Clint Ratkovich: RB · Northern Illinois · #25.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Clint Ratkovich
Wears you down at the goal line. First career honor, 2021: All-MAC. One game to point at: 97 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Western Michigan — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
43.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 12.7% of his carries. 6 carries for 6 yds vs Central Michigan; 4 for 101 vs Western Michigan.
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
16.3% of carries overall (102/626) → 24.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/73) — 83.3% 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
18 of 25 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.0%). 19 of the team's 30 inside-the-5 carries (63.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 104 | 461 | 4.4 | 13 | 96 |
| Career | 104 | 461 | 4.4 | 13 | 96 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 2 | 22 |
| Career | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 2 | 22 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-21@ Georgia Tech | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | L 43-50vs Wyoming | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 3 | 52 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 3 | L 10-63@ No. 25 Michigan | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-14vs Maine | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-20vs Eastern Michigan | 19 | 49 | 2.6 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | W 22-20@ Toledo | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-26vs Bowling Green | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | W 39-38@ Central Michigan | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 47-52@ Kent State | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 2 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-29vs Ball State | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-27@ Buffalo | 11 | 75 | 6.8 | 2 | 25 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-42vs Western Michigan | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 1 | 96 | Season-high 97 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 41-23vs Kent State | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Total | 98 | 448 | 4.6 | 12 | 96 |
Week 2 · 2021
L 43-50
vs Wyoming
63 rush yds (6 car) · 3 TD
With H. Waylee — 179 rush yds (26 car) · 2 TD · T. Rudolph — 2 rec · 65 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
53%95 carriesFumble rate
1.0%1 of 104 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.4 yds/carry on 104 carries · 8% explosive (10+ yds) · 53% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 49.0 | 8.3 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 21.7 | 3.1 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 32.1 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 37.2 | 6.5 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
37.4%
389 pass / 652 run
Plays / game
80.1
13 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
373 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at Northern Illinois, 461 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2021)
