Last confirmed: Western Kentucky, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Louisville, KY · Louisville Central
Anthony Wales: RB · Western Kentucky · #20.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Anthony Wales
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. He has spent three seasons in the Western Kentucky backfield. One game to point at: 245 rushing yards and 84 receiving yards against Memphis — Bowl, 2016.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 15.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.4% of his carries. 6 carries for 42 yds vs Middle Tennessee; 35 for 245 vs Memphis.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
50.0% of carries overall (214/428) → 27.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (31/115) — 90.3% 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 of 15 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (86.7%). 21 of the team's 37 inside-the-5 carries (56.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
College Heights Herald Oct 9Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 237 | 1,621 | 6.8 | 27 |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 155 | 1,091 | 7.0 | 9 |
| 2014 | Western Kentucky | 82 | 518 | 6.3 | 5 |
| Career | 474 | 3,230 | 6.8 | 41 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 30 | 323 | 10.8 | 2 |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 27 | 225 | 8.3 | 2 |
| 2014 | Western Kentucky | 15 | 127 | 8.5 | 0 |
| Career | 72 | 675 | 9.4 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-14vs Rice | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 2 | 17 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 2 | L 10-38@ No. 1 Alabama | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-31vs Vanderbilt | 24 | 152 | 6.3 | 2 | 29 | 152-yard day |
| Wk 5 | W 50-3vs Houston Christian | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 1 | 45 | |
| Wk 6 | L 52-55@ Louisiana Tech | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-43@ Middle Tennessee | 27 | 158 | 5.9 | 3 | 25 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 8 | W 59-24vs Old Dominion | 15 | 157 | 10.5 | 2 | 44 | 157-yard day |
| Wk 9 | W 52-3@ Florida Atlantic | 10 | 86 | 8.6 | 2 | 30 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-21vs Florida International | 12 | 111 | 9.3 | 4 | 59 | 4 rushing TDs |
| Wk 11 | W 45-7vs North Texas | 18 | 121 | 6.7 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 13 | W 60-6@ Marshall | 13 | 110 | 8.5 | 2 | 26 | |
| Wk 14 | W 58-44vs Louisiana Tech | 36 | 209 | 5.8 | 4 | 26 | 4 rushing TDs |
 Bowl | W 51-31vs Memphis | 35 | 245 | 7.0 | 3 | 53 | |
| Total | 237 | 1621 | 6.8 | 27 | 59 |
Bowl · 2016
W 51-31
vs Memphis · neutral site
245 rush yds (35 car) · 3 TD · 4 rec · 84 yds
Edged out Memphis at a neutral site in a shootout.
With M. White — 336 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 85.8 · J. Collins — 41 yards per punt · 3 punts · 49 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
59%181 carriesFumble rate
0.8%2 of 237 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.8 yds/carry on 237 carries · 24% explosive (10+ yds) · 59% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 31-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 128 | 7.8 | 2.3 |
| Road5g | 96.2 | 6.6 | 1.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 118 | 6.5 | 1.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 132 | 8.2 | 2.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
49.8%
471 pass / 474 run
Plays / game
67.5
14 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
464 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
237 carries and 30 catches in 13 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 3,230 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 34 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Taggart, Bobby Petrino, and Jeff Brohm. Multi-era developmental context.
