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 | 107 | — |
| Success rate | 46.7% | 132nd / 332 |
| Explosive run rate | 12.1% | 193rd / 332 |
| Stuffed at the line | 12.1% | 96th / 332 |
| First downs | 28 | — |
| Red-zone carries | 13 | — |
| Goal-line carries | 3 | — |
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 17 | — |
| Target share | 10.1% | — |
| Catch rate | 76.5% | — |
| Success rate per target | 52.9% | — |
| Yards per target | 6.9 | — |
| Explosive catches | 5.9% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 0.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Bothwell's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted14 targets charted
Run direction106 carries
2025 charting · Mississippi State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Bothwell’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted11 targets charted
Run direction56 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 |  Mississippi State#45 · 4-4 | 7 | 49% | 108 | 563 | 5.2 | 3 | 46.7% | 13 | 117 | 1 | 10.1% |
| 2025 | Mississippi State#71 · 5-8 | 11 | 41% | 142 | 677 | 4.8 | 6 | 49.6% | 14 | 105 | 0 | 8.4% |
| 2024 |  South Alabama#55 · 7-6 | 12 | 36% | 111 | 832 | 7.5 | 13 | 55.0% | 13 | 92 | 0 | 5.7% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Fluff Bothwell's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Fluff Bothwell'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 |  UL Monroe | W 62–13 | 6.3 | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | @ Minnesota | W 38–13 | 7.9 | 18 | 113 | 6.3 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | @ South Carolina | W 41–34 | 7.2 | 21 | 115 | 5.5 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 |  Missouri | W 31–24 | 8.9 | 25 | 122 | 4.9 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 |  Alabama | L 23–56 | — | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 7 | @ LSU | L 0–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 8 |  Oklahoma | L 15–23 | 7.0 | 17 | 111 | 6.5 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | @ Texas | L 3–31 | 5.4 | 17 | 49 | 2.9 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 7.1 | 108 | 563 | 5.2 | 3 | 43 | 13 | 117 | 9.0 | 1 | 22 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 108 | — |
| Yards | 563 | 61st / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 5.2 | 100th / 312 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 192nd / 683 |
| Long | 43 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 13 | 558th / 2089 |
| Yards | 117 | 688th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 9 | — |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 22 | — |
| Fumbles | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Fumbles | 1 | — |
| Lost | 0 | — |
| Recovered | 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 | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · UL Monroe | ✓ RB | 79 | ~29 (20–38) | 11 | · | 37% |
| Wk 2 · Minnesota | ✓ RB | 68 | ~38 (26–49) | 19 | · | 56% |
| Wk 3 · South Carolina | ✓ RB | 60 | ~51 (43–57) | 22 | · | 85% |
| Wk 4 · Missouri | ✓ RB | 78 | ~60 (51–67) | 32 | · | 77% |
| Wk 5 · Alabama | — | 70 | ~11 (3–21) | 1 | · | 16% |
| Wk 8 · Oklahoma | — | 63 | ~40 (34–44) | 19 | · | 63% |
| Wk 9 · Texas | — | 66 | ~41 (35–45) | 20 | 1 | 62% |
| Season | 4 GS | 552 | 270 (214–333) | 124 | 1 | 49% |
Position Room
6 RBs on the Mississippi State roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Fluff Bothwell | RB | JR | 108 | 563 | 5.2 | 3 | 13 | +0.28 |
| Kolin Wilson | RB | 58 | 230 | 4 | 0 | 11 | +0.02 | ||
| 5 | Xavier Gayten | RB | JR | 24 | 87 | 3.6 | 1 | — | +0.01 |
| 21 | J.J. Hill | RB | FR | 20 | 162 | 8.1 | 2 | — | +0.36 |
| 25 | Cooper Crosby | RB | FR | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | — | -0.25 |
| Brinston Williams | RB | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Mississippi State depth chart →