Anthony Wales

#20 · RB · Western Kentucky5′10″ · Louisville, KY · Louisville Central

Anthony Wales: RB · Western Kentucky · #20.

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Anthony Wales

RB · Western Kentucky · #20

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Three seasons in the Western Kentucky backfield to date. One game to point at: 245 rushing yards and 84 receiving yards against Memphis — Bowl, 2016.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

216Carries
1505Yards
15.8%Top-5 share
14.4%Stuffed rate

Just 15.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.4% of his carries. 6 carries for 42 yds vs Middle Tennessee; 35 for 245 vs Memphis.

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

50.0%Carry share
27.0%Q4-lead share
90.3%In competitive games

50.0% of carries overall (214/428) → 27.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (31/115) — 90.3% 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

13/153rd/4th & short
21/37Inside-5 share

13 of 15 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (86.7%). 21 of the team's 37 inside-the-5 carries (56.8%).

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