Aidan Littles

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Aidan Littles
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    185
  • Hometown:
    Sevierville, Tenn.
  • Position:
    RB
  • Year:
    R-So.
  • Previous School:
    Pigeon Forge HS
  • gp
    13
  • yds
    245
  • yds/g
    18.8
  • td
    4
Bio

2024 (Redshirt freshman): Stats Perform honorable mention National Freshman of the Week after the Gardner-Webb game after rushing for a season-best 118 yards and a touchdown; had an 87-yard touchdown run -- the longest since Ladarius Vanlier's 84-yard run in 2014 vs. Austin Peay ... played in 11 games, starting one ... rushed 63 times for 389 yards and three touchdowns for the season, averaging 6.2 yards per carry ... also rushed 11 times for 98 yards and a touchdown against Lindenwood (11/2/24) ... also caught nine passes for 87 yards, an average of 9.7 yards per catch ... had four catches for 25 yards at Southeast Missouri (10/12/24).

2023 (Freshman): Did not see any action in 2023. ... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Littles had a standout senior season for Pigeon Forge, rushing for 1,533 yards on 166 carries, averaging 9.2 yards a carry and 127.8 yards per game. He had six 100-plus rushing yard games and had 20 rushing scores. He also had 170 receiving yards on 12 catches with two touchdowns. He also had eight punt returns for 126 yards, an average of 15.75 yards per return. Defensively, he had 54 total tackles with three for-loss, five QB hurries, a sack, three pass breakups and a fumble recovery.  

In his prep career, he rushed for 3,057 yards and 36 touchdowns. He was named All-Region, twice the Region 2-3A Offensive Player of the Year and All-State two times. Littles was also a state runner-up in wrestling and competed in track and field.

