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Charles Kellom

RB · Akron · Jr · #22

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

CAREER COMPLETEAkron 2024 — college career complete

RB · AKRON · MID-AMERICAN

Charles Kellom

  • 3
  • #22
  • 6-0 | 205 lb
  • Cincinnati, OH

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#1164

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R00 · Walk-on

Walk-on. Earning a roster spot is the starting line.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2022–2024
27.02022
5.02023
3582024

+1226%

Up 1226% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
Akron
2022–2024
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class3
Jersey22
Measurements6-0 | 205 lb
HometownCincinnati, OH
Primary teamAkron

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Eastern Illinois 2025
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Feb 3, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 Akron -> Eastern Illinois Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1164Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#1920Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Charles Kellom

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Charles Kellom

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why this is more than a rushing profile

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Charles Kellom is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 358 rushing yards, 27 catches, and 0 return yards for Akron. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.

Current place #1164 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 14.1% Overall usage share
Profile quirk All-purpose load The card should explain why this profile stands out

2024 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2024 season snapshot | final

2024 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 568 358 rush | 210 rec | #232/735 (69th pct)
Rush TD 1 85 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)
Yards/carry 4.2 Per-rush efficiency | #455/735 (38th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.

Passing-game back

2024 Season · Final

2024 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
85 74th
YDS
358 69th
YPC
4.2 38th
TD
1 56th

Receiving

REC
27 92nd
YDS
210 91st
YPR
7.8 60th
TD
2 97th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 1 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 13L 0-56@ Alabama14251.8017Season-high 25 yds
Total14251.8017
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning
2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning
2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning
SeasonTeam
2024Akron853584.21--
2023Akron451.20--
2022Akron22713.50--
Career3 loaded seasons913904.31--
SeasonTeam
2024Akron272107.82--
2023Akron----------
2022Akron----------
Career3 loaded seasons272107.82--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 27 210 rec yds | #46/552 (92nd pct)
Usage 14.1% 25.7% rush share | #201/738 (73rd pct)
Rushing WEPA -0.01 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #352/362 (3rd pct)
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 358 #232/735 69th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 1 #323/739 56th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.2 #455/735 38th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 27 #46/552 92nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 210 #50/548 91st pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA -0.01 #352/362 3rd pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 77 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 14.1% #201/738 73rd pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 85 #195/739 74th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 43 #211/733 71st pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 27 #142/540 74th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 7.8 #221/548 60th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #20/552 97th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 25.7% #170/738 77th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 18.0% #177/738 76th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 17.6% #176/738 76th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 12.5% #251/738 66th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 9.8% #208/738 72nd pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 7.5% #323/738 56th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 5.9% #121/738 84th pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 2 #205/256 20th pct Turnoversvs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 1 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Road1g25.01.80.0

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Losses1g25.01.80.0

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 8+1g25.01.80.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

Pass share

48.7%

402 pass / 423 run

Plays / game

68.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.2%

370 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach
2022
Joe Moorhead
Akron
2023
Joe Moorhead
Akron
2024
Joe Moorhead
Akron

Played his entire career under Joe Moorhead.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownCincinnati, OH
Height6'0"
Weight205 lb
Class3
PositionRB
Jersey22

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Akron RB3 #1164 #1920 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American
2023 Akron RB3 #4695 #5193 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American
2022 Akron RB3 #3311 #3665 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Akron Mid-American RB 3 No. 22 | 6-0 | 205 lb | Cincinnati, OH
2023 Akron Mid-American RB 3 No. 22 | 6-0 | 205 lb | Cincinnati, OH
2022 Akron Mid-American RB 3 No. 22 | 6-0 | 205 lb | Cincinnati, OH