Last confirmed: Penn State, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Sicklerville, NJ · Winslow Township
Bill Belton: RB · Penn State · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Bill Belton
Wins in space out of the backfield. One game to point at: 137 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Indiana — Week 11, 2014.
Play style
Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
39.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 33.6% of his carries. 1 carry for 3 yds vs Michigan State; 16 for 137 vs Indiana.
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
31.0% of carries overall (124/400) → 27.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/62) — 70.6% 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
6 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (50.0%). 4 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (21.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Penn State | 125 | 526 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Career | 125 | 526 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Penn State | 26 | 201 | 7.7 | 1 |
| Career | 26 | 201 | 7.7 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 26-24@ UCF | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-3vs Akron | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 3 | W 13-10@ Rutgers | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs Massachusetts | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 2 | 24 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-29vs Northwestern | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-18@ Michigan | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 0 | 31 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-31vs No. 13 Ohio State | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-20vs Maryland | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | W 13-7@ Indiana | 16 | 137 | 8.6 | 1 | 92 | Season-high 137 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 30-13vs Temple | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-16@ Illinois | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-34vs No. 10 Michigan State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
 Bowl | W 31-30vs Boston College | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 125 | 526 | 4.2 | 6 | 92 |
Week 11 · 2014
W 13-7
at Indiana
137 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.
With D. Pasquariello — 37.3 yards per punt · 9 punts · 5 inside the 20 · C. Hackenberg — 168 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 9.6
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
34%122 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.2 yds/carry on 125 carries · 9% explosive (10+ yds) · 34% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 36.3 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 62.0 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 38.0 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 43.3 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
52.9%
496 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
72.1
13 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
549 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2014
125 carries, 26 catches and 3 pass attempts in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Penn State, 526 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2011–2014
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Joe Paterno, Bill O'Brien, and James Franklin. Multi-era developmental context.
