Usage / Role
78%
Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Central Michigan
Thomas Rawls
RB • 5'10" • Flint, MI, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Thomas Rawls leans workhorse runner traits and 49.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
lowelite
Reliability
68
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Central Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan • Central Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Thomas Rawls built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Flint, MI wearing No. 34, spending time with Central Michigan and Michigan. The clearest part of Thomas Rawls' career was his...
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Thomas Rawls, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Central Michigan. Thomas Rawls leans workhorse runner traits and 49.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,535
- Rushing yards
- 1,436
- Receiving yards
- 99
- Touchdowns
- 15
Quick Answers
Thomas Rawls quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Central Michigan · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,535
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Central Michigan
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Gilman
- High school pipeline
- Gilman · 26 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,196 scrimmage yards · RB 43rd (top 8%) · Mid-American 7th (top 4%) · National 61st (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan | 3 | 79 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan | 8 | 248 | 242 | 6 | 4 | 37.5 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 39.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 9 | 1,196 | 1,103 | 93 | 10 | 77.6 |
Related Context
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Thomas Rawls played RB for Michigan and Central Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Thomas Rawls recorded 1,436 rushing yards, 99 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Central Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Central Michigan paired 1,196 primary output with 49.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan, Central Michigan.
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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2014 Regular Season · Central Michigan
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
132.9
Efficiency
49.3
Usage
42.4
Consistency
61.1
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. Chattanooga: 128. Purdue: 205. Toledo: 69. Ohio: 245. Northern Illinois: 270. Ball State: 173. Buffalo: 4. Miami (OH): 16. Western Michigan: 86
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Chattanooga: 27 by 50. Purdue: 34 by 56.4. Toledo: 18 by 39.9. Ohio: 41 by 60.7. Northern Illinois: 40 by 70.3. Ball State: 33 by 54.5. Buffalo: 3 by 13.9. Miami (OH): 3 by 55.6. Western Michigan: 21 by 42.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins144.7 · Games = 6 · +35.3 vs Losses
Losses109.3 · Games = 3 · -35.3 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
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
70.3 vs Northern Illinois
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | vs Western Michigan | L 20-32 | 19 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4.1 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Miami (OH) | W 34-27 | 3 | 16 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Buffalo | W 20-14 | 3 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 | — | — | 1.3 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Ball State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 29-32 | 32 | 167 | 5.20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5.2 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Northern Illinois100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 34-17 | 40 | 270 | 6.80 | 2 | — | — | 6.8 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Ohio100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 28-10 | 40 | 229 | 5.70 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6.0 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Toledo2+ TD | L 28-42 | 17 | 65 | 3.80 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Purdue100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 38-17 | 31 | 155 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Chattanooga100 rush yards | W 20-16 | 25 | 121 | 4.80 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4.7 |
Player Story
Thomas Rawls story
Thomas Rawls built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Flint, MI wearing No. 34, spending time with Central Michigan and Michigan. The clearest part of Thomas Rawls' career was his backfield work: 1,436 rushing yards, 283 carries, 15 rushing touchdowns, and 99 receiving yards across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 99 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Thomas Rawls' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Michigan
2011-2013
Opening stop
- 2
Central Michigan
2014
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan | 79 | 39.2 | 6.8 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan | 248 | 40.9 | 14.1 | 169 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan | 12 | 41.7 | 4.9 | -236 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 1,196 | 49.3 | 42.4 | 1,184 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northern Illinois
Week 7 · W 34-17 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
270
Scrimmage Yards
90.1 takeover
270 scrimmage yards and 60.6 usage.
#2
vs Ohio
Week 6 · W 28-10 · Conference game
245
Scrimmage Yards
83.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
245 scrimmage yards and 61.2 usage.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 7 · W 45-0 · Conference game
96
Scrimmage Yards
79.2 takeover
Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#4
@ Purdue
Week 2 · W 38-17
205
Scrimmage Yards
77.4 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
205 scrimmage yards and 65.4 usage.
#5
vs Minnesota
Week 5 · W 58-0 · Conference game
73
Scrimmage Yards
73.3 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Central Michigan
1,196 primary output · 49.3 efficiency · 42.4 usage
77.6
#2
2013 Regular Season · Michigan
39.2
12 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Michigan
37.5
248 primary · 40.9 efficiency · 14.1 usage
Milestones
5
100+ rush yards
4
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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