Running back, Eastern Kentucky (from Miami (OH)), 2009–⁠13

Roman Lawson

Number
No. 24
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Shaker Heights, OH

Roman Lawson played running back at Miami (OH) (2009–⁠11) and Eastern Kentucky (2013).

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. Northern Illinois, 2009

Team titles: MAC champions, 2010

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Miami (OH)18703.9129
2010Miami (OH)133.003
2013*Eastern Kentucky122.002
Career20753.8129

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
2009Miami (OH)24RB
2010Miami (OH)24RB
2011Miami (OH)24RB
2013Eastern Kentucky24RB6′0″

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
2013Eastern Kentucky (FCS)20.53––1.1–

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

2013 Eastern Kentucky 1 game, 2 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 7atLouisvilleL 7–⁠44120215

No box score in the source for Aug 29 vs. Robert Morris; Sep 14 vs. Coastal Carolina; Sep 21 at Morehead State, so those games are not listed.

2010 Miami (OH) 1 game, 3 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4atFloridaL 12–⁠341303––
2009 Miami (OH) 3 games, 70 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 12atBoise StateL 0–⁠482101––
Sep 19atWestern MichiganL 26–⁠48743129––
Oct 24vs.Northern IllinoisL 22–⁠2792607678

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

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