Akrum Wadley: RB · Iowa · #25.
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Akrum Wadley
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Iowa since. All-Big Ten in 2017 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 159 rushing yards and 8 receiving yards against Nebraska — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
56.0% of carries overall (249/445) → 20.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/91) — 42.1% 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
5 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (45.5%). 7 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (35.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
KCCI Oct 28
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-3vs Wyoming | 24 | 116 | 4.8 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-41@ Iowa State | 28 | 118 | 4.2 | 1 | 35 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-14vs North Texas | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-21vs No. 4 Penn State | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 1 | 35 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-17@ Michigan State | 17 | 30 | 1.8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-16vs Illinois | 23 | 115 | 5.0 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-17@ Northwestern | 26 | 90 | 3.5 | 0 | 22 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs Minnesota | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-24vs No. 3 Ohio State | 20 | 118 | 5.9 | 0 | 30 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-38@ No. 6 Wisconsin | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 15-24vs Purdue | 22 | 78 | 3.5 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-14@ Nebraska | 19 | 159 | 8.4 | 3 | 29 | Season-high 159 yds |
 Bowl | W 27-20vs Boston College | 22 | 88 | 4.0 | 1 | 27 | |
| Total | 252 | 1109 | 4.4 | 10 | 35 |
Week 4 · 2017
L 19-21
vs Penn State
80 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD
With C. Rastetter — 41.1 yards per punt · 7 punts · 53 long · N. Stanley — 191 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.4
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
37%229 carriesFumble rate
0.8%2 of 252 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.4 yds/carry on 252 carries · 12% explosive (10+ yds) · 37% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 35-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 85.9 | 4.4 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 84.0 | 4.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 81.6 | 3.9 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 89.7 | 4.8 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
42.9%
355 pass / 473 run
Plays / game
63.7
13 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
374 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Iowa, 2,872 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
