#15

Djouvensky Schlenbaker

Former running back at Washington State. 2024: 149 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · Washington State · So. · #15

6′0″ · 216 lb · Bellingham, WA

CFB Index 32 · #284 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceWashington State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 896 nationally · Signed with Washington State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Washington State. 2024: 149 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 3 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington State in 2022.
Transferred from Washington State to Texas-Rio Grande Valley in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Washington State, 295 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2022

Signed with Washington State3-star out of Squalicum

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#896 national

CFB

College

Washington State

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Jake Dickert

Washington State

2024

Pete Kaligis

Washington State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Dickert → Pete Kaligis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Washington State5-7HC: Jake Dickert · Pass-leaning

2024Washington State8-5HC: Pete Kaligis · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

32Below cohort / limited sample #284 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#91 / 442 · 79th pct

7.1%

EPA / carry#242 / 442 · 45th pct

0.14

Success rate#368 / 442 · 16th pct

37.5%

Yards / carry#422 / 442 · 5th pct

3.5

Explosive rate#432 / 442 · 1st pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#186 / 335 · 38th pct

Receptions#286 / 330 · 12th pct

Rec yards#295 / 330 · 10th pct

Yards / carry#317 / 335 · 5th pct

3.5

Carries#315 / 335 · 5th pct

Long run#328 / 335 · 2nd pct

Rush yards#330 / 335 · 1st pct

149

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	20.8	3.6	0.5
Road5g	4.8	2.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	11.2	2.9	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	15.5	3.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Moore

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

32 · #284 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #284 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Washington State	43	149	3.5	3	--
2023	Washington State	33	146	4.4	0	--
Career		76	295	3.9	3	--

Season	Team
2024	Washington State	3	15	5.0	0	--
2023	Washington State	5	32	6.4	1	--
Career		8	47	5.9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 70–30

vs Portland State

20 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 40-point win at home against Portland State.

With J. Mateer — 352 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.1 · 55 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · W. Parker — 96 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Texas Tech · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for 1 yd for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 1 · Portland State · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for 8 yds to the PRST 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Portland State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.52Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for 11 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)
Week 1 · Syracuse · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.88Zevi Eckhaus pass complete to Djouvensky Schlenbaker for 6 yds to the WSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · New Mexico · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.74Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for 2 yds to the UNM 36 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Texas Tech · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.62Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for 11 yds to the TTU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Texas Tech · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA -1.29Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for a loss of 1 yard to the TTU 43
Week 13 · Oregon State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +1.28Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for 2 yds to the WSU 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Portland State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -1.24Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for a loss of 3 yards to the WSU 28
Week 2 · Texas Tech · 1&2 · Q2 · EPA +1.21Djouvensky Schlenbaker run for 2 yds for a TD (Dean Janikowski KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 70-30vs Portland State	4	20	5.0	1	11
Wk 2	W 37-16vs Texas Tech	11	27	2.5	2	11
Wk 3	W 24-19@ Washington	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 7	W 25-17@ Fresno State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 8	W 42-10vs Hawai'i	8	48	6.0	0	13	Season-high 48 yds
Wk 9	W 29-26@ San Diego State	4	15	3.8	0	8
Wk 11	W 49-28vs Utah State	10	26	2.6	0	14
Wk 12	L 35-38@ New Mexico	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 13	L 38-41@ Oregon State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 14	L 14-15vs Wyoming	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	L 35-52vs Syracuse	2	4	2.0	0	3
Total		43	149	3.1	3	14

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

9.8%Carry share

28.8%Q4-lead share

9.5%In competitive games

9.8% of carries overall (42/427) → 28.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (21/73) — 9.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

6/36Inside-5 share

6 of the team's 36 inside-the-5 carries (16.7%).

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

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

His 2024 production profile sits closest to Deion Hankins’s 2021 season.

Deion Hankins

69%match

UTEP · 2021

Brian Snead

Arkansas State · 2022

69%

Kye Robichaux

Boston College · 2024

68%

Jalen Holston

Virginia Tech · 2022

67%

Delbert Mimms III

NC State · 2023

66%

Matches Deion on

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Weight

Differs from Deion on

Class year (lower)

Rush TD rate (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jason Collins Jr.’s path through Morgan State.

Jason Collins Jr.

99%match

Morgan State · 2025

Reggie Davis

Chattanooga · 2024

98%

Stevie Scott

Indiana · 2020

98%

Kennieth Lacy

Northwestern State · 2024

95%

Jonathan DeBique

Long Island University · 2022

95%

Matches Jason on

Yards per carry

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Quinshon Judkins's sophomore season at Ole Miss (2023).

Quinshon Judkins

75%match

Ole Miss · 2023

All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 4

Tate Carney

Wake Forest · 2024

72%

Duncan Brune

Ohio · 2025

70%

Kevin Marks

Buffalo · 2021

All-MAC

69%

CharMar Brown

Miami · 2025

69%

Matches Quinshon on

Weight

Yards / carry

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from Quinshon on

Class year (lower)

Player DNA

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A'Marion Peterson

UTSA · 2025

72%

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