#22

Bryant Koback

Junior running back for Toledo. 2021: 1,400 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 30 catches.

RB · Toledo · Jr. · #22

6′0″ · 205 lb · Holland, OH

CFB Index 88 · #9 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamToledo 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 679 nationally · Signed with Kentucky

Statement game21 car · 203 yds · 4 TDat Ohio (FBS) · W 35-23

Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

we're getting penalties just to give koback more space to runr/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Toledo. 2021: 1,400 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 30 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kentucky in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Toledo, 4,026 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Kentucky3-star out of Springfield

202112 games

All-MACfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#679 national

CFB

College

Toledo

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM

All-MAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Jason Candle

Toledo

Played his entire career under Jason Candle.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jason Candle — 24-20 over that span.

2018Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2019Toledo6-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-heavy

2020Toledo4-2HC: Jason Candle · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

88All-Conference level #9 of 315?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (90th percentile). Strength: td rate (87th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#40 / 409 · 90th pct

7.0

TD rate#52 / 409 · 87th pct

8.0%

Explosive rate#67 / 409 · 84th pct

11.5%

EPA / carry#82 / 409 · 80th pct

0.34

Success rate#180 / 409 · 56th pct

47.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush yards#11 / 343 · 97th pct

1400

Rec yards#13 / 331 · 96th pct

334

Rush TDs#12 / 343 · 96th pct

Yards / carry#16 / 343 · 95th pct

6.7

Receptions#23 / 331 · 93rd pct

Carries#33 / 343 · 91st pct

208

Long run#66 / 343 · 80th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	97.2	7.0	1.2
Road6g	115	6.5	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	76.4	5.4	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	148	8.6	2.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #9 of 315 FBS backs by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #9 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #9 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Toledo	208	1,400	6.7	15	--
2020	Toledo	123	522	4.2	4	--
2019	Toledo	195	1,187	6.1	12	--
2018	Toledo	153	917	6.0	14	--
Career		679	4,026	5.9	45	--

Season	Team
2021	Toledo	30	334	11.1	3	--
2020	Toledo	24	228	9.5	2	--
2019	Toledo	8	69	8.6	2	--
2018	Toledo	4	23	5.8	0	--
Career		66	654	9.9	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 49–10

vs Norfolk State

52 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 39-point win at home against Norfolk State.

With D. Finn — 38 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · 82 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · C. Bradley — 183 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 38.5 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Akron · 3&36 · Q2 · EPA +7.26Dequan Finn pass complete to Bryant Koback for 51 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.78Dequan Finn pass complete to Bryant Koback for 75 yds for a TD (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 10 · Eastern Michigan · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +6.30Bryant Koback run for 67 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 12 · Ohio · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +6.25Bryant Koback run for 55 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 2 · Notre Dame · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.12Bryant Koback run for 67 yds to the NDame 22 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.84Bryant Koback run for 50 yds for a TD (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 13 · Akron · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.41Bryant Koback run for 44 yds for a TD, (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Bryant Koback run for 40 yds for a TD (Thomas Cluckey KICK)
Week 2 · Notre Dame · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.95Bryant Koback 8 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 5 · Massachusetts · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Bryant Koback run for 21 yds to the UMass 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-10vs Norfolk State	9	52	5.8	2	12
Wk 2	L 29-32@ Notre Dame	20	114	5.7	0	67
Wk 3	L 6-22vs Colorado State	13	25	1.9	0	8
Wk 4	W 22-12@ Ball State	23	84	3.7	0	13
Wk 5	W 45-7@ Massachusetts	11	82	7.5	2	21
Wk 6	L 20-22vs Northern Illinois	12	91	7.6	1	40
Wk 7	L 23-26@ Central Michigan	15	87	5.8	0	33
Wk 8	W 34-15vs Western Michigan	17	100	5.9	0	24
Wk 10	L 49-52vs Eastern Michigan	15	180	12.0	2	67	180-yard day
Wk 11	W 49-17@ Bowling Green	19	121	6.4	2	50
Wk 12	W 35-23@ Ohio	21	203	9.7	4	55	Season-high 203 yds
Wk 13	W 49-14vs Akron	15	135	9.0	2	44
Total		190	1274	6.8	15	67