Player Dossier

2024-2025

Mississippi State

Fluff Bothwell

RB • 5'10" • 230 lbs • Oneonta, AL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Fluff Bothwell leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

46%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

82

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

73

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
South Alabama • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

Player Story

Fluff Bothwell built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Oneonta, AL wearing No. 24, spending time with Mississippi State and South Alabama. The clearest part of Fluff Bothwell's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8256

Oneonta · Oneonta, AL

Committed To
South Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Fluff Bothwell, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · South Alabama. Fluff Bothwell leans balanced backfield option traits and 49.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,706
Rushing yards
1,511
Receiving yards
195
Touchdowns
19

Quick Answers

Fluff Bothwell quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,706
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 23 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · South Alabama
Top game
Tennessee
Recruit profile
3-star · Oneonta · South Alabama
High school pipeline
Oneonta · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 24 · Sophomore
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
782 scrimmage yards · RB 105th (top 15%) · SEC 28th (top 8%) · National 197th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama12924834901372.2
2025 PostseasonMississippi State1144386067.3
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State1173863999667.3

Related Context

Fluff Bothwell played RB for South Alabama and Mississippi State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Fluff Bothwell recorded 1,511 rushing yards, 195 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 924 primary output with 66.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 66.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Alabama, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State

Win with 143 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

77

Efficiency

66.8

Usage

19

Consistency

67.6

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 58. Ohio: 76. Northwestern State: 143. App State: 116. LSU: 25. Arkansas State: 63. Troy: 61. UL Monroe: 119. Georgia Southern: 31. Louisiana: 47. Southern Miss: 104. Texas State: 81

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 7 by 65.8. Ohio: 11 by 72.5. Northwestern State: 7 by 100. App State: 14 by 84.5. LSU: 12 by 19.3. Arkansas State: 13 by 42.4. Troy: 15 by 44.5. UL Monroe: 17 by 72.9. Georgia Southern: 6 by 53.8. Louisiana: 10 by 46. Southern Miss: 6 by 100. Texas State: 6 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins98.3 · Games = 6 · +42.7 vs Losses
Losses55.7 · Games = 6 · -42.7 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

Northwestern State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Texas State

Result
Fri 11/29vs Texas State2+ TDL 38-4568113.50213.5
Sat 11/23@ Southern Miss100 rush yardsW 35-14610417.30117.3
Sun 11/17@ LouisianaW 24-229384.200194.7
Sat 11/2vs Georgia Southern2+ TDL 30-346315.2025.2
Sat 10/26vs UL Monroe100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 46-1717119727
Tue 10/15vs TroyW 25-912534.400384.1
Sat 10/5@ Arkansas StateL 16-189323.6004314.8
Sat 9/28@ LSUL 10-4210171.700282.1
Thu 9/19@ App State100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 48-14141168.3028.3
Thu 9/12vs Northwestern State100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 87-10714320.40220.4
Sat 9/7@ OhioL 20-27107071166.9
Sat 8/31vs North TexasL 38-52630511288.3

Player Story

Fluff Bothwell story

Fluff Bothwell built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a running back from Oneonta, AL wearing No. 24, spending time with Mississippi State and South Alabama. The clearest part of Fluff Bothwell's career was his backfield work: 1,511 rushing yards, 254 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 195 receiving yards across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with South Alabama. 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 195 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State and South Alabama.

The arc is straightforward: Fluff Bothwell 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

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

  1. 1

    South Alabama

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama92466.819
2025 PostseasonMississippi State78249.424.3-142
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State78249.424.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 19 Tennessee

Week 5 · L 34-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

136

Scrimmage Yards

83.8 takeover

136 scrimmage yards and 32 usage.

#2

vs Northwestern State

Week 3 · W 87-10

143

Scrimmage Yards

80.9 takeover

Win with 143 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

143 scrimmage yards and 14.9 usage.

#3

vs Alcorn State

Week 3 · W 63-0

107

Scrimmage Yards

79 takeover

Win with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

107 scrimmage yards and 26.5 usage.

#4

@ App State

Week 4 · W 48-14 · Conference game

116

Scrimmage Yards

77.8 takeover

Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

116 scrimmage yards and 23.7 usage.

#5

vs UL Monroe

Week 9 · W 46-17 · Conference game

119

Scrimmage Yards

77.4 takeover

Win with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

119 scrimmage yards and 26.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · South Alabama

924 primary output · 66.8 efficiency · 19 usage

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#2

2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

67.3

782 primary · 49.4 efficiency · 24.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

67.3

782 primary · 49.4 efficiency · 24.3 usage

Milestones

6

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

8

2+ TD games