Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/22Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (4.5%).
Ivory Kelly-Martin
Ivory Kelly-Martin: RB · Iowa · #21.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ivory Kelly-Martin
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Five seasons in the Iowa backfield to date. A game that shows it: 62 rushing yards and 12 receiving yards against Maryland — Week 5, 2021.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Iowa in the news
- Iowa QB battle unresolved
- RB Kamari Moulton out for season
KCCI Oct 28 - Fleck dedicates win to UMD player
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Oct 27 - Iowa QB granted 5th year
Where to follow
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-6vs No. 17 Indiana | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-17@ No. 9 Iowa State | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-7vs Kent State | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-14vs Colorado State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 51-14@ Maryland | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 0 | 27 | Season-high 62 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 23-20vs No. 4 Penn State | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-24vs Purdue | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-27@ Wisconsin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-23vs Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 44 | 190 | 4.3 | 1 | 27 |
Signature game
Week 7 · 2021
L 7-24
vs Purdue
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −3.52Ivory Kelly-Martin run for 22 yds to the Ind 23 Ivory Kelly-Martin fumbled, forced by Raheem Layne II, recovered by Ind Josh Sanguinetti
- Week 5 · Maryland · 3rd and 17 · Q2 · EPA +2.14Ivory Kelly-Martin run for 16 yds to the Mary 20
- Week 5 · Maryland · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.93Ivory Kelly-Martin run for 27 yds to the Mary 7 for a
- Week 1 · Kentucky · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +1.82Spencer Petras pass complete to Ivory Kelly-Martin for 7 yds to the Iowa 37 for a
- Week 7 · Purdue · 1st and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Ivory Kelly-Martin run for 3 yds for a TD, (Caleb Shudak KICK)
- Week 7 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −1.44Ivory Kelly-Martin run for a loss of 3 yards to the Iowa 32
4 more plays
- Week 2 · Iowa State · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA −1.34Ivory Kelly-Martin run for a loss of 1 yard to the IowSt 45
- Week 1 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.16Ivory Kelly-Martin run for no gain to the Iowa 46
- Week 1 · Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.13Ivory Kelly-Martin run for 12 yds to the Iowa 49 for a
- Week 4 · Colorado State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.05Ivory Kelly-Martin run for no gain to the ColSt 48
Rushing profile
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
44 of 45 carries matched to play-by-play
Success rate
37%43 carriesFumble rate
8.9%4 of 45 carries · 3 lostStuffed
0 or fewer yds18%of carries
8 carries
Grind
1–3 yds32%of carries
14 carries
Chunk
4–9 yds39%of carries
17 carries
Explosive
10+ yds11%of carries
5 carries
4.5 yds/carry on 45 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 37% success rate.
Teams and coaches
5 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 43-18 over that span.
2017Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning
2018Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning
2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced
2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning
2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 16.8 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 29.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 27.3 | 3.8 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | -0.5 | -1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
45.0%
404 pass / 494 run
Plays / game
69.1
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
45 carries and 7 catches in 9 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
32 · #285 of 315 RBs · 2021
Three-star recruit. Now #285 at the position.
Five seasons at Iowa
- 2021 Iowa FerentzYear 5 · 9 games
- 2020 Iowa FerentzYear 4 · 7 games
- 2019 Iowa FerentzYear 3 · 3 games
- 2018 Iowa FerentzYear 2 · 8 games
- 2017 Iowa FerentzYear 1 · 11 games
- High school Oswego EastLa Grange Park, IL · Class of 2017Three-star, No. 886 in the 2017 class. Signed with Iowa.Also from Oswego East: Jared Badie (Ball State), Tre Jones III (Navy) and Zach Morrisroe (Northern Illinois).
How it ended
Five seasons at Iowa, 804 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over five seasons.
The week the volume broke through — put up 98 yds vs Maryland.Maryland · W 23-02018
2017 11 games
- Signed with IowaThree-star, out of Oswego East
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coach2017–2021
Iowa
Played every college season under Kirk Ferentz.