Running back, Georgia Southern, 2014–⁠17

Demarcus Godfrey

Number
No. 29
Height
5′9″
Weight
195 lb
Hometown
Sharpsburg, GA

Demarcus Godfrey played running back at Georgia Southern (2014–⁠17).

Career highs

124rushing yards, career highvs. Savannah State, 2016

Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2014

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015*Georgia Southern2136.508
2016Georgia Southern141248.9040
2017Georgia Southern12675.6121
Career282047.3140

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.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2014Georgia Southern29RB
2015Georgia Southern29RB
2016Georgia Southern29RB
2017Georgia Southern29RB5′9″195

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
2015Georgia Southern20.30––0.6–
2016Georgia Southern140.27––3.8–
2017Georgia Southern140.34––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

2017 Georgia Southern 8 games, 67 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2atAuburnL 7–⁠411101––
Sep 9vs.New HampshireL 12–⁠221404––
Sep 23atIndianaL 17–⁠52121021––
Oct 14vs.New Mexico StateL 27–⁠351101218
Nov 9atApp StateL 6–⁠271303––
Nov 18vs.South AlabamaW 52–⁠0530114––
Nov 25atLouisianaW 34–⁠242704––
Dec 2atCoastal CarolinaL 17–⁠28––––––
2016 Georgia Southern 2 games, 124 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Savannah StateW 54–⁠014124040––
Oct 27vs.App StateL 10–⁠34––––––
2015 Georgia Southern 1 game, 13 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Oct 17vs.New Mexico StateW 56–⁠2621308––

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

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