2025 Football Roster
Roster
Davon Booth
- Position:
- RB
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- North Las Vegas, Nev.
- High School/Previous School:
- El Monte (CA) HS (Utah State)
2025 Shrine Bowl 1000
2025 Paul Hornung Award Preseason Watch List
2025 Athlon Sports Preseason All-SEC (4th Team, RB)
2025 Phil Steele Preseason All-SEC (4th Team)
2024 All-SEC Third Team, All-Purpose (Coaches')
2024 Paul Hornung Award Week 10 Honor Roll (vs. UMass)
2023 Academic All-Mountain West
2022 CCCFCA All-American (Cerritos College)
2022 First Team All-Central League
2022 MVP of Western State Bowl Game
Career Notes
Played in 24 career games with 17 starts … At Mississippi State, Booth has played in 12 games with 10 starts … Following the 2024 season, he has rushed for 1,564 yards on 272 carries with 11 touchdowns … Had 25 receptions for 214 yards and four touchdowns … Earned one additional year of eligibility following the Deigo Pavia lawsuit granting certain JUCO players an extra year of NCAA eligibility.
2024 (Senior Season)
Third Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches (All-Purpose) … Played in 12 games with 10 starts … Rushed for 759 yards on 152 carries with five touchdowns … Caught 13 passes for 164 yards and four touchdowns … Earned 308 kickoff return yards … Had 1,231 all-purpose yards, averaging 102.6 yards per game … Led the team in all-purpose yards, ranking 5th in the SEC … Most all-purpose yards by a State player since 2019 … Led team in explosive run plays (20+ yards) with 8 … Led team in total explosive plays with 18 … Had a streak of 5 straight games with a run of 30+ yards (Oct. 19 thru Nov. 23) … Scored a touchdown (rushing or receiving) in six straight games from Oct. 12 thru Nov. 23 … 54-yard touchdown reception vs. Arkansas was the longest reception by a Mississippi State running back since 2021 … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Had eight carries for 39 yards and a touchdown … Scored his first touchdown at Mississippi State ... at Arizona State (9/7): Ran the ball six times for a total of seven yards ... Caught two passes for 23 yards and a touchdown ... Recorded his first career receiving touchdown ... Set career highs in receiving yards (23), receiving touchdowns (1), and longest reception (15 yards) ... Toledo (9/14): Made his first start at Mississippi State ... Ran the ball six times for 12 yards ... Had two catches for one yard ... On four kickoff returns he totaled 96 yards, incluuding a long return of 28 yards ... Florida (9/21): Second-straight start at MSU ... Had 16 carries for 75 yards and a touchdown ... Scored his second touchdown of the season ... Had two kickoff returns for 57 total yards ... Had a long return of 38 yards ... at Texas (9/28): Ran the ball 18 times for 59 yards ... His 18 carries are a season high ... at Georgia (10/12): Ran the ball 10 times for 32 yards … Had one catch for a two-yard touchdown, the second receiving touchdown of his career … Texas A&M (10/19): Ran the ball 12 times for 79 yards ... Caught two passes for 31 yards and a touchdown ... Had a 40-yard rush in the first quarter, the longest of his Bulldog career ... HIs 40-yard rush was the longest by a State running back to date this season and the second-longest rush by an MSUU player this season ... Has caught a touchdown pass in back-to-back games ... Recorded season-highs in rushing yards (79) and receiving yards (31) ... Averaged 6.6 yards per carry, the most he has averaged in a game this season ... Arkansas (10/26): Ran the ball 17 times for 93 yards rushing ... Caught one pass for 54 yards and a touchdown ... His 54 receiving yards and 54-yard reception are both career-highs ... His 54-yard reception was also the longest for an MSU running back since Omni Wells had a 40-yard reception in 2021 vs. Tennessee State ... Second straight games with a long run of over 35+ yards ... Had one kick return for 42 yards ... UMass (10/2): Had 11 rushes for 76 yards and a touchdown ... Caught one pass for 14 yards ... Has recorded three straight games with 75+ rushing yards ... Fourth straight game with a touchdown ... at Tennessee (11/9): Ran the ball 20 times for 125 rushing yards and a touchdown … Caught one pass for a one yard loss … Has found the endzone in five straight games … His 125 rushing yards are the most he has ran for in a game at State and the most by a State running back in a game this season ... Missouri (11/23): Recorded 124 rushing yards and a touchdown on 12 carries … Averaged a season-high 10.3 yards per rush … Has scored a touchdown in six straight games … Became the first State player to run for 100+ yards in back-to-back games since Jo'quavious Marks did it against Southeastern Louisiana (9/2/23) and Arizona (9/9/23) … at Ole Miss (11/29): Rushed for 38 yards on 16 carries … Caught three passes for 40 yards.
