Running back, Southern Miss, 2019–⁠23

Antavious Willis

Number
No. 11
Height
5′10″
Weight
180 lb
Class (2023)
Junior
Hometown
Camden, MS

Antavious Willis played running back at Southern Miss (2019–⁠23).

Career highs

6catches, career highat Texas State, 2022

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2020Southern Miss133.003
2021Southern Miss27973.6033
2022Southern Miss22853.9020
2023Southern Miss6284.7012
Career562133.8033

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2021Southern Miss2220–––
2023Southern Miss265750100
Career285970100

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2019Southern Miss110000
2020Southern Miss210000
2021Southern Miss320000
2022Southern Miss110000
2023Southern Miss740010
Career1490010

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2020Southern Miss55711.4016
2022Southern Miss8344.309
2023Southern Miss34113.7021
Career161328.3021

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Southern Miss11RBYr 1
2020Southern Miss11RBYr 2
2021Southern Miss11RBYr 3
2022Southern Miss11RBYr 4
2023Southern Miss11RBJr. (Yr 5)5′10″180

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2020Southern Miss60.77––4.6–
2021Southern Miss310.01––0.414%
2022Southern Miss21-0.19––-4.03%
2023Southern Miss90.53––4.8–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 Southern Miss 11 games, 27 returns, 575 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.Alcorn StateW 40–⁠145190–––
Sep 9atFlorida StateL 13–⁠66–––482–
Sep 16vs.TulaneL 3–⁠21–––130–
Sep 23atArkansas StateL 37–⁠44190487–
Sep 30vs.Texas StateL 36–⁠50–––51251
Oct 7vs.Old DominionL 13–⁠17–––372–
Oct 28atApp StateL 38–⁠48–––236–
Nov 4vs.UL MonroeW 24–⁠7–––264–
Nov 9atLouisianaW 34–⁠31–––472–
Nov 18atMississippi StateL 20–⁠41–––17–
Nov 25vs.TroyL 17–⁠35––––––
2022 Southern Miss 11 games, 85 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.LibertyL 27–⁠298340–––
Sep 10atMiamiL 7–⁠30100–––
Sep 17vs.Northwestern StateW 64–⁠10––––––
Oct 15vs.Arkansas StateW 20–⁠19160–––
Oct 22atTexas StateW 20–⁠14130–––
Oct 27vs.LouisianaW 39–⁠243180–––
Nov 5vs.Georgia StateL 14–⁠423−40–––
Nov 12atCoastal CarolinaL 23–⁠262120–––
Nov 19vs.South AlabamaL 20–⁠27––––––
Nov 26atUL MonroeW 20–⁠102180–––
Dec 17 ✦vs.RiceW 38–⁠241−20–––
2021 Southern Miss 7 games, 97 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 4atSouth AlabamaL 7–⁠31––––––
Sep 25atAlabamaL 14–⁠63–––122–
Oct 16vs.UABL 0–⁠34–––10–
Oct 30atMiddle TennesseeL 10–⁠35––––––
Nov 13atUTSAL 17–⁠2719460–––
Nov 19atLouisiana TechW 35–⁠194−80–––
Nov 27vs.Florida InternationalW 37–⁠174590–––
2020 Southern Miss 4 games, 3 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.South AlabamaL 21–⁠32––––––
Oct 24atLibertyL 35–⁠56––––––
Oct 31vs.RiceL 6–⁠30130–––
Dec 10vs.Florida AtlanticW 45–⁠31––––––
2019 Southern Miss 1 game, 1 tackle
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Jan 4 ✦vs.TulaneL 13–⁠30––––––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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