Senior running back for UCLA. 2021: 83 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
6′0″ · 196 lb · Dripping Springs, TX
The story
4 running back for UCLA. 2021: 83 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD.
Ethan Fernea
He has spent four seasons in the UCLA backfield. The receipt on tape: 50 rush yds, 1 rush TD against USC, Week 12, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCLA, 84 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chip Kelly.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Chip Kelly — 18-25 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (99th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.6 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 50.0 | 16.7 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 21.3 | 11.8 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 38–27
vs LSU
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
With D. Thompson-Robinson — 260 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.6 · 5 rush yds (13 car) · Z. Charbonnet — 117 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-10vs Hawai'i | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-27vs LSU | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-40vs Fresno State | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-20vs Colorado | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 62-33@ USC | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | 42 | Season-high 50 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 42-14vs California | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 10 | 83 | 8.6 | 1 | 42 |