#25

Akrum Wadley

Running back for Iowa. 2017: 1,109 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 28 catches.

RB · Iowa · #25

5′11″ · 195 lb · Newark, NJ

Iowa 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 2558 nationally · Signed with Iowa

Statement game26 car · 204 yds · 4 TDat Northwestern (FBS) · W 40-10

Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 running back for Iowa. 2017: 1,109 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 28 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Iowa in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa, 2,872 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 159 yds at Nebraska.Nebraska · W 56-142017

2013

Signed with Iowa2-star out of Weequahic

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2558 national

CFB

College

Iowa

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 35-18 over that span.

2014Iowa7-6HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2015Iowa12-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2016Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (97th percentile). Strength: carries (96th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (28th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#10 / 315 · 97th pct

353

Carries#13 / 328 · 96th pct

252

Receptions#24 / 315 · 92nd pct

Rush yards#30 / 328 · 91st pct

1109

Rush TDs#37 / 328 · 87th pct

Fumbles lost#44 / 221 · 53rd pct

Long run#216 / 328 · 33rd pct

Yards / carry#229 / 328 · 28th pct

4.4

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	85.9	4.4	0.6
Road6g	84.7	4.1	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

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 · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Iowa	252	1,109	4.4	10	--
2016	Iowa	168	1,081	6.4	10	--
2015	Iowa	83	496	6.0	7	--
2014	Iowa	33	186	5.6	1	--
Career		536	2,872	5.4	28	--

Season	Team
2017	Iowa	28	353	12.6	3	--
2016	Iowa	36	315	8.8	3	--
2015	Iowa	6	94	15.7	1	--
2014	Iowa	1	-1	-1.0	0	--
Career		71	761	10.7	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2017

W 55–24

vs Ohio State

118 rush yds (20 car)

Dominant 31-point win at home against Ohio State.

With N. Stanley — 226 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.7 · -3 rush yds (2 car) · C. Rastetter — 18 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 7 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week