Sophomore running back for Wisconsin. 2025: 255 rushing yards, 1 catch.
5′9″ · 227 lb · Gaithersburg, MD · Gaithersburg
How he plays
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.
Success rate: 42nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
rushing yards · 2025
4.3 per carry · 1 catches
Best game: 85 rush yds, at Oregon
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Wisconsin. 2025: 255 rushing yards, 1 catch.
Gideon Ituka
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Second year in the Wisconsin backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt: 85 rush yds against Oregon — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Luke Fickell — 9-15 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (6th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 34.5 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 58.5 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 15.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 56.2 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2025
W 13–10
vs Washington
73 rush yds (19 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With S. West — 24 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · A. Bertrams — 37 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 43 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-37vs Iowa | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-34vs Ohio State | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-21@ Oregon | 21 | 85 | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | Season-high 85 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 13-10vs Washington | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31@ Indiana | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 60 | 255 | 4.7 | 0 | 18 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Wisconsin
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Wisconsin
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wisconsin · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #30 · 2026 recruiting class #78
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Salahadin Allah’s 2024 season.
Matches Salahadin on
Differs from Salahadin on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to CJ Marable’s path through Coastal Carolina.
Julius Loughridge
Matches CJ on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Malcom Davidson's sophomore season at Florida Atlantic (2021).
Matches Malcom on
Differs from Malcom on
Player DNA
2025 Season: Played in 10 games and made two starts at running back … finished the season with 255 yards on the ground, averaging 4.3 yards per carry … had a season-high 85 yards against Oregon (Oct. 25) … had 35 yards on four rushes vs. Ohio State with a 8.8 yards per carry clip (Oct. 18) … ran...
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