Player Dossier

2024-2025

Pittsburgh

Desmond Reid

RB • 5'8" • 175 lbs • Miami Gardens, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Desmond Reid leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.1 efficiency.

Usage Score

21.9

Efficiency

58.1

Consistency

63.2

Season Value

45.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Desmond Reid, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Desmond Reid leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.1 efficiency.

Desmond Reid played RB for Pittsburgh. Across 2 tracked seasons, Desmond Reid recorded 1,244 rushing yards, 896 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 1,545 primary output with 58.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 58.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Win with 200 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

85

Efficiency

58.1

Usage

21.9

Consistency

63.2

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Duquesne: 68. Central Michigan: 115. West Virginia: 30. Florida State: 200. Syracuse: 38. NC State: 69. Notre Dame: 75

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. Duquesne: 9 by 81.5. Central Michigan: 15 by 60.7. West Virginia: 6 by 52.1. Florida State: 20 by 65.1. Syracuse: 6 by 66. NC State: 16 by 37.7. Notre Dame: 11 by 43.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins98 · Games = 5 · +45.5 vs Losses
Losses52.5 · Games = 2 · -45.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

81.5 vs Duquesne

Result
Sat 11/15vs Notre DameL 15-375122.4006636.8
Sat 10/25vs NC StateW 53-3413413.2013284.3
Sat 10/18@ SyracuseW 30-136386.3006.3
Sat 10/11@ Florida State150 scrimmage yards · 2+ TDW 34-3112453.800815510
Sat 9/13@ West VirginiaL 24-31630505
Sat 9/6vs Central MichiganW 45-1710464.6005697.7
Sat 8/30vs DuquesneW 61-98668.301127.6

Career Arc

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

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    Pittsburgh

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonPittsburgh1,54558.338
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1,54558.3380
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh59558.121.9-950

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Georgia Tech

Game with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

112

Primary metric

112 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#2

Cincinnati

254

Primary metric

Win with 254 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

254 scrimmage yards and 47.2 usage.

#3

Florida State

200

Primary metric

Win with 200 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

200 scrimmage yards and 32.3 usage.

#4

North Carolina

210

Primary metric

Win with 210 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

210 scrimmage yards and 48.3 usage.

#5

Arkansas

46

Primary metric

Game with 46 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

46 scrimmage yards and — usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh

1,545 primary output · 58.3 efficiency · 38 usage

67.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

67.4

1,545 primary · 58.3 efficiency · 38 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

45.4

595 primary · 58.1 efficiency · 21.9 usage

Milestones

4

100+ rush yards

6

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

2,140

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 20 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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