Rahsul Faison is a running back and 2026 NFL Draft prospect who finished his collegiate career with the South Carolina Gamecocks after previous stops at Snow College and Utah State University. A native of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Faison attended Pottsgrove High School and committed to Stony Brook before academic issues redirected him through preparatory schooling and eventually to Lackawanna College before he landed at Snow College in Utah. He redshirted in 2021 and contributed in a reserve role before transferring to Utah State, where he became the starting back in 2023 and rushed for 736 yards and five touchdowns across 118 carries. He followed that with a breakout 2024 campaign, rushing for 1,109 yards and eight touchdowns on 211 carries while earning conference recognition as one of the top backs in the Mountain West. He transferred to South Carolina for his final season in 2025, earning an NCAA eligibility waiver that granted him one additional year of football, and contributed 376 yards and three touchdowns on 86 carries for the Gamecocks in the SEC. He is the cousin of former NFL linebacker Rian Wallace, who won Super Bowl XL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was invited to the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine.
Standing 6-foot and 218 pounds, Faison is known for a physical, downhill running style that generates consistent yards between the tackles, strong leg drive and contact balance that allow him to absorb hits and fall forward for extra yards, reliable pass protection abilities that give him third-down credibility in the NFL, and a track record of consistent production across multiple levels of college football that spans more than a decade in the sport. NFL evaluators acknowledge that his age represents a real developmental ceiling concern given how much of his career was spent navigating an unconventional path to the SEC, and his receiving production remains limited, but his power running profile, physical toughness, and experience in both Mountain West and SEC competition position him as a late-round selection or priority free agent capable of filling an early-down and short-yardage role in an NFL roster.
