Usage / Role
63%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Kent State
Gavin Garcia
RB • 5'7" • 192 lbs • Catawissa, PA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Gavin Garcia leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Gavin Garcia built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Catawissa, PA wearing No. 5, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Gavin Garcia's career was his backfield work: 1,402...
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- Committed To
- Kent State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Gavin Garcia, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kent State. Gavin Garcia leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,472
- Rushing yards
- 1,402
- Receiving yards
- 70
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Gavin Garcia quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,472
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Southern Columbia Area · Kent State
- High school pipeline
- Southern Columbia Area · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 690 scrimmage yards · RB 136th (top 19%) · Mid-American 19th (top 8%) · National 270th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 8 | 235 | 211 | 24 | 1 | 45.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 11 | 547 | 544 | 3 | 2 | 62.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kent State | 12 | 690 | 647 | 43 | 3 | 72.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kent State to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 18 | Dec 28, 2025 |
Gavin Garcia played RB for Kent State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Gavin Garcia recorded 1,402 rushing yards, 70 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kent State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kent State paired 690 primary output with 45.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 45.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
57.5
Efficiency
45.8
Usage
26.4
Consistency
67.9
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Merrimack: 49. Texas Tech: 63. Buffalo: 65. Florida State: 40. Oklahoma: 8. Massachusetts: 75. Toledo: 14. Bowling Green: 53. Ball State: 59. Akron: 39. Central Michigan: 74. Northern Illinois: 151
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Merrimack: 15 by 34. Texas Tech: 13 by 33.2. Buffalo: 19 by 35.4. Florida State: 14 by 29.8. Oklahoma: 5 by 16.7. Massachusetts: 12 by 66.4. Toledo: 7 by 20.8. Bowling Green: 6 by 86.8. Ball State: 12 by 51.2. Akron: 7 by 58. Central Michigan: 16 by 51.4. Northern Illinois: 24 by 65.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins73.4 · Games = 5 · +27.3 vs Losses
Losses46.1 · Games = 7 · -27.3 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
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
86.8 vs Bowling Green
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | @ Northern Illinois100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 35-31 | 24 | 151 | 6.30 | 1 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Thu 11/20 | vs Central Michigan | L 16-28 | 15 | 77 | 5.10 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4.6 |
| Wed 11/12 | @ Akron | W 42-35 | 7 | 39 | 5.60 | 1 | — | — | 5.6 |
| Thu 11/6 | @ Ball State | L 13-17 | 12 | 59 | 4.90 | 0 | — | — | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Bowling Green | W 24-21 | 6 | 53 | 8.80 | 1 | — | — | 8.8 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Toledo | L 10-45 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Massachusetts | W 42-6 | 11 | 71 | 6.50 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6.3 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Oklahoma | L 0-44 | 5 | 8 | 1.60 | 0 | — | — | 1.6 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Florida State | L 10-66 | 14 | 40 | 2.90 | 0 | — | — | 2.9 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Buffalo | L 28-31 | 18 | 61 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Texas Tech | L 14-62 | 12 | 25 | 2.10 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 4.8 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Merrimack | W 21-17 | 15 | 49 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
Player Story
Gavin Garcia story
Gavin Garcia built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Catawissa, PA wearing No. 5, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Gavin Garcia's career was his backfield work: 1,402 rushing yards, 319 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 70 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 70 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 90 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Gavin Garcia's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kent State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 235 | 66.9 | 7.9 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 547 | 37.7 | 25 | 312 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | -547 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kent State | 690 | 45.8 | 26.4 | 690 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 14 · W 35-31 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
151
Scrimmage Yards
88.5 takeover
151 scrimmage yards and 51.1 usage.
#2
vs Central Connecticut
Week 3 · W 38-10
125
Scrimmage Yards
84.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
125 scrimmage yards and 31.8 usage.
#3
vs Long Island University
Week 3 · W 63-10
82
Scrimmage Yards
77.2 takeover
Win with 82 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
82 scrimmage yards and 15.3 usage.
#4
vs Northern Illinois
Week 13 · L 27-37 · Conference game
84
Scrimmage Yards
69.6 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
84 scrimmage yards and 41.2 usage.
#5
@ Arkansas
Week 2 · L 6-28
68
Scrimmage Yards
64.6 takeover
Loss with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
68 scrimmage yards and 38.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kent State
690 primary output · 45.8 efficiency · 26.4 usage
72.3
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kent State
62.2
547 primary · 37.7 efficiency · 25 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Kent State
45.4
235 primary · 66.9 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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