Rhamondre
Stevenson.
Rhamondre
Stevenson.
Oklahoma· 5'11"· 231 lb· 4.64s 40
"A 6'0", 231-pound Oklahoma back who rushed for 665 yards on 6.6 per carry in six 2020 games after a JUCO detour and a 2019 PED-linked suspension — a Round-4 body-type bet on power balance and untapped pass-catching."Pre-draft read
This downhill, early-down back thrives in inside zone and duo schemes, effectively wearing down defenses between the tackles. He exhibits one-cut decisiveness, planting his foot, dropping his pads through contact, and consistently finishing runs forward. His strong lower half generates yards after contact, allowing him to break arm tackles and utilize a punishing stiff-arm.
His vision is decisive, trusting play design and rarely deviating from planned running lanes. While his hands are an asset for his size, adept at tracking angle routes and adjusting to low balls, he can be slow to accelerate through cutback lanes and does not consistently threaten the perimeter. Pass protection, with limited college repetitions, requires development due to inconsistent blitz identification.
Built for a multiple run scheme that majors on inside zone and duo, emphasizing downhill running and efficient short-yardage conversions.
Immediate situational short-yardage and third-down back with a ceiling to develop into a committee starter in a power or zone-heavy system.
An exclusively outside zone or stretch-heavy scheme that requires consistent perimeter burst and lateral agility.
Stevenson's power and receiving skills make him a versatile and valuable asset for teams prioritizing physical, downhill running and backfield receiving options.
Oklahoma RB Rhamondre Stevenson Highlights 💥 ᴴᴰ
Game film cut-up of Rhamondre Stevenson's Oklahoma tape.
Oklahoma RB Rhamondre Stevenson Highlight Reel - 2019 Season | Stadium
Game film cut-up of Rhamondre Stevenson's Oklahoma tape.
Rhamondre Stevenson College Highlights | RB, Oklahoma (New England Patriots)
Game film cut-up of Rhamondre Stevenson's Oklahoma tape.
This prospect projects as a committee back, offering a valuable combination of size and receiving ability. He gives a team a strong, downhill runner capable of gaining tough yards and contributing on third downs. His profile suggested he could develop into a valuable complement in a run-heavy scheme looking for power and pass-catching versatility.
He transferred from Cerritos College, where he accumulated 2,111 yards. At Oklahoma, he shared backfield duties before serving a six-game suspension to begin 2020. Upon his return, he averaged 6.6 yards per carry over six games, totaling 665 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns, with 18 catches for 211 yards. This included a 141-yard performance in the Cotton Bowl.
Evaluators noted his modest athletic testing, including a 4.64 forty-yard dash. The NCAA suspension and limited college sample size due to committee usage were significant flags. Despite showing flashes of receiving talent at the Senior Bowl, these concerns kept him outside the top-100 consensus. He was selected in the fourth round, 120th overall by the New England Patriots, aligning with his projected mid-Day 3 valuation.
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Contact balance
Consistently absorbs first contact through the interior at 231 pounds, finishing runs forward; tape shows repeated 3-4 yard gains after initial hits from linebackers.
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Hands out of the backfield
Demonstrated real route feel on angles and swings with 18 catches in six 2020 games, plus a full Senior Bowl week, unusual for his size and a genuine third-down separator.
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One-cut decisiveness
Best on inside zone and duo, pressing the line, planting, and going; rarely dances behind the line of scrimmage, trusting blocking design, which projects well to NFL zone schemes.
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Short-yardage finisher
Frame, pad level, and leg drive make him a legitimate goal-line and 3rd-and-1 option; scored 7 rushing touchdowns on 101 carries in a six-game 2020 sample.
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Second-level stiff-arm and lean
Consistently sheds arm tackles from safeties and slot corners; his 141-yard Cotton Bowl performance featured multiple broken tackles in the open field on inside carries.
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Straight-line speed
His 4.64 forty and functional-not-explosive burst mean he won't consistently outrun second-level angles or turn 20-yard runs into 60; long-speed is a ceiling limiter.
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PED-linked NCAA suspension
A six-game 2020 ban tied to a positive test from the 2019 Peach Bowl was a real red flag on his character/medical file, impacting his draft stock.
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Pass protection reps
Oklahoma rarely asked him to anchor against edge blitzers; blocking identification and pad level were projected as primary rookie developmental hurdles.
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Sample size
His full college workload was only 165 carries across 19 games in a heavy committee, requiring evaluators to project a starter role from a six-game 2020 breakout.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.64sp50
- Vertical
- 31.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 112inp50
- Three-cone
- 7.09sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.15sp50
- Bench
- 15repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | RecYds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Oklahoma | 13 | 64 | 515 | 6 | 10 | 87 |
| 2020 | Oklahoma | 6 | 101 | 664 | 7 | 18 | 211 |
| Career | — | 19 | 165 | 1179 | 13 | 28 | 298 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Bigger between-the-tackles back who leads a committee and holds down early-down work for multiple years.
Body-type bell-cow with plus hands out of the backfield — Stevenson's ceiling if the receiving reps translate.
Physical downhill back whose lack of long-speed and blocking limitations cap him as a rotational contributor.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Massive steal. Rotational Year 1 (600+ scrimmage yards), full-time RB1 by Year 2 (1,040 rushing, 5 TDs), 1,000+ scrimmage yards each of first three seasons. Signed 4-year, $36M extension with New England in 2024. Round-4 to plus-money starting RB is elite value.
Pre-draft context. Stevenson arrived at Oklahoma in 2019 by way of Cerritos College, where he ran for 2,111 yards and 25 touchdowns as a JUCO All-American after leaving Las Vegas as a lightly recruited high schooler. He split the 2019 Sooners backfield with Kennedy Brooks and Trey Sermon, then opened 2020 serving a six-game NCAA suspension tied to a positive test for a banned substance dating to the 2019 Peach Bowl. When he returned he averaged 6.6 yards per carry over six games (665 yards, 7 rushing TDs, 18 catches for 211 yards), including a 141-yard, 2-TD Cotton Bowl performance against Florida. At 6'0", 231 pounds with a 4.64 forty, 31.5" vertical and a 5.09 RAS, the athletic testing was unremarkable, but the Senior Bowl showcased his ability to catch out of the backfield and press second-level defenders. Consensus boards had him as a Day 3 rotational back with size-plus-hands upside dragged down by the suspension, a small college sample and heavy backfield committee usage.
NFL fit — New England Patriots. Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels targeted Stevenson at 120 as a bigger complement to Damien Harris and James White, betting the 231-pound frame plus Senior Bowl route work would map onto their two-back, split-carry blueprint. New England's scheme leaned on inside zone and duo runs behind a veteran interior, and Stevenson's contact balance and ability to threaten checkdowns fit both early-down power work and third-down pass-protection reps he never got much of at Oklahoma.
Retrospective. Stevenson debuted with 100 yards on 10 carries at Jacksonville as a rookie, then broke out in 2022 with 1,040 rushing yards and 421 receiving yards while replacing an injured Harris. He led the 2023 Patriots backfield before a high-ankle sprain and a public roster reset cost him touches, and he signed a four-year, $36 million extension in June 2024 that made him New England's cornerstone back for the Jerod Mayo transition. 2024 was uneven — a fumbling stretch cost him snaps to Antonio Gibson and later to rookie TreVeyon Henderson in 2025 — but he'd already delivered starter-tier value on a Round-4 slot, a clear hit for the Belichick draft board's last productive class.