Senior running back for Charlotte. 2023: 143 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 5 catches.
5′10″ · 230 lb · Washington, DC
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.
The story
4 running back for Charlotte. 2023: 143 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 5 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJoachim Bangda
Wears you down at the goal line. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 49 rush yds, 29 rec yds against South Florida — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Charlotte, 606 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Will Healy → Biff Poggi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (92nd percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (84th percentile). Concern: success rate (1st 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 22.0 | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 13.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 26.4 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Charlotte | 42 | 143 | 3.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Kent State | 19 | 135 | 7.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Kent State | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Kent State | 45 | 291 | 6.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 112 | 606 | 5.4 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Charlotte | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Kent State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Kent State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kent State | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 24–3
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-3vs South Carolina State | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-38@ Maryland | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-34@ SMU | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 10-7@ East Carolina | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-38vs Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 38-44vs Memphis | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 2 | 31 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-28vs Rice | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-48@ South Florida | 18 | 49 | 2.7 | 1 | 13 | Season-high 49 yds |
| Total | 42 | 143 | 2.9 | 4 | 31 |
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
6 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (20.7%).
Player DNA
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Miyan Williams’s 2023 season.
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Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kyle Porter’s path through Houston.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Miyan Williams's graduate season at Ohio State (2023).
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Differs from Miyan on
Player DNA