Kaytron Allen: RB · Penn State · #13.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kaytron Allen
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at Penn State: James Franklin and Terry Smith. All-Big Ten in 2025 made it four straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 226 rushing yards and 12 receiving yards against Rutgers — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 22.5% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 12.1% of carries. 8 carries for 43 yds vs Nevada; 20 for 168 vs Rutgers.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
46.2% of carries overall (204/442) → 42.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (34/81) — 67.6% 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
14 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (82.4%). 8 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (27.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 210 | 1,303 | 6.2 | 15 | 67 |
| 2024 | Penn State | 220 | 1,108 | 5.0 | 8 | 32 |
| 2023 | Penn State | 172 | 902 | 5.2 | 6 | 50 |
| 2022 | Penn State | 167 | 867 | 5.2 | 10 | 59 |
| Career | 769 | 4,180 | 5.4 | 39 | 67 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 18 | 68 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024 | Penn State | 18 | 153 | 8.5 | 2 | 20 |
| 2023 | Penn State | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 1 | 15 |
| 2022 | Penn State | 20 | 188 | 9.4 | 1 | 45 |
| Career | 70 | 490 | 7.0 | 4 | 45 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-11vs Nevada | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-0vs Florida International | 16 | 144 | 9.0 | 1 | 67 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-6vs Villanova | 10 | 86 | 8.6 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-30vs No. 6 Oregon | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-42@ UCLA | 8 | 50 | 6.3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-22vs Northwestern | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Iowa | 28 | 145 | 5.2 | 2 | 30 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ No. 1 Ohio State | 21 | 76 | 3.6 | 1 | 26 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-27vs No. 2 Indiana | 19 | 48 | 2.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-10@ Michigan State | 25 | 181 | 7.2 | 2 | 42 | 181-yard day |
| Wk 13 | W 37-10vs Nebraska | 25 | 160 | 6.4 | 2 | 50 | 160-yard day |
| Wk 14 | W 40-36@ Rutgers | 22 | 226 | 10.3 | 1 | 55 | Season-high 226 yds |
| Total | 210 | 1303 | 6.2 | 15 | 67 |
Week 14 · 2025
W 40-36
at Rutgers
226 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 12 yds
Edged out Rutgers on the road in a shootout.
With N. Singleton — 86 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 23 yds · E. Grunkemeyer — 209 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.4
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
49%198 carriesFumble rate
0.5%1 of 210 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.2 yds/carry on 210 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 49% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often the receiver is targeted, and how well it works
Targets
218% of team targetsCatch rate
86%18 of 21 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
86% catch rate on 21 targets · 8% of the team's targets.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 89.3 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 136 | 6.5 | 1.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 77.8 | 6.6 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 139 | 5.9 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Terry Smith
Pass share
42.0%
339 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
318 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
First team in the league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 326 FBS backs by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2025 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #8 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 4,180 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #187 overall by the Washington Commanders.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Terry Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Washington Commanders2026 NFL rookie season
Washington Commanders2026 NFL rookie season
