21 David Gist
21 - David Gist
Height: 5-11
Weight: 190
Year: So.
Hometown: Cookeville, Tenn.
Position: RB
Previous School: Cookeville HS
gp 12
yds 548
yds/g 45.7
td 1

2018 (Freshman): Gist saw action in all 11 games, starting two contests ... was the Golden Eagles' second-leading rusher with 106 carries for 346 yards and two touchdowns ... also caught 12 passes for 111 yards and a touchdown ... rushed for a career-high 108 yards and two touchdowns against Southeast Missouri, a game that also included his career-longest rush for 57 yards ... had a career-best 47 yards on two catches and a TD at Austin Peay, catching a career-long 24-yard pass in the contest ... also had five kick returns for 92 yards (an average of 18.4 yards) with a career-long of 30 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: Gist’s numbers were incredible, rushing for 1,438 yards and 21 touchdowns as he averaged 110.6 yards on the ground per game. He also caught 24 passes for 293 yards and three touchdowns. Gist, under the direction of former Tennessee Tech standout Jimmy Maynord at CHS, also represented the Cavaliers in the Tennessee East-West All-Star Football Classic. Gist also ran track and field for head coach Scott Cook.

PERSONAL: The son of David Gist and Tricia Germenis ... full name is David Levon Gist III

ACADEMIC: Plans to study accounting.

