#45

A.J. Ouellette

Senior running back for Ohio. 2018: 1,306 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 21 catches.

RB · Ohio · Sr. · #45

5′9″ · 205 lb · Covington, OH

Ohio 2018 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Ohio. 2018: 1,306 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 21 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ohio, 3,829 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Ohio

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

1 coach

2014–2018

Frank Solich

Ohio

Played his entire career under Frank Solich.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Frank Solich — 40-25 over that span.

2014Ohio6-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2015Ohio8-5HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2016Ohio8-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2017Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2018Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (96th percentile). Strength: rush tds (91st percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (4th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#14 / 339 · 96th pct

1306

Rush TDs#26 / 339 · 91st pct

Carries#31 / 339 · 91st pct

213

Rec yards#41 / 326 · 88th pct

212

Yards / carry#55 / 339 · 83rd pct

6.1

Receptions#58 / 326 · 81st pct

Long run#118 / 339 · 65th pct

Fumbles lost#204 / 217 · 4th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	125	7.1	1.0
Road6g	72.0	5.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	69.4	3.8	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	137	9.2	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Ohio	213	1,306	6.1	12	--
2017	Ohio	192	1,006	5.2	7	--
2016	Ohio	3	45	15.0	0	--
2015	Ohio	151	687	4.5	6	--
2014	Ohio	160	785	4.9	7	--
Career		719	3,829	5.3	32	--

Season	Team
2018	Ohio	21	212	10.1	2	--
2017	Ohio	10	97	9.7	1	--
2016	Ohio	--	--	--	--	--
2015	Ohio	12	74	6.2	0	--
2014	Ohio	21	133	6.3	3	--
Career		64	516	8.1	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 38–32

vs Howard

59 rush yds (17 car)

Edged out Howard at home in a shootout.

With M. Farkas — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG · Q. Maxwell — 233 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 21 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week