21 David Gist
21 - David Gist
Height: 5-11
Weight: 190
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Cookeville, Tenn.
Position: RB
Previous School: Cookeville HS
gp 2
yds 98
yds/g 49.0
td 2

2019 (Sophomore): The speedy sophomore built on his rookie campaign, leading the team in rushing with 548 yards on 124 carries, averaging 45.7 yards per game on the ground ... scored his lone rushing TD against Virginia-Wise ... broke the century mark twice with 22 carries for 101 yards at Murray State (11/2/19) and 107 yards on 18 carries against Tennessee State (11/23/19) ... Also caught 32 passes for 423 yards, averaging 13.2 yards per catch and 35.2 yards per game ... hauled in three receiving scores ... caught four passes for a career-high 96 yards at Southeast Missouri (10/5/19), including a career-best 66-yard catch ... returned three kicks for 12 yards.

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
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7
Statistics category Overall Conf
Rushes 29 29
Yards 98 98
Yards per game 49.0 49.0
Yards per rush 3.4 3.4
Touchdowns 2 2
Fumbles - -
Fumbles lost - -
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 20 56 2.8 16 2 - -
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 9 42 4.7 8 0 - -
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 1 5 5.0 5 0 - -
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 1 0 0.0 0 0 - -
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 - - - - - 0
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 - - - - - 0
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 1 56 5 - - 61
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 1 42 0 - - 42
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 12 2 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Feb 21 Austin Peay W, 27-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at #16 Jacksonville State L, 27-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 Murray State L, 36-31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 21 at Eastern Illinois L, 28-20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Southeast Missouri L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 3 Tennessee State W, 24-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 11 at UT Martin L, 40-7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  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 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
February 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 2 29 98 49.0 3.4 2 16 - -
Conference 2 29 98 49.0 3.4 2 16 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 20 56 56.0 2.8 2 16 - -
Away 1 9 42 42.0 4.7 0 8 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 20 56 56.0 2.8 2 16 - -
Losses 1 9 42 42.0 4.7 0 8 - -
-
February 2 29 98 49.0 3.4 2 16 - -
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 2 2 1.0 5 2.5 2.5 0 5
Conference 2 2 1.0 5 2.5 2.5 0 5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 1 1.0 5 5.0 5.0 0 5
Away 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 1 1.0 5 5.0 5.0 0 5
Losses 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
-
February 2 2 1.0 5 2.5 2.5 0 5
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 2 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 2 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 1 - - - - - - - 0
Away 1 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 1 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 1 - - - - - - - 0
-
February 2 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 2 - - - - - - - -
Conference 2 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 - - - - - - - -
Away 1 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 - - - - - - - -
Losses 1 - - - - - - - -
-
February 2 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
February - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 2 98 5 - - 103 51.5
Conference 2 98 5 - - 103 51.5
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 1 56 5 - - 61 61.0
Away 1 42 0 - - 42 42.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 1 56 5 - - 61 61.0
Losses 1 42 0 - - 42 42.0
-
February 2 98 5 - - 103 51.5
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 12 6.0 2 0 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 12 6.0 2 0 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 12 12.0 2 0 - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 12 12.0 2 0 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
-
February 12 6.0 2 0 - - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
February 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -