31 · Conference game

28

Scrimmage Yards

68.7 takeover

Win with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

28 scrimmage yards and 3.3 usage.

#4

@ UTSA

Week 11 · L 17-27 · Conference game

46

Scrimmage Yards

67.7 takeover

Loss with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

46 scrimmage yards and 37.3 usage.

#5

vs South Alabama

Week 1 · L 21-32

29

Scrimmage Yards

65.1 takeover

Loss with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

29 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Southern Miss

0 primary output · efficiency · 0 usage

50

#2

2022 Postseason · Southern Miss

47.4

119 primary · 41.5 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss

47.4

119 primary · 41.5 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games