Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-0vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-0vs Northern Iowa | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 | Season-high 38 yds |
| Total | 11 | 43 | 4.4 | 0 | 10 |
#15
O'Lontae Dean
Sophomore running back for Iowa. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 212 lb · Plant City, FL · Armwood
The numbers
43
rushing yards · 2026 · through week 3
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 38 rush yds, vs Northern Iowa
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Sophomore running back for Iowa. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2025.
O'Lontae Dean
The receipt on tape: 38 rush yds against Northern Iowa, Week 3, 2026.
43 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 11 CARRIES
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Iowa3-star out of Armwood
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Iowa
NFL
NFL Draft
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Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Iowa | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 0 | -- |
Game log
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.02(00:27) Shotgun #15 O.Dean rush left for 8 yards gain to the UNI43 (#26 E.Hoyt), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -2.33(02:21) #15 O.Dean rush right for 7 yards loss to the IOWA37 (#6 A.Price)
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +1.94(02:53) Shotgun #15 O.Dean rush left for 10 yards gain to the IOWA47 (#3 M.Toms), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA -1.13(07:00) Shotgun #15 O.Dean rush middle for 1 yard loss to the UNI48 (#53 J.Kies)
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +1.13(10:07) Shotgun #15 O.Dean rush right for 5 yards gain to the IOWA33 (#98 K.Gibbons), 1ST DOWN
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +0.58(01:14) Shotgun #15 O.Dean rush right for 10 yards gain to the IOWA49 (#6 A.Price)
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA -0.41(07:46) Shotgun #15 O.Dean rush middle for 3 yards gain to the UNI47 (#37 T.Cooreman; #44 A.Ramazani)
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA -0.25(10:48) #15 O.Dean rush middle for 3 yards gain to the IOWA28 (#90 R.Kuennen)
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 2&17 · Q4 · EPA -0.25(01:59) #15 O.Dean rush middle for 2 yards gain to the IOWA39 (#58 D.Vann)
- Week 3 · Northern Iowa · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.09(11:33) Shotgun #15 O.Dean rush left for 5 yards gain to the IOWA25 (#35 A.Isley)
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +38 rushing yards.
Season context · Team result + system
2026Iowa3-0HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 21.5 YDS/g, 4.4 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
46.3%
93 pass / 108 run
Plays / game
67.0
3 games
Team sack rate
1.0%
99 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Starter
The No. 1,225 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Big Ten as a sophomore.
The backfield · Iowa
- #28Kamari Moulton878 rushing yards · 2025
- #26Xavier Williams285 rushing yards · 2025
- #5Nathan Mcneil169 rushing yards · 2025
- #23Brevin Doll3 rushing yards · 2025
- #15O'Lontae Dean2 games · 2026
2 more on the roster · Iowa team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology