Senior running back for Northwestern. 2022: 94 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 6 catches.
5′11″ · 202 lb · Saint Louis, MO
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
APB recruit
No. 1876 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Northwestern. 2022: 94 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 6 catches.
Andrew Clair
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Four head coaches in six seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 35 rush yds against Illinois, Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Northwestern, 2,380 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 9.2 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 9.8 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 12.5 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Northwestern | 18 | 94 | 5.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 63 | 349 | 5.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | 52 | 266 | 5.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 68 | 244 | 3.6 | 4 | -- |
| 2018 | Bowling Green | 135 | 702 | 5.2 | 5 | -- |
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 107 | 725 | 6.8 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 443 | 2,380 | 5.4 | 15 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Northwestern | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 10 | 71 | 7.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Bowling Green | 19 | 102 | 5.4 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 13 | 129 | 9.9 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 60 | 400 | 6.7 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 31–28
vs Nebraska
6 rush yds (1 car)
Edged out Nebraska at home in a shootout.
With R. Hilinski — 314 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.7 · 3 rush yds (2 car) · L. Akers — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 49 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-28vs Nebraska | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-31vs Duke | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Southern Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-42vs Wisconsin | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Maryland | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-33@ Iowa | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-21vs Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-31@ Minnesota | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-17@ Purdue | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-41vs Illinois | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 22 | Season-high 35 yds |
| Total | 18 | 94 | 4.6 | 1 | 22 |
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Ulysses Bentley IV’s 2021 season.
Matches Ulysses on
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Teon Dollard’s path through Akron.
Matches Teon on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Nathaniel Peat's senior season at Stanford (2021).
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Differs from Nathaniel on
Player DNA