Senior running back for North Carolina. 2025: 44 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 6 catches.
6′0″ · 220 lb · Rockingham, NC
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
1 TD · 2.8 per carry · 6 catches
Best game: 31 rush yds, 1 TD, 15 rec yds, vs TCU
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for North Carolina. 2025: 44 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 6 catches.
Caleb Hood
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Caleb Hood has been at North Carolina through three head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 31 rush yds, 15 rec yds against TCU, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mack Brown, Freddie Kitchens, and Bill Belichick. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 14.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 11.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Carolina | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | North Carolina | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 43 | 250 | 5.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 22 | 97 | 4.4 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 114 | 515 | 4.5 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Carolina | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | North Carolina | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 13 | 119 | 9.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 194 | 8.1 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-48vs TCU | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 1 | 9 | Season-high 31 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 20-3@ Charlotte | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 9-34@ UCF | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-38vs Clemson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 18-21@ California | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 16 | 44 | 1.4 | 1 | 9 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
North Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · North Carolina
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Carolina · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #28 · 2026 recruiting class #19
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Micah Bernard’s 2021 season.
Matches Micah on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ari Broussard's sophomore season at Rice (2021).
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Player DNA