PERSONAL: The son of Herbert Littles and Amy Lynn McMahan ... born July 6, 2004, in Cincinnati, Ohio ... sister Jordan played four seasons of soccer at Xavier.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Rushes 47 30
Yards 245 141
Yards per game 18.8 17.6
Yards per rush 5.2 4.7
Touchdowns 4 3
Fumbles - -
Fumbles lost - -
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 1 15 15.0 15 0 - -
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 7 72 10.3 48 1 - -
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 2 6 3.0 4 0 - -
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 9 19 2.1 6 1 - -
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 5 22 4.4 13 1 - -
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 5 49 9.8 20 1 - -
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 1 2 2.0 2 0 - -
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 5 33 6.6 23 0 - -
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 2 3 1.5 2 0 - -
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 3 13 4.3 8 0 - -
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 4 6 1.5 3 0 - -
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 - - - - - - -
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 3 5 1.7 4 0 - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 1 11 11.0 11 1 - -
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 1 37 37.0 37 1 - -
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 - -
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 1 5 5.0 5 0 - -
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 1 14 14.0 14 1 - -
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 1 4 4.0 4 0 - -
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 3 13 4.3 7 0 - -
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 - - - - - - -
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 5 20 4.0 11 0 - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 - - - - - 0
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 - - - - - 0
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 - - - - - 0
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 - - - - - 0
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 - - - - - 0
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 - - - - - 0
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 - - - - - 0
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 1 15 11 - - 26
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 1 72 37 - - 109
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 1 6 - - - 6
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 1 19 - - - 19
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 1 22 -3 - - 19
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 1 49 0 - - 49
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 1 2 5 - - 7
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 1 33 14 - - 47
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 1 3 4 - - 7
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 1 13 13 - - 26
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 1 6 0 - - 6
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 1 - - - - 0
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 1 5 20 - - 25
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 6 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 12 1 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 6 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 6 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 -
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 30 Cumberland W, 65-0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 6 Chattanooga W, 45-17 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 13 Davidson W, 72-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Tennessee State W, 35-8 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 4 Western Illinois W, 66-20 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 11 at Charleston Southern W, 27-13 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 18 at Lindenwood W, 52-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Southeast Missouri W, 42-23 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 1 Gardner-Webb W, 27-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Eastern Illinois W, 21-9 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 15 at Kentucky L, 42-10 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 22 UT Martin W, 20-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 29 North Dakota L, 31-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2024-25 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2025-26 13 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 24 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2023-24 - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 11 63 389 35.4 6.2 3 87 - -
2025-26 13 47 245 18.8 5.2 4 48 - -
Total 24 110 634 26.4 5.8 7 87 - -
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2023-24 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 11 9 0.8 87 7.9 9.7 0 24
2025-26 13 14 1.1 101 7.8 7.2 3 37
Total 24 23 1.0 188 7.8 8.2 3 37
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2023-24 - - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 11 - - - - - - - 0
2025-26 13 - - - - - - - 0
Total 24 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2023-24 - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 11 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 13 - - - - - - - -
Total 24 - - - - - - - -
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - -
2025-26 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2023-24 - - - - - 0 -
2024-25 11 389 87 - - 476 43.3
2025-26 13 245 101 - - 346 26.6
Total 24 634 188 - - 822 34.3
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2023-24 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 18 1.6 3 0 - - - - - - 0 0
2025-26 42 3.2 4 3 - - - - - - 0 0
Total 60 2.5 7 3 - - - - - - 0 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2023-24 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 11 0 1 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025-26 13 3 0 3.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 24 3 1 4.0 .2 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
Event
Total 13 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location
Home 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result
Wins 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month
August 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event
Total 13 47 245 18.8 5.2 4 48 - -
Conference 8 30 141 17.6 4.7 3 23 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 8 25 156 19.5 6.2 2 48 - -
Away 5 22 89 17.8 4.0 2 20 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 11 40 234 21.3 5.8 4 48 - -
Losses 2 7 11 5.5 1.6 0 4 - -
Month
August 1 1 15 15.0 15.0 0 15 - -
September 3 18 97 32.3 5.4 2 48 - -
October 4 16 106 26.5 6.6 2 23 - -
November 5 12 27 5.4 2.3 0 8 - -
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event
Total 13 14 1.1 101 7.8 7.2 3 37
Conference 8 7 0.9 33 4.1 4.7 1 14
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 8 10 1.3 83 10.4 8.3 3 37
Away 5 4 0.8 18 3.6 4.5 0 7
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 11 9 0.8 81 7.4 9.0 3 37
Losses 2 5 2.5 20 10.0 4.0 0 11
Month
August 1 1 1.0 11 11.0 11.0 1 11
September 3 1 0.3 37 12.3 37.0 1 37
October 4 3 0.8 16 4.0 5.3 1 14
November 5 9 1.8 37 7.4 4.1 0 11
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event
Total 13 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 8 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 11 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 2 - - - - - - - 0
Month
August 1 - - - - - - - 0
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 5 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event
Total 13 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 8 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 11 - - - - - - - -
Losses 2 - - - - - - - -
Month
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 5 - - - - - - - -
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event
Total 13 245 101 - - 346 26.6
Conference 8 141 33 - - 174 21.8
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location
Home 8 156 83 - - 239 29.9
Away 5 89 18 - - 107 21.4
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result
Wins 11 234 81 - - 315 28.6
Losses 2 11 20 - - 31 15.5
Month
August 1 15 11 - - 26 26.0
September 3 97 37 - - 134 44.7
October 4 106 16 - - 122 30.5
November 5 27 37 - - 64 12.8
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event
Total 42 3.2 4 3 - - - - - - 0 0
Conference 24 3.0 3 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 30 3.8 2 3 - - - - - - 0 0
Away 12 2.4 2 0 - - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 42 3.8 4 3 - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
Month
August 6 6.0 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0
September 18 6.0 2 1 - - - - - - 0 0
October 18 4.5 2 1 - - - - - - 0 0
November 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event
Total 13 3 0 3.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 8 2 0 2.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 8 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 2 0 2.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 11 2 0 2.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 2 1 0 1.0 .5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month
August 1 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
September 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 1 0 1.0 .3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 5 2 0 2.0 .4 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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