Thomas Rawls, 2015
Photo: Mike Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Central Michigan (from Michigan), 2011–⁠14

Thomas Rawls

Lettered 2011–⁠13 at Michigan (school media guide)

Number
No. 34
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Flint, MI
Born
Aug 8, 1993, in Flint, Michigan

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Thomas Rawls played running back at Michigan (2011–⁠13) and Central Michigan (2014).

At a glance

Best season
1,103
Rushing yards, 2014 (Central Michigan, 7–⁠6)
Best game
270 yards
At Northern Illinois, week 7, 2014: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week

Career highs

270rushing yards, career highat Northern Illinois, 20142rushing touchdowns, career highfour times; last at Northern Illinois, 2014

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Michigan13796.1025
2012Michigan572424.2463
2013Michigan3124.019
2014Central Michigan2101,1035.31046
Career2831,4365.11563

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Michigan166.006
2014Central Michigan10939.3040
Career11999.0040

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Michigan34RB
2012Michigan34RB
2013Michigan34RB
2014Central Michigan34RB5′10″

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
2013Michigan2-0.28––-0.6––
2014Central Michigan2250.1146th (n=253)0.1224.536%0.27

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 Central Michigan 9 games, 1,103 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 28vs.ChattanoogaW 20–⁠162512111427
Sep 6atPurdueW 38–⁠1731155216350
Sep 27atToledoL 28–⁠42176522014
Oct 4vs.OhioW 28–⁠1040229230116
Oct 11atNorthern IllinoisW 34–⁠1740270246––
Oct 18vs.Ball StateL 29–⁠323216713716
Oct 25atBuffaloW 20–⁠143403––
Nov 15vs.Miami (OH)W 34–⁠27316012––
Nov 22vs.Western MichiganL 20–⁠321976022210
2013 Michigan 1 game, 12 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.Central MichiganW 59–⁠931219––
2012 Michigan 8 games, 242 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.AlabamaL 14–⁠416905––
Sep 15vs.MassachusettsW 63–⁠13642018––
Oct 6atPurdueW 44–⁠13433119––
Oct 13vs.IllinoisW 45–⁠099016316
Nov 3atMinnesotaW 35–⁠131643112––
Nov 10vs.NorthwesternW 38–⁠313111––
Nov 17vs.IowaW 42–⁠1782208––
Nov 24atOhio StateL 21–⁠265202––
2011 Michigan 3 games, 79 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 17vs.Eastern MichiganW 31–⁠32403––
Oct 1vs.MinnesotaW 58–⁠01073025––
Oct 29vs.PurdueW 36–⁠141202––

No box score in the source for Sep 3 vs. Western Michigan, so that game is not listed.

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height5′9″
Weight215 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan73⅞″W
40-yard dash4.65 s
10-yard split1.69 s
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill7.10 s
20-yard shuttle4.37 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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