Running back, Virginia (from Tennessee), 2024–⁠26

Peyton Lewis

Number
No. 2
Height
6′1″
Weight
212 lb
Class (2026)
Junior
Hometown
Salem, VA

Wikipedia readers: about 473 a month over the past year

Peyton Lewis plays running back for Virginia, after Tennessee (2024–⁠25). Last time out, against Norfolk State: 4 carries, 7 yards, 1 TD.

2026 so far

17 rushing yards, 1 TD

Last game: 4 carries, 7 yards, 1 TD vs. Norfolk State, W 59–⁠3

Next game: vs. Duke, Oct 23

Game by game this season, rushing yards
  1. 10NCSU
  2. 7NORF

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

99rushing yards, career highvs. Kent State, 20242rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Arkansas, 2025

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2024Tennessee643395.3335
2025Tennessee702904.1732
2026Virginia10171.718
Career1446464.51135

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2024Tennessee71510
2025Tennessee61280
Career132790

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2024Tennessee2RBFr.
2025Tennessee2RBSo.
2026Virginia2RBJr.6′1″212

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
2024Tennessee690.1236th (n=434)0.168.210%0.18
2025Tennessee800.2386th (n=576)0.1018.811%0.29
2026Virginia10-0.17––-1.8––

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

Rushing detail

SeasonTeamSuccessLine yardsSecond levelOpen fieldStuffed
2025Tennessee51%3.100.700.4013%

Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

Game by game

2026 Virginia 2 games, 17 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Aug 29vs.NC StateW 34–⁠86100––
Sep 11vs.Norfolk StateW 59–⁠3471––
2025 Tennessee 10 games, 290 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Aug 30vs.SyracuseW 45–⁠268381124
Sep 6vs.East Tennessee StateW 72–⁠178191118
Sep 13vs.GeorgiaL 41–⁠445190––
Sep 20vs.UABW 56–⁠2411811––
Sep 27atMississippi StateW 41–⁠343100––
Oct 11vs.ArkansasW 34–⁠318332––
Oct 18atAlabamaL 20–⁠376180––
Oct 25atKentuckyW 56–⁠34491131
Nov 1vs.OklahomaL 27–⁠337210235
Nov 15vs.New Mexico StateW 42–⁠910421120
2024 Tennessee 9 games, 339 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Aug 31vs.ChattanoogaW 69–⁠34140––
Sep 7vs.NC StateW 51–⁠10350––
Sep 14vs.Kent StateW 71–⁠010990––
Nov 2vs.KentuckyW 28–⁠188241121
Nov 9vs.Mississippi StateW 33–⁠1414440131
Nov 16atGeorgiaL 17–⁠316300113
Nov 23vs.UTEPW 56–⁠07462126
Nov 30atVanderbiltW 36–⁠23200236
Dec 21 ✦atOhio StateL 17–⁠4210770124

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

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