AJ Dillon

RB · Boston College 2019 · #2

Last confirmed: Boston College, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′0″ · 250 lb · New London, CT · Lawrence Academy

AJ Dillon: RB · Boston College · #2.

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AJ Dillon

RB · Boston College · Jr · #2

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. He has spent three seasons in the Boston College backfield. One game to point at: 242 rushing yards and 3 rushing TD against Syracuse — Week 10, 2019.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

317Carries
1677Yards
12.4%Top-5 share
14.5%Stuffed rate

Just 12.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.5% of his carries. 14 carries for 56 yds vs Notre Dame; 35 for 242 vs Syracuse.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

49.5%Carry share
45.1%Q4-lead share
78.0%In competitive games

49.5% of carries overall (315/637) → 45.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (41/91) — 78.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

13/163rd/4th & short
16/25Inside-5 share

13 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (81.2%). 16 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (64.0%).

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