Mississippi State Bulldogs · RB RoomRB
#24 Fluff Bothwell
Class JR/TRFrom South Alabama (transfer)Ht / Wt 5'10" · 230 lbHometown Oneonta, AL · Oneonta HS (South Alabama)
Depth-chart placement
Current role
RB1Placement
StarterRoom
Running BackExperience
3-JRLast change
Updated 2026-07-29RB room context
View full depth chart →Fluff Bothwell holds the RB · Starter spot in Mississippi State Bulldogs’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Fluff Bothwell logged a 20.9% overall usage rate in 2025.
Transfer history
2026South Alabama→Mississippi State Bulldogs
Production
2025 seasonLatest season · 2025
14
Receptions
105
Receiving yds
7.5
Yards / rec
142
Carries
677
Rushing yds
6
Rushing TD
4.8
Yards / carry
1
Tackles
Background & career
Fluff Bothwell is a running back for Mississippi State who transferred from South Alabama. As a true freshman with the Jaguars in 2024, he earned Third Team All-Sun Belt honors after rushing for 834 yards and 13 touchdowns on 112 carries across 12 games. In his 2025 sophomore season with the Bulldogs, Bothwell appeared in 11 games with five starts, accumulating 677 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 142 carries. He recorded two 100-yard rushing performances and three multi-touchdown games, ranking 12th in the SEC in rushing yards.
South Alabama2024
Mississippi State2025 — presentPrevious schoolSouth AlabamaRecruiting3-star · No. 2165 nationalOriginOneonta, AL · Oneonta HS (South Alabama)