Last confirmed: Arizona State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 230 lb · Peyton, CO · Falcon
Kalen Ballage: RB · Arizona State · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kalen Ballage
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. He has spent four seasons in the Arizona State backfield. One game to point at: 103 rushing yards against Oregon State — Week 12, 2017.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 16.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 15.9% of his carries. 4 carries for 12 yds vs NC State; 19 for 103 vs Oregon State.
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 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (91.7%). 7 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (22.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arizona State | 157 | 669 | 4.3 | 6 |
| 2016 | Arizona State | 126 | 536 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 2015 | Arizona State | 125 | 653 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 2014 | Arizona State | 42 | 126 | 3.0 | 3 |
| Career | 450 | 1,984 | 4.4 | 27 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arizona State | 20 | 91 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Arizona State | 44 | 469 | 10.7 | 1 |
| 2015 | Arizona State | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Arizona State | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 1 |
| Career | 82 | 684 | 8.3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-31vs New Mexico State | 18 | 79 | 4.4 | 2 | 20 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-30vs San Diego State | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | L 45-52@ Texas Tech | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-35vs No. 24 Oregon | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-34@ Stanford | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 7 | W 13-7vs No. 5 Washington | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-10@ Utah | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 0 | 35 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-48vs No. 21 USC | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-30vs Colorado | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 11 | L 37-44@ UCLA | 21 | 97 | 4.6 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-24@ Oregon State | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 0 | 18 | Season-high 103 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 42-30vs Arizona | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 1 | 9 | |
 Bowl | L 31-52vs NC State | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 157 | 669 | 4.3 | 6 | 35 |
Week 1 · 2017
W 37-31
79 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 10 yds
Edged out New Mexico State at home in a shootout.
With M. Wilkins — 300 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.2 · M. Sleep-Dalton — 37.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 51 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
38%153 carriesFumble rate
0.6%1 of 157 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.3 yds/carry on 157 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 38% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under Todd Graham — 28-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 38.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 78.2 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 45.0 | 3.8 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 59.0 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Todd Graham
Pass share
43.0%
416 pass / 551 run
Plays / game
74.4
13 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
464 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
157 carries and 20 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arizona State, 1,984 rushing yards — drafted at #131 overall by the Miami Dolphins.
His career
He has a stat line in 46 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Todd Graham.
Where he ended up · NFL
Miami DolphinsEntering 9th NFL season
Miami DolphinsEntering 9th NFL season
