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Nyeoti Punni

RBSenior6' 1", 225 lbsLebanon, NH
North Dakota State Bison7-2 · TDC #72
Snap share
17%
likely 13–37%
Rush yards
175
367th of 1519 in FBS
Yards / carry
4.6
Rush TD
0
Receptions
3
1350th of 2089 in FBS
EPA / play
-0.12
38 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

38 plays · -4.7 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays-0.12
Passing-0.30
Rushing-0.11
1st down-0.14
2nd down+0.08
3rd down+1.60
Standard downs-0.27
Passing downs+0.41
PunniRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays8%
Pass plays2%
Run plays13%
1st down11%
2nd down9%
3rd down1%
Standard downs10%
Passing downs6%
PunniRB average

Advanced

Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume

RushingValueFBS rank
Carries30—
Success rate30.0%—
Explosive run rate16.7%—
Stuffed at the line13.3%—
First downs6—
Red-zone carries3—
Goal-line carries0—

Charting

Where Punni's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction36 carries

Left
31%
4.3 YPC · 36% succ.
Middle
42%
6.9 YPC · 47% succ.
Right
28%
2.9 YPC · 20% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.

Game Log

Nyeoti Punni'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

4.8 avg. game scoreBest: 6.1 vs Jacksonville State (Week 1)0 of 5 games at 8.0+
Rushing
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLong
1Jacksonville StateW 33–76.18607.5025
1FordhamW 38–04.87294.1012
2@Air ForceW 38–325.63196.3015
3@Sacramento StateW 31–10—341.304
5WyomingW 28–02.05173.4015
6@UNLVL 7–13—100.000
7NevadaW 31–175.311464.2012
8@New MexicoL 16–21—no stats recorded
9UTEPW 31–7—no stats recorded
2026 · 7 games4.8381754.6025

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries38—
Yards175367th / 1519
Yards / carry4.6—
Touchdowns0—
Long25—
Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions31350th / 2089
Yards91796th / 2074
Yards / catch3—
Touchdowns0—
Long6—
Fumbles2026FBS rank
Fumbles1—
Lost1—
Recovered0—

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

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · Jacksonville State68~18 (12–23)826%
Wk 1 · Fordham68~16 (11–21)724%
Wk 2 · Air Force60~9 (2–17)515%
Wk 3 · Sacramento State59~11 (3–21)319%
Wk 5 · Wyoming70~12 (3–23)517%
Wk 6 · UNLV61~10 (2–19)116%
Wk 7 · Nevada70~25 (17–32)1236%
Season588101 (74–220)4117%

Position Room

10 RBs on the North Dakota State roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
5Myles MitchellRBFR953984.236-0.04
7DJ ScottRBJR953643.859+0.04
4Nyeoti PunniRBSR381754.603-0.12
32Barry KpeenuRBSO301023.401-0.11
Brady WavrunekRB12594.904-0.14
34Jonathan HarveyRBSR1330—-0.18
22Charles Ross IIIRBFR——————
25Godson Rufus-OkomhanruRBFR——————
28Cortez LeGrantRBJR——————
45Gatlin EmpeyFBFR——————

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. North Dakota State depth chart →