J.K. Dobbins

RB · Ohio State 2019 · #2

Last confirmed: Ohio State, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′10″ · 217 lb · La Grange, TX

J.K. Dobbins: RB · Ohio State · #2.

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J.K. Dobbins

RB · Ohio State · Jr · #2

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Three seasons at Ohio State, two different head coaches: Urban Meyer and Ryan Day. A game that shows it: 211 rushing yards and 49 receiving yards against Michigan — Week 14, 2019.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

298Carries
2001Yards
16.3%Top-5 share
14.1%Stuffed rate

Just 16.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.1% of his carries. 8 carries for 52 yds vs Miami (OH); 31 for 211 vs Michigan.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

47.9%Carry share
24.4%Q4-lead share
59.5%In competitive games

47.9% of carries overall (295/616) → 24.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (42/172) — 59.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

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

18/213rd/4th & short
17/31Inside-5 share

18 of 21 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (85.7%). 17 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (54.8%).

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