#31

DJ Giddens

Former running back at Kansas State. 2024: 1,343 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 21 catches.

RB · Kansas State · Jr. · #31

6′1″ · 212 lb · Junction City, KS

CFB Index 84 · #13 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceIndianapolis — drafted 2025, Rd 5, Pick 14, #151 overall

Recruiting

RB recruit

Signed with Kansas State

Statement game30 car · 207 yds · 4 TDvs UCF (FBS) · W 44-31

Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

Giddens is gonna have a night.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 8His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Kansas State. 2024: 1,343 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 21 catches.

Signed with Kansas State in 2021.
Drafted round 5 by the Indianapolis in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kansas State, 3,087 rushing yards — drafted at #151 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs NC State.NC State · W 28-192023

2021

Signed with Kansas Stateout of Junction City

202412 games

All-Big 12second

2025

Drafted by Indianapolisround 5, pick 151

Career arc

Recruit

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2021 class

CFB

College

Kansas State

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #151

Indianapolis · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Big 12 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Chris Klieman

Kansas State

Played his entire career under Chris Klieman.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 2nd NFL season

#151Rd 5 · Pick 14

IndianapolisEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Chris Klieman, all run-leaning offenses — 28-12 over that span.

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2024Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

84All-Conference level #13 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (90th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#28 / 442 · 94th pct

12.9%

Yards / carry#45 / 442 · 90th pct

6.7

EPA / carry#170 / 442 · 62nd pct

0.22

Success rate#249 / 442 · 43rd pct

43.6%

TD rate#294 / 442 · 34th pct

3.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#12 / 335 · 97th pct

1343

Yards / carry#21 / 335 · 94th pct

6.6

Carries#26 / 335 · 92nd pct

205

Rec yards#28 / 330 · 92nd pct

258

Receptions#64 / 330 · 79th pct

Long run#73 / 335 · 77th pct

Rush TDs#91 / 335 · 70th pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

60th → 62nd percentile

Success rate

77th → 43rd percentile

Explosive rate

56th → 94th percentile

Yards / carry

67th → 90th percentile

TD rate

52nd → 34th percentile

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

202 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

34%

Grind (1–3)

31%

Chunk (4–9)

18%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	129	8.6	0.7
Road6g	94.7	4.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	131	7.5	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	92.8	6.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #13 of 310 RBs

Unranked recruit. Now #13 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kansas State	205	1,343	6.6	7	--
2023	Kansas State	223	1,226	5.5	10	--
2022	Kansas State	89	518	5.8	6	--
Career		517	3,087	6.0	23	--

Season	Team
2024	Kansas State	21	258	12.3	1	--
2023	Kansas State	29	323	11.1	3	--
2022	Kansas State	8	98	12.2	0	--
Career		58	679	11.7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2024

W 31–28

at Colorado

182 rush yds (25 car)

Edged out Colorado on the road in a shootout.

With A. Johnson — 224 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 61.9 · -15 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · S. McClannan — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Tulane · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +5.43DJ Giddens 45 Yd pass from Avery Johnson (Chris Tennant Kick)
Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +5.30DJ Giddens 66 Yd Run (Chris Tennant Kick)
Week 8 · West Virginia · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +4.92Avery Johnson pass complete to DJ Giddens for 53 yds to the WVU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Arizona State · 3&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.77DJ Giddens run for 25 yds to the ASU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Kansas · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.41DJ Giddens run for 54 yds to the KU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.40DJ Giddens run for 51 yds to the TULN 24 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Arizona State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.32DJ Giddens run for 45 yds to the ASU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Colorado · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.20Avery Johnson pass complete to DJ Giddens for 34 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.17DJ Giddens run for 37 yds to the OKST 34 for a 1ST down Oklahoma State Penalty, Horse Collar Tackle (Trey Rucker) to the OKST 19 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.87DJ Giddens run for 32 yds for a TD (Chris Tennant KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week