Kaelon Black
Buzz vs Tape
Attention percentile: 23rd · Production percentile: 78th
His production sits in the 78th percentile among qualified RBs this season, well ahead of 23rd-percentile attention — a gap of 55 points between tape and volume.
Also worth knowing:
Kaelon Black
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Kaelon Black has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 110 rush yds, 1 tackles against Maryland — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Indiana, 2,260 rushing yards — drafted at #90 overall by San Francisco.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San Francisco2026 NFL rookie season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | 187 | 1,039 | 5.6 | 10 | -- |
| 2024 | Indiana | 46 | 251 | 5.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | James Madison | 142 | 637 | 4.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | James Madison | 69 | 333 | 4.8 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 444 | 2,260 | 5.1 | 16 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Indiana | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | James Madison | 25 | 238 | 9.5 | 4 | -- |
| 2022 | James Madison | 17 | 177 | 10.4 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 50 | 457 | 9.1 | 6 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025
W 13–10
at Ohio State
69 rush yds (16 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Antario Brown’s 2022 season.
Matches Antario on
Differs from Antario on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to CJ Marable’s path through Coastal Carolina.
CJ Marable
Ailym Ford
CJ Evans Jr.
Corey Taylor II
Julius Loughridge
Matches CJ on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Chez Mellusi's senior season at Wisconsin (2023).
Matches Chez on
Differs from Chez on
Player DNA
Players who play like Kaelon Black
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #47
Peaked at #47 this season.
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2022–2025+212%
Up 212% from first season to most-recent.