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Player Dossier
2024-2025Pittsburgh
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.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Desmond Reid built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Miami Gardens, FL, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Desmond Reid's career was his backfield work: 1,244 rushing...
Read the storyDesmond Reid, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Desmond Reid leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,140
- Rushing yards
- 1,244
- Receiving yards
- 896
- Touchdowns
- 17
Quick Answers
Desmond Reid quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,140
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 595 scrimmage yards · RB 177th (top 25%) · ACC 52nd (top 15%) · National 370th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 11 | 184 | 169 | 15 | 1 | 82.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 11 | 1,361 | 797 | 564 | 10 | 82.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 7 | 595 | 278 | 317 | 6 | 55.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Unlisted to Pittsburgh | Unlisted to P4 | 78.9 | Dec 6, 2023 |
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
2024 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 58.3 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: Cincinnati
Win with 254 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
140.5
Efficiency
58.3
Usage
38
Consistency
73.3
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 184. Kent State: 156. Cincinnati: 254. West Virginia: 76. North Carolina: 210. California: 139. Syracuse: 47. SMU: 93. Virginia: 123. Clemson: 176. Louisville: 87
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 38 by 52.2. Kent State: 17 by 88.2. Cincinnati: 25 by 91. West Virginia: 15 by 35.9. North Carolina: 29 by 49.3. California: 17 by 80.9. Syracuse: 11 by 44.5. SMU: 19 by 44. Virginia: 18 by 59.7. Clemson: 24 by 60.9. Louisville: 23 by 35.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins147 · Games = 6 · +14.4 vs Losses
Losses132.6 · Games = 5 · -14.4 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
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
91 vs Cincinnati
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/26 | @ Toledo100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 46-48 | 33 | 169 | 5.10 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 4.8 |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Louisville | L 9-37 | 19 | 59 | 3.10 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 3.8 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Clemson150 scrimmage yards | L 20-24 | 14 | 68 | 4.90 | 0 | 10 | 108 | 7.3 |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Virginia | L 19-24 | 16 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 6.8 |
| Sun 11/3 | @ SMU | L 25-48 | 13 | 49 | 3.80 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 4.9 |
| Thu 10/24 | vs Syracuse | W 41-13 | 11 | 47 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs California100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 17-15 | 16 | 120 | 7.50 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8.2 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ North Carolina150 scrimmage yards | W 34-24 | 18 | 55 | 3.10 | 0 | 11 | 155 | 7.2 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs West Virginia2+ TD | W 38-34 | 11 | 26 | 2.40 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 5.1 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Cincinnati100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 28-27 | 19 | 148 | 7.80 | 0 | 6 | 106 | 10.2 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Kent State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 55-24 | 14 | 145 | 10.40 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9.2 |
Player Story
Desmond Reid story
Desmond Reid built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Miami Gardens, FL, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Desmond Reid's career was his backfield work: 1,244 rushing yards, 244 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 896 receiving yards across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Pittsburgh. 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 896 receiving yards and 264 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.
The arc is straightforward: Desmond Reid 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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Pittsburgh
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 1,545 | 58.3 | 38 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 1,545 | 58.3 | 38 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 595 | 58.1 | 21.9 | -950 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Cincinnati
Week 2 · W 28-27
Win with 254 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
254
Scrimmage Yards
97 takeover
254 scrimmage yards and 47.2 usage.
#2
@ No. 41 Florida State
Week 7 · W 34-31 · Conference game
200
Scrimmage Yards
85.8 takeover
Win with 200 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
200 scrimmage yards and 32.3 usage.
#3
@ Georgia Tech
Week 2
112
Scrimmage Yards
81.4 takeover
Game with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
112 scrimmage yards and — usage.
#4
vs California
Week 7 · W 17-15 · Conference game
139
Scrimmage Yards
78.5 takeover
Win with 139 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
139 scrimmage yards and 40.5 usage.
#5
@ North Carolina
Week 6 · W 34-24 · Conference game
210
Scrimmage Yards
77.3 takeover
Win with 210 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
210 scrimmage yards and 48.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Pittsburgh
1,545 primary output · 58.3 efficiency · 38 usage
82.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
82.9
1,545 primary · 58.3 efficiency · 38 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
55.6
595 primary · 58.1 efficiency · 21.9 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
6
150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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