Raheem Mostert
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Running back, Purdue, 2011–⁠14

Raheem Mostert

Number
No. 8
Height
5′11″
Hometown
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Born
Apr 9, 1992, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida

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Raheem Mostert played running back at Purdue (2011–⁠14).

At a glance

Best season
529
Rushing yards, 2014 (Purdue, 3–⁠9)
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in kickoff return average, 2011

Career highs

146rushing yards, career highvs. Western Michigan, 2014

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Purdue161086.8225
2012Purdue16855.3115
2013Purdue11373.4010
2014Purdue935295.7369
Career1367595.6669

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2011Purdue258371
2012Purdue184630
2013Purdue112581
2014Purdue347310
Career882,2892

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Purdue166.006
2014Purdue181166.4015
Career191226.4015

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFL
2011114261
201284040
2013N124590
On file127191

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Purdue8RB
2012Purdue8RB
2013Purdue8RB
2014Purdue8RB5′11″

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
2013Purdue12-0.02––-0.2––
2014Purdue1130.1248th (n=253)0.1213.314%0.25

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 Purdue 11 games, 529 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Aug 30vs.Western MichiganW 43–⁠34221461––
Sep 6vs.Central MichiganL 17–⁠3819530489
Sep 13vs.Notre DameL 14–⁠3014470133
Sep 20vs.Southern IllinoisW 35–⁠1312470141
Oct 4atIllinoisW 38–⁠273481342
Oct 11vs.Michigan StateL 31–⁠4521006135
Oct 18atMinnesotaL 38–⁠39511516136
Nov 1atNebraskaL 14–⁠352140693
Nov 8vs.WisconsinL 16–⁠345200380
Nov 22vs.NorthwesternL 14–⁠38150––
Nov 29atIndianaL 16–⁠238240482
2013 Purdue 10 games, 11 returns, 258 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Aug 31atCincinnatiL 7–⁠42–––123
Sep 21atWisconsinL 10–⁠41–––120
Sep 28vs.Northern IllinoisL 24–⁠55190359
Oct 12vs.NebraskaL 7–⁠44370––
Oct 19atMichigan StateL 0–⁠14–––129
Nov 2vs.Ohio StateL 0–⁠56518013
Nov 9vs.IowaL 14–⁠38180114
Nov 16atPenn StateL 21–⁠45–––1100
Nov 23vs.IllinoisL 16–⁠20–––1−7
Nov 30atIndianaL 36–⁠561−50117
2012 Purdue 8 games, 18 returns, 463 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 1vs.Eastern KentuckyW 48–⁠65360136
Sep 8atNotre DameL 17–⁠20270264
Sep 15vs.Eastern MichiganW 54–⁠163261221
Sep 29vs.MarshallW 51–⁠41460360
Oct 6vs.MichiganL 13–⁠442100255
Oct 13vs.WisconsinL 14–⁠38–––157
Nov 24vs.IndianaW 56–⁠35–––382
Jan 1 ✦vs.Oklahoma StateL 14–⁠58–––488
2011 Purdue 11 games, 25 returns, 837 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 17vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 59–⁠05320––
Oct 1vs.Notre DameL 10–⁠38–––496
Oct 8vs.MinnesotaW 45–⁠173311249
Oct 15atPenn StateL 18–⁠23–––3111
Oct 22vs.IllinoisW 21–⁠141211––
Oct 29atMichiganL 14–⁠36–––244
Nov 5atWisconsinL 17–⁠6231705206
Nov 12vs.Ohio StateW 26–⁠23–––256
Nov 19vs.IowaL 21–⁠31–––352
Nov 26atIndianaW 33–⁠25140299
Dec 27 ✦vs.Western MichiganW 37–⁠323302124

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2015
Height5′10⅜″
Weight190 lb
Arm length30⅞″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.34 s
10-yard split1.49 sW
Vertical jump40″
Broad jump11′0″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill6.90 s
20-yard shuttle4.30 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

Pro Bowl: 2023 · First-team All-Pro: 2023

All-Pro teams: Sporting News first team 2023.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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