Rashaad Penny

RB · San Diego State 2017 · #20

Last confirmed: San Diego State, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′11″ · 220 lb · Norwalk, CA

Rashaad Penny: RB · San Diego State · #20.

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Rashaad Penny

RB · San Diego State · #20

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. He has spent four seasons in the San Diego State backfield. A game that shows it: 253 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Hawai'i — Week 9, 2017.

How he plays

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

298Carries
2291Yards
17.0%Top-5 share
17.1%Stuffed rate

Just 17.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 17.1% of his carries. 21 carries for 53 yds vs Boise State; 30 for 253 vs Hawai'i.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

53.6%Carry share
30.5%Q4-lead share
72.2%In competitive games

53.6% of carries overall (295/550) → 30.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (36/118) — 72.2% 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

13/173rd/4th & short
15/22Inside-5 share

13 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.5%). 15 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (68.2%).

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