Senior running back for Iowa. 2021: 202 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 7 catches.
5′10″ · 200 lb · Plainfield, IL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 886 nationally · Signed with Iowa
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Iowa. 2021: 202 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 7 catches.
Ivory Kelly-Martin
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He has spent five seasons in the Iowa backfield. The receipt: 62 rush yds, 12 rec yds against Maryland — Week 5, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Iowa, 804 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 43-18 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: epa / carry (2nd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · 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
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #285 at the position.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-6vs Indiana | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-17@ 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 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 | 3.2 | 1 | 27 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Tyler Goodson’s 2021 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Austin Jones’s path through USC.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Deion Smith's senior season at Colorado (2022).
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Player DNA