Zach Charbonnet: RB · UCLA · #24.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Zach Charbonnet
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Jim Harbaugh and Chip Kelly. All-America (FWAA) in 2022 was the third season with an honor. On tape: 198 rushing yards and 61 receiving yards against Stanford, Week 9, 2022.
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 15.6% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 9.2% of carries. 13 carries for 80 yds vs South Alabama; 21 for 198 vs Stanford.
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
40.2% of carries overall (195/485) → 17.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/90) — 50.0% 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
16 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (84.2%). 18 of the team's 39 inside-the-5 carries (46.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-17vs Bowling Green | 21 | 111 | 5.3 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | W 32-31vs South Alabama | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-17@ Colorado | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 3 | 46 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 5 | W 40-32vs No. 15 Washington | 22 | 124 | 5.6 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-32vs No. 11 Utah | 22 | 198 | 9.0 | 1 | 49 | Season-high 198 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 30-45@ No. 10 Oregon | 20 | 151 | 7.6 | 1 | 33 | 151-yard day |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Stanford | 21 | 198 | 9.4 | 3 | 37 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 11 | L 28-34vs Arizona | 24 | 181 | 7.5 | 3 | 37 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 12 | L 45-48vs No. 7 USC | 19 | 95 | 5.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-28@ California | 24 | 119 | 5.0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Total | 195 | 1359 | 7.0 | 14 | 49 |
Week 6 · 2022
W 42-32
vs Utah
198 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.
With D. Thompson-Robinson — 299 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.9 · K. Allen — 6 rec · 41 yds
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
59%195 carriesFumble rate
1.0%2 of 195 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds7.0 yds/carry on 195 carries · 23% explosive (10+ yds) · 59% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 141 | 6.8 | 1.3 |
| Road3g | 125 | 8.1 | 1.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 123 | 7.5 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 149 | 6.9 | 1.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chip Kelly
Pass share
45.5%
419 pass / 501 run
Plays / game
70.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
445 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #3 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2022
How it ended
Four seasons, at Michigan and UCLA, 3,346 rushing yards, an All-American season (2022) — drafted at #52 overall by the Seattle Seahawks.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2022)
named by 1 selector
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jim Harbaugh and Chip Kelly.
Next stop · NFL
Seattle SeahawksEntering 4th NFL season
Seattle SeahawksEntering 4th NFL season
