Player Dossier

2021-2025

Pittsburgh

Derrick Davis Jr.

RB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Derrick Davis Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

15

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · LSU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
LSU • Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Youngstown State

Player Story

Derrick Davis Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 34, spending time with LSU and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Derrick Davis Jr.'s career was his...

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Derrick Davis Jr., RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · LSU. Derrick Davis Jr. leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
150
Rushing yards
135
Receiving yards
15
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Derrick Davis Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
150
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 18 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · LSU
Top game
Youngstown State
High school pipeline
Gateway · 24 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 34 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonLSU2000050
2022 PostseasonLSU529290136.2
2022 Regular SeasonLSU528280036.2
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh2880026.4
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh9857015244.5
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh00000-

Related Context

Derrick Davis Jr. played RB for LSU and Pittsburgh. Across 5 tracked seasons, Derrick Davis Jr. recorded 135 rushing yards, 15 receiving yards, and 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

LSU paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 21.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 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 LSU, Pittsburgh.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Youngstown State

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

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

9.4

Efficiency

21.1

Usage

6.1

Consistency

39.5

Best Game by takeover score

Youngstown State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 12. Cincinnati: 11. West Virginia: 3. Youngstown State: 35. SMU: -2. Virginia: 0. Clemson: 7. Louisville: 0. Boston College: 19

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kent State: 5 by 25. Cincinnati: 4 by 28.1. West Virginia: 2 by 15.6. Youngstown State: 7 by 42.7. SMU: 1 by 0. Clemson: 4 by 18.2. Louisville: 1 by 0. Boston College: 6 by 39.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins15.3 · Games = 4 · +10.4 vs Losses
Losses4.8 · Games = 5 · -10.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Youngstown State

Best efficiency game

42.7 vs Youngstown State

Result
Sat 11/30@ Boston CollegeL 23-345214.2001-23.2
Sat 11/23@ LouisvilleL 9-3710000
Sat 11/16vs ClemsonL 20-24471.8001.8
Sun 11/10vs VirginiaL 19-24
Sun 11/3@ SMUL 25-481-2-20-2
Sat 9/21vs Youngstown StateW 73-176213.5001145
Sat 9/14vs West VirginiaW 38-34231.5011.5
Sat 9/7@ CincinnatiW 28-27382.700132.8
Sat 8/31vs Kent StateW 55-245122.4012.4

Player Story

Derrick Davis Jr. story

Derrick Davis Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 34, spending time with LSU and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Derrick Davis Jr.'s career was his backfield work: 135 rushing yards, 40 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 15 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 15 receiving yards, 7 tackles, and 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Derrick Davis Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    LSU

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Pittsburgh

    2023-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonLSU00
2022 PostseasonLSU5754.33.657
2022 Regular SeasonLSU5754.33.60
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh841.71.5-49
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh8521.16.177
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh0-85

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Youngstown State

Week 4 · W 73-17

Win with 35 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

35

Scrimmage Yards

60.9 takeover

35 scrimmage yards and 14 usage.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 1 · W 63-7 · Postseason

29

Scrimmage Yards

59.8 takeover

Win with 29 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

29 scrimmage yards and 10.2 usage.

#3

vs UAB

Week 12 · W 41-10

28

Scrimmage Yards

59.1 takeover

Win with 28 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

28 scrimmage yards and 7.8 usage.

#4

vs Wofford

Week 1 · W 45-7

8

Scrimmage Yards

50.1 takeover

Win with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

8 scrimmage yards and 3 usage.

#5

@ Boston College

Week 14 · L 23-34 · Conference game

19

Scrimmage Yards

42.7 takeover

Loss with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

19 scrimmage yards and 12 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · LSU

0 primary output · efficiency · 0 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

44.5

85 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · LSU

36.2

57 primary · 54.3 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games