Joe Mixon with the Cincinnati Bengals, 2019
With the Cincinnati Bengals, 2019. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Oklahoma, 2014–⁠16

Joe Mixon

Number
No. 25
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Oakley, CA
Born
Jul 24, 1996, in Oakley, California

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Joe Mixon played running back at Oklahoma (2014–⁠16). The Cincinnati Bengals took Mixon in round 2, No. 48 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,274
Rushing yards, 2016 (Oklahoma, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 48
Round 2, 2017 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

263rushing yards, career highat Texas Tech, 20162rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Auburn, 20166catches, career highvs. Tulsa, 2015115receiving yards, career highvs. Akron, 20153receiving touchdowns, career highat Texas Tech, 2016

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2015 and 2016

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015Oklahoma1137536.7766
2016Oklahoma1871,2746.81079
Career3002,0276.81779

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2015Oklahoma2835612.7476
2016Oklahoma3753814.5560
Career6589413.8976

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2015Oklahoma1100100
2016Oklahoma2149414250
Career2250415250

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2015Oklahoma25RB
2016Oklahoma25RB6′1″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2015Oklahoma1450.3394th (n=268)0.1247.214%0.21
2016Oklahoma2300.3493rd (n=259)0.1378.026%0.20

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Oklahoma 12 games, 1,274 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 3vs.HoustonL 23–⁠3364015770
Sep 10vs.UL MonroeW 59–⁠17131170–––
Sep 17vs.Ohio StateL 24–⁠4597802150
Oct 1atTCUW 52–⁠461610515700
Oct 8vs.TexasW 45–⁠40164803120
Oct 15vs.Kansas StateW 38–⁠17198803341
Oct 22atTexas TechW 66–⁠5931263241143
Oct 29vs.KansasW 56–⁠397412350
Nov 12vs.BaylorW 45–⁠241412415630
Nov 19atWest VirginiaW 56–⁠282414711100
Dec 3vs.Oklahoma StateW 38–⁠20119912191
Jan 2 ✦vs.AuburnW 35–⁠19199125890
2015 Oklahoma 13 games, 753 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5vs.AkronW 41–⁠3527031151
Sep 12atTennesseeW 31–⁠24103802130
Sep 19vs.TulsaW 52–⁠3862806481
Oct 3vs.West VirginiaW 44–⁠246431–––
Oct 10vs.TexasL 17–⁠2462403120
Oct 17atKansas StateW 55–⁠0157313291
Oct 24vs.Texas TechW 63–⁠271615421130
Oct 31atKansasW 62–⁠764402721
Nov 7vs.Iowa StateW 52–⁠1688812110
Nov 14atBaylorW 44–⁠347702180
Nov 21vs.TCUW 30–⁠2911870–––
Nov 28atOklahoma StateW 58–⁠231413621140
Dec 31 ✦vs.ClemsonL 17–⁠373403110

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height6′0¾″
Weight226 lb
Arm length30⅛″
Hand size10¼″
Wingspan74½″W
40-yard dash4.45 s
10-yard split1.51 sW
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump9′10″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.10 s
20-yard shuttle4.27 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 111 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2021, 2024) · First-team All-Pro: 2021

All-Pro teams: Sporting News first team 2021.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2017Cincinnati Bengals14178626430287
2018Cincinnati Bengals142371,168843296
2019Cincinnati Bengals162781,137535287
2020Cincinnati Bengals6119428321138
2021Cincinnati Bengals162921,2051342314
2022Cincinnati Bengals14210814760441
2023Cincinnati Bengals172571,034952376
2024Houston Texans142451,0161136309
NFL career1111,8167,428603192,448

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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