Braelon Allen

RB · Jr. · Wisconsin6′2″ · 245 lb · Fond Du Lac, WI

Braelon Allen: RB · Wisconsin.

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Braelon Allen

RB · Wisconsin · Jr

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for three head coaches at Wisconsin: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard and Luke Fickell. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2023. A game that shows it: 165 rushing yards and 27 receiving yards against Minnesota — Week 13, 2023.

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

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.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

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.

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

13/173rd/4th & short
12/22Inside-5 share

13 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.5%). 12 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (54.5%).

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