Braelon Allen

Former running back at Wisconsin. 2023: 984 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 28 catches.

RB · Wisconsin · Jr.

6′2″ · 245 lb · Fond Du Lac, WI

CFB Index 72 · #36 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNew York — drafted 2024, Rd 4, Pick 34, #134 overall

Recruiting

4★

LB recruit

No. 227 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin

Statement game22 car · 228 yds · 3 TDvs Nebraska (FBS) · W 35-28

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Wow, if you reverse the numbers in "71 yd TD", you get 17, which is Braelon Allen's age. Did you all know that he's 17?r/CFB game thread · ▲ 13His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Wisconsin. 2023: 984 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 28 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Wisconsin in 2021.
Drafted round 4 by the New York in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Wisconsin, 3,489 rushing yards — drafted at #134 overall by New York.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202111 games

Signed with Wisconsin4-star out of Fond Du Lac
All-Big Tensecond

202212 games

All-Big Tensecond

202311 games

All-Big Tensecond

2024

Drafted by New Yorkround 4, pick 134

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#227 national

CFB

College

Wisconsin

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #134

New York · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 2 categories

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2023)

🎓

FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2021)

2 mention(s)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

3 coaches

2021

Paul Chryst

Wisconsin

2022

Jim Leonhard

Wisconsin

era →

2023

Luke Fickell

Wisconsin

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, and Luke Fickell. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 3rd NFL season

#134Rd 4 · Pick 34

New YorkEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Wisconsin9-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2022Wisconsin7-6HC: Jim Leonhard · Run-heavy

2023Wisconsin7-6HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #36 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (81st percentile). Strength: receptions (92nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#81 / 426 · 81st pct

52.0%

TD rate#106 / 426 · 75th pct

6.7%

Explosive rate#111 / 426 · 74th pct

8.9%

Yards / carry#139 / 426 · 67th pct

5.7

EPA / carry#162 / 426 · 62nd pct

0.22

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#26 / 327 · 92nd pct

Rush TDs#27 / 333 · 91st pct

Carries#41 / 333 · 88th pct

181

Rush yards#43 / 333 · 87th pct

984

Yards / carry#93 / 333 · 70th pct

5.4

Rec yards#99 / 327 · 70th pct

131

Long run#126 / 333 · 61st pct

Fumbles lost#154 / 207 · 16th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

58th → 62nd percentile

Success rate

56th → 81st percentile

Explosive rate

57th → 74th percentile

Yards / carry

70th → 67th percentile

TD rate

62nd → 75th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

180 carries

Stuffed (≤0)

39%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

13%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	76.9	4.9	1.0
Road4g	112	5.4	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	93.2	6.0	1.2
Weeks 8+5g	85.0	4.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #36 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #36 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Wisconsin	181	984	5.4	12	--
2022	Wisconsin	229	1,237	5.4	11	--
2021	Wisconsin	186	1,268	6.8	12	--
Career		596	3,489	5.9	35	--

Season	Team
2023	Wisconsin	28	131	4.7	--
2022	Wisconsin	13	104	8.0	--
2021	Wisconsin	8	39	4.9	--
Career		49	274	5.6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 24–13

vs Rutgers

101 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD

With T. Mordecai — 145 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.6 · 50 rush yds (11 car) · A. Bertrams — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Rutgers · 1&9 · Q2 · EPA -4.58Braelon Allen run for 5 yds to the RUTG 4 Braelon Allen fumbled, recovered by RUTG Max Melton
Week 7 · Iowa · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -3.94Braelon Allen run for a loss of 2 yards to the IOWA 15
Week 4 · Purdue · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.84Braelon Allen run for 52 yds to the PUR 9 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Purdue · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.03Braelon Allen run for 14 yds for a TD (Nathanial Vakos KICK)
Week 12 · Nebraska · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -2.80Braelon Allen run for no gain to the NEB 32
Week 8 · Illinois · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Braelon Allen run for 11 yds to the ILL 35 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Illinois · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Braelon Allen run for 30 yds to the ILL 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Braelon Allen run for 18 yds for a TD (Nathanial Vakos KICK)
Week 13 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.50Braelon Allen run for 50 yds to the MINN 4 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Purdue · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.48Braelon Allen 4 Yd Run (Will Pauling Pass to Tanner Mordecai for Two-Point Conversion)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-17vs Buffalo	17	141	8.3	2	37
Wk 2	L 22-31@ Washington State	7	20	2.9	0	6
Wk 3	W 35-14vs Georgia Southern	12	94	7.8	2	32
Wk 4	W 38-17@ Purdue	16	116	7.3	2	52
Wk 6	W 24-13vs Rutgers	21	101	4.8	1	18
Wk 7	L 6-15vs Iowa	18	87	4.8	0	18
Wk 8	W 25-21@ Illinois	29	145	5.0	1	30
Wk 9	L 10-24vs Ohio State	10	50	5.0	0	11
Wk 11	L 10-24vs Northwestern	3	3	1.0	0	2
Wk 12	W 24-17vs Nebraska	22	62	2.8	2	17
Wk 13	W 28-14@ Minnesota	26	165	6.3	2	50	Season-high 165 yds
Total		181	984	5.1	12	52

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

180Carries

1018Yards

19.7%Top-5 share

8.3%Stuffed rate

Just 19.7% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 8.3% of his carries. 3 carries for 3 yds vs Northwestern; 26 for 165 vs Minnesota.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

41.9%Carry share

37.0%Q4-lead share

92.6%In competitive games

41.9% of carries overall (176/420) → 37.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (27/73) — 92.6% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

13/173rd/4th & short

12/22Inside-5 share