#25

Carlinos Acie

Senior running back for Navy. 2021: 580 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · Navy · Sr. · #25

5′9″ · 190 lb · Mckeesport, PA

CFB Index 55 · #99 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceNavy 2021 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Navy. 2021: 580 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 3 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Navy in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 3092 nationally · Signed with Navy

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Navy, 619 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with Navy2-star out of Freeport Area

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3092 national

CFB

College

Navy

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Ken Niumatalolo

Navy

Played his entire career under Ken Niumatalolo.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo — 18-17 over that span.

2019Navy11-2HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2020Navy3-7HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Navy4-8HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Rotational starter #99 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (99th percentile). Strength: success rate (95th percentile). Concern: rec yards (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#5 / 409 · 99th pct

8.8

Success rate#20 / 409 · 95th pct

63.5%

EPA / carry#26 / 409 · 94th pct

0.58

Explosive rate#112 / 409 · 72nd pct

9.5%

TD rate#281 / 409 · 31st pct

3.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#1 / 343 · 100th pct

8.8

Long run#10 / 343 · 97th pct

Rush yards#138 / 343 · 60th pct

580

Fumbles lost#63 / 222 · 46th pct

Carries#258 / 343 · 25th pct

Rush TDs#243 / 343 · 22nd pct

Receptions#285 / 331 · 13th pct

Rec yards#298 / 331 · 10th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	48.0	9.1	0.2
Road6g	48.7	9.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	32.2	6.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	64.5	12.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #99 of 315 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #99 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Navy	66	580	8.8	2	--
2020	Navy	11	39	3.5	0	--
2019	Navy	--	--	--	--	--
Career		77	619	8.0	2	--

Season	Team
2021	Navy	3	15	5.0	0	--
2020	Navy	1	9	9.0	0	--
2019	Navy	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	24	6.0	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 20–17

at Tulsa

80 rush yds (3 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With R. Riethman — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG · B. Nichols — 46 LONG · 100 PCT · 8 PTS

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.79Carlinos Acie run for 90 yds for a TD (Bijan Nichols KICK)
Week 9 · Tulsa · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.14Carlinos Acie run for 64 yds to the Tulsa 12 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Memphis · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +2.96Carlinos Acie run for 15 yds to the Memph 32 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Temple · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.65Carlinos Acie run for 11 yds for a TD, (Bijan Nichols KICK)
Week 13 · Temple · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.59Carlinos Acie run for 23 yds to the Temp 3 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · East Carolina · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.01Carlinos Acie run for 17 yds to the Navy 46 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · UCF · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.99Carlinos Acie run for 6 yds to the NAVY 47 NAVY Penalty, Offensive holding (Chance Warren) to the Navy 43
Week 12 · East Carolina · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +1.93Carlinos Acie run for 11 yds to the Navy 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · East Carolina · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.93Carlinos Acie run for 22 yds to the Navy 41 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Tulsa · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.84Carlinos Acie run for 9 yds to the Tulsa 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-49vs Marshall	2	9	4.5	0	6
Wk 2	L 3-23vs Air Force	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 4	L 20-28@ Houston	3	20	6.7	0	16
Wk 5	W 34-30vs UCF	11	85	7.7	0	14
Wk 6	L 24-31vs SMU	5	25	5.0	0	10
Wk 7	L 17-35@ Memphis	7	54	7.7	0	15
Wk 8	L 20-27vs Cincinnati	6	14	2.3	0	8
Wk 9	W 20-17@ Tulsa	3	80	26.7	0	64
Wk 10	L 6-34@ Notre Dame	4	18	4.5	0	9
Wk 12	L 35-38vs East Carolina	6	155	25.8	1	90	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 13	W 38-14@ Temple	10	86	8.6	1	23
Wk 15	W 17-13@ Army	9	34	3.8	0	13
Total		66	580	9.4	2	90

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology