#10

Chavon Wright

Senior running back for Northern Illinois. 2025: 875 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #10

5′8″ · 212 lb · Opa Locka, FL

CFB Index 45 · #175 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Northern Illinois for 2026

The numbers

875

rushing yards · 2025

5 TD · 4.5 per carry · 8 catches

Backed by 30 car · 185 yds · 2 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game.

Swing playSwung Northern Illinois from 53% to 78% to win.Kent State at Northern Illinois · 35-31

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Northern Illinois. 2025: 875 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 8 catches.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

EPA / carry: 50th percentile.

The full scouting read

Chavon Wright

RB · Northern Illinois · Sr · #10

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. 2025 brought the first one: All-MAC. The receipt on tape: 185 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Kent State, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #175 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (92nd percentile). Strength: rush yards (84th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / carry#227 / 456 · 50th pct

0.11

Success rate#258 / 456 · 43rd pct

42.5%

Yards / carry#363 / 456 · 21st pct

4.2

TD rate#374 / 456 · 18th pct

1.1%

Explosive rate#377 / 456 · 17th pct

3.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#30 / 349 · 92nd pct

196

Rush yards#57 / 349 · 84th pct

875

Rush TDs#115 / 349 · 62nd pct

Long run#176 / 349 · 49th pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Yards / carry#227 / 349 · 33rd pct

4.5

Receptions#225 / 338 · 32nd pct

Rec yards#304 / 338 · 10th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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

186 carries

15%

Stuffed (≤0)

41%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

10%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #175 of 326 RBs

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

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Mountain West.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Northern Illinois	196	875	4.5	5	--
Career		196	875	4.5	5	--

Season	Team
2025	Northern Illinois	8	16	2.0	0	--
Career		8	16	2.0	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 19–17

vs Holy Cross

77 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With D. Vuckovic — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG · D. Reynolds — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Kent State · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.26(07:30) Shotgun #10 C.Wright rush middle for 38 yards gain to the KENT00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:20, 1ST DOWN #60 A.Glass kick attempt good (H: #90 D.Vuckovic, LS: #44 R.Pedro)
Week 12 · Massachusetts · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.16(14:22) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 C.Wright rush middle for 27 yards gain to the UMass46 (#38 Z.Daniel), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Western Michigan · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.63(12:47) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 C.Wright rush left for 8 yards gain to the WMU46 (#4 R.McGraw), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Massachusetts · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45(02:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 C.Wright rush middle for 1 yard gain to the UMass00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:29 #60 A.Glass kick attempt good (H: #90 D.Vuckovic, LS: #44 R.Pedro)
Week 13 · Western Michigan · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.36(13:25) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 C.Wright rush right for 15 yards gain to the WMU37 (#10 S.Saipaia; #5 A.Wofford), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Holy Cross · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.20Chavon Wright run for 3 yds to the HC 44 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Ohio · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.20Chavon Wright run for 9 yds to the NIU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Massachusetts · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.19(08:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 C.Wright rush middle for 3 yards gain to the NIU46 (#38 Z.Daniel; #3 K.Bournes), 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -2.14Chavon Wright run for a loss of 5 yards to the NIU 41
Week 2 · Maryland · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.13Chavon Wright run for 2 yds to the NIU 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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	4.3	5	45

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

186Carries

778Yards

17.2%Top-5 share

15.1%Stuffed rate

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.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

40.3%Carry share

31.2%Q4-lead share

100.0%In competitive games

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.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

20/253rd/4th & short

20 of 25 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%).

2026 Outlook

Northern Illinois

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · Northern Illinois

Returning around him

44% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
Transfer portal: -15 net (7 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #82

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tawee Walker’s 2024 season.

Tawee Walker

70%match

Wisconsin · 2024

Kyle Monangai

Rutgers · 2024

All-Big TenNFL Rd 7

69%

Tre Siggers

North Texas · 2020

65%

Marcus Carroll

Georgia State · 2022

64%

Jordan Gant

Akron · 2025

All-MAC

64%

Matches Tawee on

Receiving share

Weight

Class year

Differs from Tawee on

Rush TD rate (lower)

Total rush EPA (college ability) (higher)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Gary Brightwell’s path through Arizona.

Gary Brightwell

99%match

Arizona · 2020

NFL Rd 6

Kyle Porter

Houston · 2020

97%

Calvin Tyler Jr.

Utah State · 2022

All-Mountain West

95%

Gerrid Doaks

Cincinnati · 2020

All-AACNFL Rd 7

93%

Pat Garwo III

Nevada · 2024

92%

Matches Gary on

Yards per carry

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Tre Siggers's freshman season at North Texas (2020).

Tre Siggers

75%match

North Texas · 2020

Terrion Avery

South Alabama · 2020

73%

Jamale Carothers

Navy · 2020

70%

Aaron Dumas

New Mexico · 2021

70%

Jevyon Ducker

Northern Illinois · 2021

68%

Matches Tre on

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Height

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

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back