Running back, UCLA, 2009–⁠13

Damien Thigpen

Number
No. 25
Height
5′8″
Hometown
Gainesville, VA

Damien Thigpen played running back at UCLA (2009–⁠13).

Career highs

89rushing yards, career highvs. Houston, 201292receiving yards, career highat Arizona State, 20122receiving touchdowns, career highat Arizona State, 2012

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009UCLA26622.4013
2010UCLA12222.0022
2012UCLA502625.2241
2013*UCLA18734.1127
Career954194.4341

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2009UCLA4720–––
2010UCLA91920–––
2012UCLA143760100
Career276400100

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009UCLA7415.908
2010UCLA199.009
2012UCLA1821111.7265
2013*UCLA561.206
Career312678.6265

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklFF
2009N1383111
201055051
2012102020
On file153182

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009UCLA25RB
2010UCLA25RB
2011UCLA25RB
2012UCLA25RB
2013UCLA25RB5′8″

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
2013UCLA20-0.14––-2.86%

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

2013 UCLA 5 games, 73 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Oct 12vs.CaliforniaW 37–⁠101100–––
Oct 19atStanfordL 10–⁠24460–––
Nov 2vs.ColoradoW 45–⁠234381–––
Nov 9atArizonaW 31–⁠268170–––
Dec 31 ✦vs.Virginia TechW 42–⁠12120–––
2012 UCLA 10 games, 262 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 30atRiceW 49–⁠245250–––
Sep 8vs.NebraskaW 36–⁠307370120–
Sep 15vs.HoustonW 37–⁠69890155–
Sep 22vs.Oregon StateL 20–⁠272−40246–
Sep 29atColoradoW 42–⁠1494711241
Oct 6atCaliforniaL 17–⁠431506141–
Oct 13vs.UtahW 21–⁠149200249–
Oct 27atArizona StateW 45–⁠43160141–
Nov 3vs.ArizonaW 66–⁠106241–––
Nov 17vs.USCW 38–⁠281130–––
2010 UCLA 3 games, 9 returns, 192 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 18vs.HoustonW 31–⁠131220–––
Oct 21atOregonL 13–⁠60–––8147–
Oct 30vs.ArizonaL 21–⁠29–––145–
2009 UCLA 10 games, 62 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 5vs.San Diego StateW 33–⁠14640–––
Sep 19vs.Kansas StateW 23–⁠9–––245–
Oct 3atStanfordL 16–⁠243280–––
Oct 10vs.OregonL 10–⁠24614019–
Oct 17vs.CaliforniaL 26–⁠453100118–
Oct 24atArizonaL 13–⁠27140–––
Oct 31atOregon StateL 19–⁠26100–––
Nov 7vs.WashingtonW 24–⁠23360–––
Nov 14atWashington StateW 43–⁠7210–––
Dec 29 ✦vs.TempleW 30–⁠211−50–––

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

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