#15

Tyler Goodson

Junior running back for Iowa. 2021: 1,151 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 31 catches.

RB · Iowa · Jr. · #15

5′10″ · 199 lb · Suwanee, GA

CFB Index 60 · #72 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceIowa 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 662 nationally · Signed with North Gwinnett

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Iowa. 2021: 1,151 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 31 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Gwinnett in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Iowa, 2,551 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 156 yds at Nebraska.Nebraska · W 28-212021

201913 games

Recruited3-star out of North Gwinnett

20208 games

All-Big Tenfirst

202113 games

All-Big Tenthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#662 national

CFB

College

Iowa

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 26-9 over that span.

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

60Quality starter #72 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (97th percentile). Strength: receptions (94th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#237 / 409 · 42nd pct

6.2%

Yards / carry#310 / 409 · 24th pct

4.5

TD rate#331 / 409 · 19th pct

2.3%

Success rate#373 / 409 · 9th pct

34.8%

EPA / carry#388 / 409 · 5th pct

-0.07

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#10 / 343 · 97th pct

256

Receptions#22 / 331 · 94th pct

Rush yards#29 / 343 · 92nd pct

1151

Rec yards#39 / 331 · 88th pct

247

Rush TDs#99 / 343 · 68th pct

Long run#122 / 343 · 64th pct

Yards / carry#224 / 343 · 33rd pct

4.5

Fumbles lost#177 / 222 · 13th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	88.2	4.5	0.5
Road5g	89.0	4.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	83.7	4.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	94.2	4.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #72 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #72 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Iowa	256	1,151	4.5	6	--
2020	Iowa	143	762	5.3	7	--
2019	Iowa	134	638	4.8	5	--
Career		533	2,551	4.8	18	--

Season	Team
2021	Iowa	31	247	8.0	1	--
2020	Iowa	15	152	10.1	0	--
2019	Iowa	24	166	6.9	0	--
Career		70	565	8.1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 27–22

vs Minnesota

59 rush yds (18 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With C. Jones — 2 rec · 106 yds · 1 TD · T. Taylor — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Maryland · 2&22 · Q3 · EPA +7.07Spencer Petras pass complete to Tyler Goodson for 67 yds for a TD (Caleb Shudak KICK)
Week 1 · Indiana · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.53Tyler Goodson run for 56 yds for a TD, (Caleb Shudak KICK)
Week 3 · Kent State · 3&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.46Tyler Goodson run for 35 yds for a TD, (Caleb Shudak KICK)
Week 3 · Kent State · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +4.33Tyler Goodson run for 46 yds for a TD, (Caleb Shudak KICK)
Week 13 · Nebraska · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA -4.25Tyler Goodson run for 8 yds to the Neb 6 Tyler Goodson fumbled, forced by Luke Reimer, recovered by Neb Deontre Thomas
Week 10 · Northwestern · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.34Tyler Goodson run for 41 yds to the Nwest 20 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -3.16Tyler Goodson run for 2 yds to the Ind 48 Tyler Goodson fumbled, recovered by Ind Cam Jones
Week 10 · Northwestern · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Tyler Goodson run for 17 yds to the Nwest 26 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Nebraska · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Tyler Goodson run for 55 yds to the Neb 14 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Northwestern · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Tyler Goodson 13 Yd Run (Caleb Shudak Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-6vs Indiana	19	99	5.2	1	56
Wk 2	W 27-17@ Iowa State	21	55	2.6	1	13
Wk 3	W 30-7vs Kent State	22	153	7.0	3	46	3 rushing TDs
Wk 4	W 24-14vs Colorado State	18	57	3.2	0	27
Wk 5	W 51-14@ Maryland	19	66	3.5	0	13
Wk 6	W 23-20vs Penn State	25	88	3.5	0	20
Wk 7	L 7-24vs Purdue	12	68	5.7	0	32
Wk 9	L 7-27@ Wisconsin	13	27	2.1	0	12
Wk 10	W 17-12@ Northwestern	21	141	6.7	1	41
Wk 11	W 27-22vs Minnesota	18	59	3.3	0	12
Wk 12	W 33-23vs Illinois	27	132	4.9	0	23
Wk 13	W 28-21@ Nebraska	23	156	6.8	0	55	Season-high 156 yds
Wk 14	L 3-42vs Michigan	18	50	2.8	0	10
Total		256	1151	4.4	6	56