Running back, Louisville (from Auburn), 2010–⁠14

Michael Dyer

Number
No. 5
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Little Rock, AR
Born
Oct 13, 1990, in Little Rock, Arkansas

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Michael Dyer played running back at Auburn (2010–⁠11) and Louisville (2013–⁠14).

Career highs

180rushing yards, career highat Ole Miss, 20103rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Florida State, 2014

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2010 (Auburn); SEC champions, 2010

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010*Auburn1821,0936.0538
2011Auburn2421,2425.11055
2013Louisville442235.1246
2014Louisville1104814.4546
Career5783,0395.32255

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
2010Auburn5RB
2011Auburn5RB
2013Louisville5RB
2014Louisville5RB5′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
2013Louisville43-0.09––-4.010%–
2014Louisville–0.00––-0.1–0.17

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

2014 Louisville 8 games, 481 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 20atFlorida InternationalW 34–⁠381609––
Sep 27vs.Wake ForestW 20–⁠10144109––
Oct 3atSyracuseW 28–⁠64805––
Oct 18vs.NC StateW 30–⁠182417314628
Oct 30vs.Florida StateL 31–⁠4228134320––
Nov 8atBoston CollegeW 38–⁠191242016––
Nov 22atNotre DameW 31–⁠281361021––
Nov 29vs.KentuckyW 44–⁠407614132
2013 Louisville 7 games, 223 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.OhioW 49–⁠744814612
Sep 7vs.Eastern KentuckyW 44–⁠772206––
Sep 14atKentuckyW 27–⁠131162016––
Sep 21vs.Florida InternationalW 72–⁠08331716
Oct 5atTempleW 30–⁠7640015––
Oct 10vs.RutgersW 24–⁠1071507––
Oct 18vs.UCFL 35–⁠381303––
2011 Auburn 12 games, 1,242 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Utah StateW 42–⁠381457212––
Sep 10vs.Mississippi StateW 41–⁠3418150252––
Sep 17atClemsonL 24–⁠3816151252––
Sep 24vs.Florida AtlanticW 30–⁠141468020––
Oct 1atSouth CarolinaW 16–⁠134114111816
Oct 8atArkansasL 14–⁠3821112155––
Oct 15vs.FloridaW 17–⁠62373017––
Oct 22atLSUL 10–⁠451260029––
Oct 29vs.Ole MissW 41–⁠232717714811
Nov 12atGeorgiaL 7–⁠451348017––
Nov 19vs.SamfordW 35–⁠1630157118––
Nov 26vs.AlabamaL 14–⁠42134808––
2010 Auburn 14 games, 1,093 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.Arkansas StateW 52–⁠26149512019
Sep 9atMississippi StateW 17–⁠14948016––
Sep 18vs.ClemsonW 27–⁠241669023––
Sep 25vs.South CarolinaW 35–⁠2723100010––
Oct 2vs.UL MonroeW 52–⁠372215––
Oct 9atKentuckyW 37–⁠34956027––
Oct 16vs.ArkansasW 65–⁠43653138––
Oct 23vs.LSUW 24–⁠1715100029––
Oct 30atOle MissW 51–⁠3121180130––
Nov 6vs.ChattanoogaW 62–⁠24476137––
Nov 13vs.GeorgiaW 49–⁠311360013––
Nov 26atAlabamaW 28–⁠27927013––
Dec 4vs.South CarolinaW 56–⁠171464012––
Jan 10 ✦vs.OregonW 22–⁠1922143037––

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015
Height5′8½″
Weight218 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.58 s
10-yard split1.62 sW
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press26 reps

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

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2016CFLToronto Argonauts *
2016CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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