Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 12 | W 45-3@ Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | Season-high 1 yds |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 |
#11
Romelo Ware
Sophomore running back for Northern Illinois. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
5′9″ · 200 lb · Orlando, FL
Returning to Northern Illinois for 2026
The numbers
1
rushing yard · 2025
0.5 per carry
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 rush yds, at Massachusetts
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Northern Illinois. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed with Northern Illinois in 2024.
Romelo Ware
He has spent two seasons in the Northern Illinois backfield. The receipt: 1 rush yds against Massachusetts — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Northern Illinoisout of Olympia
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Northern Illinois
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 11-14 over that span.
2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo
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 1 game: 1.0 YDS/g, 0.5 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Northern Illinois
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Northern Illinois
Returning around him
- 44% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -15 net (7 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #82
The backfield · Northern Illinois
- #45Telly Johnson Jr.690 rushing yards · 2025
- #24Elijah Porter80 rushing yards · 2025
- #11Romelo Ware1 rushing yard · 2025
- #8Triston White1 game · 2026
- #30Da'sean Howardno box-score line yet
2 more on the roster · Northern Illinois team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology