Devin Mockobee is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Purdue.
Mockobee does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for three head coaches at Purdue: Jeff Brohm, Ryan Walters and Barry Odom. The first one came in 2022: Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week. One game to point at: 126 rushing yards and 21 receiving yards against Southern Illinois — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 19.2% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 20.2% of carries. 11 carries for 16 yds vs Notre Dame; 32 for 126 vs Southern Illinois.
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 of 15 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (73.3%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Ball State | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-17vs Southern Illinois | 32 | 126 | 3.9 | 2 | 12 | Season-high 126 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 17-33vs USC | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-56@ No. 24 Notre Dame | 12 | 16 | 1.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-43vs No. 22 Illinois | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-27@ Minnesota | 21 | 98 | 4.7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-19@ Northwestern | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Rutgers | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 0 | 32 | |
| Total | 125 | 521 | 4.2 | 4 | 32 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 34-17
126 rush yds (32 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 21 yds
With R. Browne — 170 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.5 · 50 rush yds (9 car) · M. Jackson III — 1 rec · 7 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
48%124 carriesFumble rate
0.8%1 of 125 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.2 yds/carry on 125 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 48% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often the receiver is targeted, and how well it works
Targets
205% of team targetsCatch rate
90%18 of 20 targetsShort · 0–9 air yds
90% catch rate on 20 targets · 5% of the team's targets.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 75.8 | 4.6 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 47.3 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 67.0 | 3.9 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 59.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
52.0%
404 pass / 373 run
Plays / game
64.8
12 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
More touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #124 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #19 of 44 Big Ten RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 2,118 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Big Ten as a senior.
Honored in a first season.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Brohm, Ryan Walters, and Barry Odom. Multi-era developmental context.