Recent Games
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27
Statistics category Overall Conf
Rushes 124 94
Yards 548 384
Yards per game 45.7 48.0
Yards per rush 4.4 4.1
Touchdowns 1 0
Fumbles 2 2
Fumbles lost 1 1
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 2 5 2.5 5 0 - -
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 7 34 4.9 13 0 - -
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 17 94 5.5 23 1 - -
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 4 31 7.8 13 0 - -
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 6 25 4.2 10 0 - -
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 6 18 3.0 9 0 1 1
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 15 57 3.8 9 0 - -
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 8 36 4.5 10 0 - -
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 22 101 4.6 23 0 - -
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 14 42 3.0 8 0 1 0
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 5 -2 -0.4 1 0 - -
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 18 107 5.9 26 0 - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 3 40 13.3 27 0 - -
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 1 1 1.0 1 0 - -
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 2 15 7.5 9 0 - -
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 2 4 2.0 2 0 - -
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 4 96 24.0 66 1 1 1
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 3 27 9.0 15 0 - -
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 6 81 13.5 58 0 - -
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 5 45 9.0 20 1 - -
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 2 5 2.5 3 0 1 0
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 2 55 27.5 15 0 - -
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 2 54 27.0 45 1 - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 - - - 0 0 0
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 - - - - - 0
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 - - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 - - - - - 0
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 - - - - - 0
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 - - - - - 0
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 - - - - - 0
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 1 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - -
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 1 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - -
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 1 12 12.0 12 0 - - - - -
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 1 5 40 - - 45
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 1 34 - - - 34
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 1 94 1 - - 95
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 1 31 15 - - 46
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 1 25 4 - - 29
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 1 18 96 - - 114
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 1 57 27 - - 84
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 1 36 81 - 0 117
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 1 101 45 - - 146
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 1 42 5 - 0 47
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 1 -2 55 - 12 65
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 1 107 54 - - 161
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 2 0 0 - - - - 0 - - 0 1
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 6 0 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 6 0 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 6 0 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 31 Samford W, 59-58 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Miami (OH) L, 48-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Virginia-Wise W, 31-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Western Illinois W, 38-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Eastern Illinois W, 40-29 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 43-37 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 UT Martin L, 55-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Austin Peay L, 58-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Murray State W, 17-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Jacksonville State W, 37-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 at Eastern Kentucky L, 22-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 23 Tennessee State L, 37-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2018-19 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2019-20 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 11 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
2022-23 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 47 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2018-19 11 56 198 18.0 3.5 2 57 2 0
2019-20 12 124 548 45.7 4.4 1 26 2 1
2020-21 2 29 98 49.0 3.4 2 16 - -
2021-22 11 184 901 81.9 4.9 8 46 3 1
2022-23 11 120 621 56.5 5.2 5 71 3 1
Total 47 513 2366 50.3 4.6 18 71 10 3
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2018-19 11 12 1.1 111 10.1 9.3 1 24
2019-20 12 32 2.7 423 35.3 13.2 3 66
2020-21 2 2 1.0 5 2.5 2.5 0 5
2021-22 11 37 3.4 220 20.0 5.9 1 25
2022-23 11 23 2.1 195 17.7 8.5 4 28
Total 47 106 2.3 954 20.3 9.0 9 66
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2018-19 11 - - - - - - - 0
2019-20 12 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2020-21 2 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 11 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 11 - - - - - - - 0
Total 47 - - - - 0 0 - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2018-19 11 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 12 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 2 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 11 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 - - - - - - - -
Total 47 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2018-19 5 92 18.4 0 30 - - - - -
2019-20 3 12 4.0 0 12 - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 1 18 18.0 0 18 - - - - -
2022-23 2 23 11.5 0 13 - - - - -
Total 11 145 13.2 0 30 - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2018-19 11 198 111 - 92 401 36.5
2019-20 12 548 423 - 12 983 81.9
2020-21 2 98 5 - - 103 51.5
2021-22 11 901 220 - 18 1139 103.5
2022-23 11 621 195 - 23 839 76.3
Total 47 2366 954 - 145 3465 73.7
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2018-19 18 1.6 2 1 0 - - - - - - 0
2019-20 26 2.2 1 3 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
2020-21 12 6.0 2 0 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 54 4.9 8 1 0 - - - - - - 0
2022-23 54 4.9 5 4 0 - - - - - 0 0
Total 164 3.5 18 9 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2018-19 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 12 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 47 3 0 3.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
August 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 12 124 548 45.7 4.4 1 26 2 1
Conference 8 94 384 48.0 4.1 0 26 2 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 74 341 56.8 4.6 1 26 1 0
Away 6 50 207 34.5 4.1 0 23 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 65 298 49.7 4.6 1 23 1 0
Losses 6 59 250 41.7 4.2 0 26 1 1
-
August 1 2 5 5.0 2.5 0 5 - -
September 4 34 184 46.0 5.4 1 23 - -
October 3 29 111 37.0 3.8 0 10 1 1
November 4 59 248 62.0 4.2 0 26 1 0
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 12 32 2.7 423 35.3 13.2 3 66
Conference 8 26 3.3 367 45.9 14.1 3 66
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 17 2.8 208 34.7 12.2 1 58
Away 6 15 2.5 215 35.8 14.3 2 66
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 15 2.5 110 18.3 7.3 1 27
Losses 6 17 2.8 313 52.2 18.4 2 66
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August 1 3 3.0 40 40.0 13.3 0 27
September 4 5 1.3 20 5.0 4.0 0 9
October 3 13 4.3 204 68.0 15.7 1 66
November 4 11 2.8 159 39.8 14.5 2 45
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 12 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Away 6 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - 0
-
August 1 - - - - 0 0 - 0
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 4 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 12 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
-
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 4 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total 3 12 4.0 0 12 - - - - -
Conference 3 12 4.0 0 12 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 2 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - -
Away 1 12 12.0 0 12 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - -
Losses 2 12 6.0 0 12 - - - - -
-
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October 1 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - -
November 2 12 6.0 0 12 - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 12 548 423 - 12 983 81.9
Conference 8 384 367 - 12 763 95.4
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 6 341 208 - 0 549 91.5
Away 6 207 215 - 12 434 72.3
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 6 298 110 - 0 408 68.0
Losses 6 250 313 - 12 575 95.8
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August 1 5 40 - - 45 45.0
September 4 184 20 - - 204 51.0
October 3 111 204 - 0 315 105.0
November 4 248 159 - 12 419 104.8
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 26 2.2 1 3 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
Conference 18 2.3 0 3 0 - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 14 2.3 1 1 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
Away 12 2.0 0 2 0 - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 14 2.3 1 1 0 - - - 0 - 1 0
Losses 12 2.0 0 2 0 - - - - - - 0
-
August 2 2.0 0 0 - - - - 0 - 1 0
September 6 1.5 1 0 - - - - - - - 0
October 6 2.0 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0
November 12 3.0 0 2 0 - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 12 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
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August 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -