Chavon Wright is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Northern Illinois.
Wright does a little of everything without one standout trait. The first one came in 2025: All-MAC. On tape: 185 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Kent State, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 17.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 15.1% of his carries. 3 carries for 11 yds vs Ohio; 28 for 146 vs Kent State.
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
40.3% of carries overall (189/469) → 31.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/48) — 100.0% 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
20 of 25 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 196 | 875 | 4.5 | 5 | 45 |
| Career | 196 | 875 | 4.5 | 5 | 45 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Career | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-17vs Holy Cross | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 1 | 45 | |
| Wk 2 | L 9-20@ Maryland | 27 | 90 | 3.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-38@ Mississippi State | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-6vs San Diego State | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-25vs Miami (OH) | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-16@ Eastern Michigan | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-48@ Ohio | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Ball State | 37 | 166 | 4.5 | 0 | 18 | 166-yard day |
| Wk 11 | L 3-42@ Toledo | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-3@ Massachusetts | 12 | 86 | 7.2 | 1 | 27 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-35vs Western Michigan | 21 | 92 | 4.4 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-35vs Kent State | 30 | 185 | 6.2 | 2 | 38 | Season-high 185 yds |
| Total | 196 | 875 | 4.5 | 5 | 45 |
Week 14 · 2025
L 31-35
vs Kent State
185 rush yds (30 car) · 2 TD
With J. Ference — 43.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20 · J. Macon — 65 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · 27 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 28.2
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
42%186 carriesFumble rate
0.5%1 of 196 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.5 yds/carry on 196 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 42% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 95.0 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 50.8 | 3.9 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 52.3 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 93.5 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
33.0%
244 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
61.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
273 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #11 of 30 Mid-American RBs — his program moves to the Mountain West for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Mountain West.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2025)