2023 (Junior Season - Utah State)
Started seven of the 12 games he played in during the season … Rushed for 805 yards on 120 carries (6.7 ypr/67.1 ypg) and six touchdowns to lead the team in each category … Also caught 12 passes for 50 yards (4.2 ypr) … Had three 100-yard rushing games … Scored a career-high two touchdowns (8, 40) against Idaho State (9/9), as he gained 83 yards on six carries … Posted his first-career 100-yard rushing game against James Madison (9/23), as he rushed for 103 yards on a career-high 21 carries … Rushed for a career-high 141 yards and a career-high-tying two touchdowns (22, 48) on 14 carries against Colorado State (10/7) … Had 12 carries for 125 yards against Boise State (11/18) … Rushed for 71 yards on four carries, including a career long 65-yard touchdown against Georgia State (12/23) in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl … That 65-yard rush was the longest scoring run in USU bowl history … Also scored on a 19-yard run at San Diego State (11/4), as he had 13 carries for 77 yards in the game … Finished the season with 10-plus carries in six games and had seven rushes of 20-plus yards … Was second in the Mountain West and seventh in the nation in yards per carry (6.71), and seventh in the Mountain West and 72nd in the nation in rushing (67.1 ypg) … Earned academic all-MW honors.
2021-2022 (Cerritos College)
Earned California Community College Football Coaches Association All-America honors as a sophomore at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California, as he rushed for 1,442 yards on 223 carries (6.5 ypc) and eight touchdowns, to go along with 22 receptions for 179 yards (8.1 ypr) and two scores … Was also named first-team all-Central League as he led the Falcons to an 8-3 record … Was named the MVP of the Western State Bowl Game as he rushed for 118 yards on 34 carries in a 35-28 win against Long Beach City College … Had eight 100-yard rushing games during the season, including a career-high 286 yards on 39 carries and two touchdowns, against Riverside College … Rushed for 564 yards on 122 carries (4.6 ypc) and seven touchdowns, to go along with 11 receptions for 171 yards (15.5 ypr) and one touchdown as a freshman … Gained a season-high 115 yards on 14 carries (8.2 ypc) and one touchdown against San Diego Mesa College.
High School
Three-star recruit by 247Sports … A two-time first-team all-Southern Section and all-state selection at El Monte (California) High School, helping the Lions to a California Interscholastic Federation state championship during his senior season … Was named the Mid Valley Sports Player of the Year as both a junior and senior … Also named the Mission Valley League and Division 12 MVP as both a junior and senior … Was named the LA Times Back of the Year as a prep senior, rushing for 2,935 yards on 239 carries (12.3 ypc) and 36 touchdowns, and catching 22 passes for 627 yards (28.5 ypr) and 11 touchdowns … Overall, he had eight 200-yard rushing games, which included a career-best 315 yards against Serra HS … Rushed for 2,429 yards on 161 carries (15.1 ypc) and 31 touchdowns as a junior … Also competed in track & field.
Personal
Born Jan. 23, 2002 ... Son of Patrice Booth … Has a son … Has seven brothers and four sisters … Majoring in integrated studies … First name is pronounced Duh-von.
Social Media
X/Twitter – @Vonn_6k
Instagram – vondafoool
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Rushing Attempts: 21, vs. James Madison (9/23/2023) *
Rushing Yards: 141, vs. Colorado State (10/7/2023) *
Rushing Touchdowns: 2, 2x, last vs. Colorado State (10/7/2023) *
Longest Rush: 65 yards, vs. Georgia State (12/23/2023) *
Receptions: 3, 2x, last at Ole Miss (11/29/2024)
Receiving Yards: 54, vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
Longest Reception: 54 yards, vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
Kickoff Returns: 4, vs. Toledo (09/14/2024)
Kickoff Return Yards: 96, vs. Toledo (09/14/2024)
Longest Kickoff Return: 42 yards, vs. Arkansas (10/26/2024)
* Career-high set at Utah State
