Kaleb Johnson

#2 · RB · Jr. · Iowa6′0″ · 225 lb · Hamilton, OH

Kaleb Johnson: RB · Iowa · #2.

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Kaleb Johnson

RB · Iowa · Jr · #2

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Three seasons in the Iowa backfield to date. Another came in 2024: All-America (Consensus). One game to point at: 206 rushing yards and 3 rushing TD against Minnesota — Week 4, 2024.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

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

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

237Carries
1526Yards
18.8%Top-5 share
21.5%Stuffed rate

Just 18.8% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 21.5% of carries. 17 carries for 45 yds vs Nebraska; 21 for 206 vs Minnesota.

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

50.3%Carry share
28.6%Q4-lead share
76.7%In competitive games

50.3% of carries overall (237/471) → 28.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (30/105) — 76.7% 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

11/143rd/4th & short
15/28Inside-5 share

11 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (78.6%). 15 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (53.6%).

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