Breece Hall

#28 · RB · Jr. · Iowa State6′1″ · 220 lb · Wichita, KS · Northwest

Breece Hall: RB · Iowa State · #28.

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Breece Hall

RB · Iowa State · Jr · #28

Wears you down at the goal line. Third year in the Iowa State backfield. All-America (Consensus) in 2021 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 242 rushing yards and 39 receiving yards against TCU, Week 13, 2021.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

231Carries
1419Yards
22.9%Top-5 share
20.3%Stuffed rate

Just 22.9% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 20.3% of carries. 18 carries for 51 yds vs Texas Tech; 18 for 242 vs TCU.

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

60.6%Carry share
45.9%Q4-lead share
67.9%In competitive games

60.6% of carries overall (232/383) → 45.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (28/61) — 67.9% 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

11/163rd/4th & short
22/26Inside-5 share

11 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (68.8%). 22 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (84.6%).

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