Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Rushing | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 85 | — |
| Success rate | 36.5% | 286th / 332 |
| Explosive run rate | 8.2% | 282nd / 332 |
| Stuffed at the line | 11.8% | 83rd / 332 |
| First downs | 16 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 7 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 0 | — |
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 26 | — |
| Target share | 12.7% | 422nd / 534 |
| Catch rate | 73.1% | 122nd / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 38.5% | 431st / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.3 | 329th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 7.7% | 384th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 3 | — |
Charting
Where Gause's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted27 targets charted
Run direction86 carries
2025 charting · North Carolina
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Gause’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted13 targets charted
Run direction37 carries
Career
3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  NC State#67 · 4-4 | 7 | 46% | 87 | 352 | 4.0 | 2 | 36.5% | 21 | 202 | 0 | 12.7% |
| 2025 |  North Carolina#97 · 4-8 | 12 | 28% | 61 | 259 | 4.2 | 3 | 38.2% | 16 | 132 | 2 | 8.3% |
| 2024 | North Carolina#71 · 6-7 | 11 | 18% | 67 | 326 | 4.9 | 4 | 45.9% | 4 | 45 | 0 | 5.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Davion Gause's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Davion Gause's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | @ Virginia | L 8–34 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2 |  Richmond | W 73–0 | 6.9 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | @ Vanderbilt | L 31–35 | 6.9 | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 |  App State | W 41–31 | 5.4 | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 |  Louisville | W 31–28 | 6.7 | 21 | 69 | 3.3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 |  Wake Forest | L 14–38 | 6.1 | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | @ Stanford | L 28–31 | 6.9 | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 |  California | W 31–10 | 7.1 | 19 | 104 | 5.5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 6.6 | 87 | 352 | 4.0 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 202 | 9.6 | 0 | 36 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 87 | — |
| Yards | 352 | 174th / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 4 | 233rd / 312 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 266th / 683 |
| Long | 28 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 21 | 299th / 2089 |
| Yards | 202 | 434th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 9.6 | 377th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 36 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4438th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Richmond | ✓ RB | 70 | ~13 (3–25) | 6 | · | 19% |
| Wk 3 · Vanderbilt | — | 78 | ~31 (21–40) | 12 | · | 40% |
| Wk 4 · App State | — | 78 | ~30 (20–39) | 14 | · | 38% |
| Wk 5 · Louisville | — | 84 | ~57 (48–63) | 25 | · | 68% |
| Wk 6 · Wake Forest | — | 63 | ~37 (25–48) | 14 | 1 | 59% |
| Wk 8 · Stanford | ✓ RB | 65 | ~46 (39–51) | 22 | · | 71% |
| Wk 9 · California | — | 64 | ~42 (35–47) | 21 | · | 66% |
| Season | 2 GS | 553 | 256 (203–316) | 114 | 1 | 46% |
Position Room
9 RBs on the NC State roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Davion Gause | RB | JR | 87 | 352 | 4 | 2 | 21 | +0.07 |
| 1 | Jayden Scott | RB | JR | 62 | 358 | 5.8 | 4 | 3 | +0.10 |
| 25 | Darius Johnson | RB | SR | 12 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +0.04 |
| 24 | Dylan McCoy | RB | FR | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 1 | — | +0.29 |
| 20 | Deandre Desinor | RB | SO | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 8 | +0.92 |
| 26 | Isiah Jones | RB | JR | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | +0.38 |
| 14 | Jonathan Paylor | RB | JR | 2 | 52 | 26 | 0 | — | +1.01 |
| 34 | Noah Moss | RB | FR | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | — | +0.35 |
| 29 | RJ Boyd | RB | FR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. NC State depth chart →