#27

Lorenzo Lingard

Senior running back for Akron. 2023: 641 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 37 catches.

RB · Akron · Sr. · #27

6′0″ · 205 lb · Orange City, FL

CFB Index 58 · #77 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAkron 2023 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Akron. 2023: 641 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 37 catches.

Transferred from Florida to Akron in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Akron, 927 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

202312 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

3 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

4 coaches

2018

Terry Bowden

Akron

2020

Tom Arth

Akron

era →

2021

Oscar Rodriguez

Akron

era →

2022–2023

Joe Moorhead

Akron

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Terry Bowden, Tom Arth, Oscar Rodriguez, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Miami7-6HC: Mark Richt · Run-leaning

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #77 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (98th percentile). Strength: receptions (97th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#109 / 426 · 75th pct

49.6%

EPA / carry#207 / 426 · 52nd pct

0.17

Yards / carry#260 / 426 · 39th pct

5.0

TD rate#270 / 426 · 37th pct

3.5%

Explosive rate#384 / 426 · 10th pct

2.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#7 / 327 · 98th pct

356

Receptions#11 / 327 · 97th pct

Long run#34 / 333 · 89th pct

Carries#81 / 333 · 75th pct

143

Rush yards#110 / 333 · 67th pct

641

Rush TDs#146 / 333 · 51st pct

Yards / carry#217 / 333 · 33rd pct

4.5

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

115 carries

Stuffed (≤0)

50%

Grind (1–3)

42%

Chunk (4–9)

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	51.0	4.5	0.2
Road7g	55.1	4.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	47.4	4.7	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	61.8	4.3	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #77 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Akron	143	641	4.5	4	--
2022	Florida	10	75	7.5	1	--
2021	Florida	11	43	3.9	0	--
2020	Florida	5	32	6.4	0	--
2018	Miami	17	136	8.0	2	--
Career		186	927	5.0	7	--

Season	Team
2023	Akron	37	356	9.6	2	--
2022	Florida	2	22	11.0	0	--
2021	Florida	1	9	9.0	0	--
2020	Florida	--	--	--	--	--
2018	Miami	--	--	--	--	--
Career		40	387	9.7	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 24–21

vs Morgan State

24 rush yds (7 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Undercuffler — 209 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 5.6 · -17 rush yds (3 car) · D. Jackson — 33 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 40 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Temple · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +6.79DJ Irons pass complete to Lorenzo Lingard for 77 yds for a TD (Noah Perez KICK)
Week 4 · Indiana · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +5.27Lorenzo Lingard run for 71 yds for a TD (Dante Jackson KICK)
Week 10 · Kent State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.73Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Lorenzo Lingard for 39 yds to the KENT 40 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kent State · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +3.57Lorenzo Lingard 37 Yd Run (Owen Wiley Kick)
Week 13 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Lorenzo Lingard 43 Yd pass from Tahj Bullock (Owen Wiley Kick)
Week 8 · Bowling Green · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Lorenzo Lingard for 24 yds to the BGSU 43 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Eastern Michigan · 4&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Lorenzo Lingard for 15 yds to the EMU 14 for a 1ST down Eastern Michigan Penalty, UNS: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Joe Sparacio) to the EMU 7 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Lorenzo Lingard run for 13 yds for a TD (Noah Perez KICK)
Week 12 · Eastern Michigan · 1&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Lorenzo Lingard run for 7 yds for a TD (Owen Wiley KICK)
Week 11 · Miami (OH) · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA -2.13Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Lorenzo Lingard for 3 yds to the M-OH 32

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Temple	7	24	3.4	0	8
Wk 2	W 24-21vs Morgan State	7	24	3.4	0	10
Wk 3	L 3-35@ Kentucky	7	30	4.3	0	9
Wk 4	L 27-29@ Indiana	14	113	8.1	1	71	Season-high 113 yds
Wk 5	L 10-13vs Buffalo	9	47	5.2	0	20
Wk 6	L 14-55vs Northern Illinois	12	49	4.1	0	14
Wk 7	L 10-17@ Central Michigan	10	45	4.5	0	17
Wk 8	L 14-41@ Bowling Green	12	56	4.7	1	13
Wk 10	W 31-27vs Kent State	22	106	4.8	1	37
Wk 11	L 0-19@ Miami (OH)	11	47	4.3	0	8
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Eastern Michigan	26	71	2.7	1	8
Wk 13	L 14-25vs Ohio	6	29	4.8	0	13
Total		143	641	4.5	4	71

How he plays

Play style

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

115Carries

573Yards

26.5%Top-5 share

1.7%Stuffed rate

Just 26.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 1.7% of his carries. 1 carry for 3 yds vs Morgan State; 17 for 106 vs Kent State.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

18/183rd/4th & short

18 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (100.0%).