Running back, App State, 2012–⁠15

Ricky Fergerson

Number
No. 28
Height
5′8″
Hometown
Fuquay-Varina, NC

Ricky Fergerson played running back at App State (2012–⁠15).

Career highs

123rushing yards, career highvs. Georgia State, 20142rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Campbell, 2014

Team titles: Southern champions, 2012

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012*App State210.503
2013App State200.000
2014App State382927.7384
2015App State11807.3146
Career533737.0484

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2015App State214600

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
2012App State28RB
2013App State28RB
2014App State28RB
2015App State28RB5′8″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013App State (FCS)2-1.02––-2.0–
2014App State380.30––11.610%
2015App State120.31––3.7–

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 App State 10 games, 21 returns, 460 yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 5vs.HowardW 49–⁠02140––
Oct 3vs.WyomingW 31–⁠13–––247
Oct 10atGeorgia StateW 37–⁠3490––
Oct 17atUL MonroeW 59–⁠143541117
Oct 31vs.TroyW 44–⁠41–––130
Nov 5vs.Arkansas StateL 27–⁠40–––6127
Nov 14atIdahoW 47–⁠20–––112
Nov 28vs.LouisianaW 28–⁠7230129
Dec 5atSouth AlabamaW 34–⁠27–––6134
Dec 19 ✦vs.OhioW 31–⁠29–––364
2014 App State 5 games, 292 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 6vs.CampbellW 66–⁠08482––
Oct 4vs.South AlabamaL 21–⁠475160––
Oct 18atTroyW 53–⁠14101070––
Nov 1vs.Georgia StateW 44–⁠0141231––
Nov 8vs.UL MonroeW 31–⁠291−20––
2013 App State 1 game, 0 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Nov 9atGeorgiaL 6–⁠45200––

No box score in the source for Sep 1 at Montana; Sep 7 vs. North Carolina A&T; Sep 21 at Elon; Sep 28 vs. Charleston Southern; Oct 5 at The Citadel; Oct 12 vs. Samford; Oct 19 at Furman; Oct 26 vs. Georgia Southern; Nov 2 vs. Chattanooga; Nov 16 at Wofford; Nov 23 vs. Western Carolina, so those games are not listed.

2012 App State 1 game, 1 rushing yard
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 1atEast CarolinaL 13–⁠35210––

No box score in the source for Sep 8 vs. Montana; Sep 15 vs. The Citadel; Sep 22 at Chattanooga; Sep 29 vs. Coastal Carolina; Oct 6 vs. Elon; Oct 13 at Samford; Oct 20 vs. Wofford; Oct 27 at Western Carolina; Nov 3 at Georgia Southern; Nov 10 vs. Furman; Dec 1 vs. Illinois State, so those games are not listed.

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

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