Player Dossier

2025-2025

Clemson

Gideon Davidson

RB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Lynchburg, VA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Gideon Davidson leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Player Story

Gideon Davidson built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Lynchburg, VA wearing No. 9, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Gideon Davidson's career was his backfield work: 260 rushing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.9657

Liberty Christian Academy · Lynchburg, VA

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Gideon Davidson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson. Gideon Davidson leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
353
Rushing yards
260
Receiving yards
93

Quick Answers

Gideon Davidson quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
353
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Clemson
Top game
Duke
Recruit profile
4-star · Liberty Christian Academy · Clemson
High school pipeline
Liberty Christian Academy · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 9 · Freshman
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
353 scrimmage yards · RB 268th (top 37%) · ACC 92nd (top 26%) · National 704th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2025 PostseasonClemson11241113055
2025 Regular SeasonClemson1132924980055

Related Context

Gideon Davidson played RB for Clemson. Across 1 tracked season, Gideon Davidson recorded 260 rushing yards and 93 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Clemson paired 353 primary output with 46.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 46.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Loss with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Clemson

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

32.1

Efficiency

46.4

Usage

11.2

Consistency

41.7

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 24. Troy: 5. Georgia Tech: 6. North Carolina: 23. Boston College: 20. SMU: 3. Duke: 95. Florida State: 52. Louisville: 31. Furman: 70. South Carolina: 24

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 5 by 37.2. Troy: 2 by 26. Georgia Tech: 1 by 62.5. North Carolina: 9 by 33. Boston College: 4 by 52.1. SMU: 1 by 31.3. Duke: 16 by 51.3. Florida State: 11 by 44.1. Louisville: 5 by 63.3. Furman: 9 by 78.8. South Carolina: 8 by 31.3

Split Comparison

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Wins32.1 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses32 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Duke

Best efficiency game

78.8 vs Furman

Result
Sat 12/27vs Penn StateL 10-224112.8001134.8
Sat 11/29@ South CarolinaW 28-14824303
Sat 11/22vs FurmanW 45-107527.4002187.8
Sat 11/15@ LouisvilleW 20-1942460176.2
Sun 11/9vs Florida StateW 24-1010393.9001134.7
Sat 11/1vs DukeL 45-4612514.3004445.9
Sat 10/18vs SMUL 24-3513303
Sat 10/11@ Boston CollegeW 41-10420505
Sat 10/4@ North CarolinaW 38-107253.6002-22.6
Sat 9/13@ Georgia TechL 21-2416606
Sat 9/6vs TroyW 27-16252.5002.5

Player Story

Gideon Davidson story

Gideon Davidson built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Lynchburg, VA wearing No. 9, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Gideon Davidson's career was his backfield work: 260 rushing yards, 60 carries, and 93 receiving yards across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 93 receiving yards and 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Gideon Davidson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Clemson

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonClemson35346.411.2
2025 Regular SeasonClemson35346.411.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 44 Duke

Week 10 · L 45-46 · Conference game

Loss with 95 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

95

Scrimmage Yards

74.6 takeover

95 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.

#2

vs Furman

Week 13 · W 45-10

70

Scrimmage Yards

66.7 takeover

Win with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

70 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.

#3

vs No. 41 Florida State

Week 11 · W 24-10 · Conference game

52

Scrimmage Yards

51.6 takeover

Win with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

52 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.

#4

@ No. 25 Louisville

Week 12 · W 20-19 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

31

Scrimmage Yards

41.1 takeover

Win with 31 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

31 scrimmage yards and 9.6 usage.

#5

@ No. 91 North Carolina

Week 6 · W 38-10 · Conference game

23

Scrimmage Yards

33.2 takeover

Win with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

23 scrimmage yards and 14.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Clemson

353 primary output · 46.4 efficiency · 11.2 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Clemson

55

353 primary · 46.4 efficiency · 11.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games