Last confirmed: Ohio, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 224 lb · Chilliwack, BC · WJ Mouat Secondary
Maleek Irons: RB · Ohio · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Maleek Irons
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. A 2-star signing who has since put three seasons on the field at Ohio. One game to point at: 140 rushing yards and 7 receiving yards against Massachusetts — Week 5, 2018.
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 20.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.3% of his carries. 4 carries for 17 yds vs Miami (OH); 13 for 140 vs Massachusetts.
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
23.9% of carries overall (126/528) → 20.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (24/119) — 91.7% 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
14 of the team's 41 inside-the-5 carries (34.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-32vs Howard | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-45@ Virginia | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 2 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-34@ Cincinnati | 12 | 64 | 5.3 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-42vs Massachusetts | 13 | 140 | 10.8 | 2 | 41 | Season-high 140 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Northern Illinois | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-14vs Bowling Green | 12 | 116 | 9.7 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-14vs Ball State | 16 | 102 | 6.4 | 2 | 22 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-14@ Western Michigan | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-30@ Miami (OH) | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-17vs Buffalo | 12 | 92 | 7.7 | 1 | 42 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-28vs Akron | 18 | 126 | 7.0 | 0 | 34 | |
| Total | 126 | 831 | 6.6 | 8 | 42 |
Week 3 · 2018
L 31-45
at Virginia
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
56%126 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.6 yds/carry on 126 carries · 24% explosive (10+ yds) · 56% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Frank Solich — 25-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 105 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 40.6 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 65.8 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 83.7 | 6.9 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Solich
Pass share
36.2%
312 pass / 551 run
Plays / game
66.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
346 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
126 carries and 6 catches in 11 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio, 1,468 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 27 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Frank Solich.
From Chilliwack, BC — one of 83 players from Canada in FBS this season.
