Running back, Miami, 2014–⁠16

Joseph Yearby

Number
No. 2
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Miami, FL

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Joseph Yearby played running back at Miami (2014–⁠16).

Career highs

146rushing yards, career highat Florida Atlantic, 20152rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Florida A&M, 201697receiving yards, career highat Florida Atlantic, 2015

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014*Miami865095.9162
2015Miami2051,0024.9641
2016Miami1026086.0764
Career3932,1195.41464

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014*Miami811814.8147
2015Miami2327311.9252
2016Miami10656.5014
Career4145611.1352

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.PosHt
2014Miami2RB
2015Miami2RB
2016Miami2RB5′9″

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
2014Miami960.2074th (n=253)0.1219.612%0.16
2015Miami2400.1148th (n=268)0.1225.727%0.10
2016Miami1140.1347th (n=259)0.1314.313%0.05

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 Miami 13 games, 608 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Florida A&MW 70–⁠37105264114
Sep 10vs.Florida AtlanticW 38–⁠1020121123321
Sep 17atApp StateW 45–⁠1083011216
Oct 1atGeorgia TechW 35–⁠21965127113
Oct 8vs.Florida StateL 19–⁠201039012––
Oct 15vs.North CarolinaL 13–⁠20107414234
Oct 20atVirginia TechL 16–⁠37959041––
Oct 29atNotre DameL 27–⁠30610317
Nov 5vs.PittsburghW 51–⁠28828012––
Nov 12atVirginiaW 34–⁠14953111––
Nov 19atNC StateW 27–⁠13215013––
Nov 26vs.DukeW 40–⁠211202––
Dec 28 ✦vs.West VirginiaW 31–⁠14316010––
2015 Miami 13 games, 1,002 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.Bethune-CookmanW 45–⁠064012528
Sep 11atFlorida AtlanticW 44–⁠2018146141397
Sep 19vs.NebraskaW 36–⁠331712514115
Oct 1atCincinnatiL 23–⁠341711311921
Oct 10atFlorida StateL 24–⁠29153306315
Oct 17vs.Virginia TechW 30–⁠201960122351
Oct 24vs.ClemsonL 0–⁠58134202214
Oct 31atDukeW 30–⁠272182011213
Nov 7vs.VirginiaW 27–⁠21177802010
Nov 14atNorth CarolinaL 21–⁠591374016479
Nov 21vs.Georgia TechW 38–⁠211347111––
Nov 27atPittsburghW 29–⁠24229903510
Dec 26 ✦vs.Washington StateL 14–⁠201463013––
2014 Miami 12 games, 509 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1atLouisvilleL 13–⁠31––––14
Sep 6vs.Florida A&MW 41–⁠71495015––
Sep 13vs.Arkansas StateW 41–⁠201032010––
Sep 20atNebraskaL 31–⁠41––––122
Sep 27vs.DukeW 22–⁠10961014359
Oct 4atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠2821601510
Oct 11vs.CincinnatiW 55–⁠348113062––
Nov 1vs.North CarolinaW 47–⁠2022104113126
Nov 15vs.Florida StateL 26–⁠30103406––
Nov 22atVirginiaL 13–⁠3031406––
Nov 29vs.PittsburghL 23–⁠35220023––
Dec 27 ✦vs.South CarolinaL 21–⁠246200517

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height5′8¾″
Weight185 lb
Arm length29⅝″
Hand size8⅝″
40-yard dash4.67 s
Vertical jump31″
Broad jump8′11″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill7.35 s
20-yard shuttle4.35 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFOrlando Apollos

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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