Isaih Pacheco

Former running back at Rutgers. 2021: 647 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · Rutgers · Jr. · #1

5′11″ · 210 lb · Vineland, NJ

CFB Index 37 · #238 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceKansas City — drafted 2022, Rd 7, Pick 30, #251 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 665 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Rutgers. 2021: 647 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 13 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2018.
Drafted round 7 by the Kansas City in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 2,451 rushing yards — drafted at #251 overall by Kansas City.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201811 games

Signed with Rutgers3-star out of Vineland South

2022

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 7, pick 251

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#665 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #251

Kansas City · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

3 coaches

2018

Chris Ash

Rutgers

2019

Nunzio Campanile

Rutgers

era →

2020–2021

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 5th NFL season

#251Rd 7 · Pick 30

Kansas CityEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Rutgers1-11HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

2019Rutgers2-10HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Rutgers3-6HC: Greg Schiano · Balanced

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #238 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (86th percentile). Strength: carries (82nd percentile). Concern: yards / carry (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#271 / 409 · 34th pct

41.9%

Explosive rate#278 / 409 · 32nd pct

5.4%

TD rate#287 / 409 · 30th pct

3.0%

EPA / carry#322 / 409 · 21st pct

0.04

Yards / carry#347 / 409 · 15th pct

4.2

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 222 · 86th pct

Carries#61 / 343 · 82nd pct

167

Rush yards#112 / 343 · 67th pct

647

Receptions#131 / 331 · 60th pct

Rush TDs#125 / 343 · 59th pct

Long run#270 / 343 · 20th pct

Rec yards#275 / 331 · 17th pct

Yards / carry#286 / 343 · 15th pct

3.9

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	49.7	4.2	0.5
Road6g	58.2	3.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	47.0	3.3	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	63.6	4.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #238 of 315 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #238 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Rutgers	167	647	3.9	5	--
2020	Rutgers	115	518	4.5	3	--
2019	Rutgers	170	735	4.3	7	--
2018	Rutgers	111	551	5.0	3	--
Career		563	2,451	4.4	18	--

Season	Team
2021	Rutgers	13	25	1.9	0	--
2020	Rutgers	19	119	6.3	1	--
2019	Rutgers	13	83	6.4	0	--
2018	Rutgers	2	11	5.5	0	--
Career		47	238	5.1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–13

vs Delaware

67 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Delaware.

With N. Vedral — 323 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.4 · 15 rush yds (5 car) · A. Cruickshank — 10 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Delaware · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.95Isaih Pacheco run for 20 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 4 · Michigan · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -2.80Isaih Pacheco run for no gain to the Mich 32
Week 11 · Indiana · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Isaih Pacheco run for 8 yds for a TD, (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 4 · Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.28Isaih Pacheco run for 26 yds to the Mich 44 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Indiana · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Isaih Pacheco run for 3 yds for a TD, (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 5 · Ohio State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.11Noah Vedral pass complete to Isaih Pacheco for 11 yds to the Rutgr 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.07Isaih Pacheco run for 23 yds to the Rutgr 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Wisconsin · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +1.97Isaih Pacheco run for 16 yds to the Rutgr 36 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Illinois · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +1.96Isaih Pacheco run for 2 yds to the Illin 40 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Northwestern · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA -1.82Noah Vedral pass complete to Isaih Pacheco for a loss of 4 yards to the Rutgr 47

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 61-14vs Temple	14	35	2.5	1	7
Wk 2	W 17-7@ Syracuse	19	50	2.6	0	10
Wk 3	W 45-13vs Delaware	12	67	5.6	2	20
Wk 4	L 13-20@ Michigan	20	107	5.4	0	26	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 5	L 13-52vs Ohio State	6	8	1.3	0	4
Wk 6	L 13-31vs Michigan State	11	47	4.3	0	11
Wk 7	L 7-21@ Northwestern	13	15	1.2	0	6
Wk 9	W 20-14@ Illinois	21	91	4.3	0	13
Wk 10	L 3-52vs Wisconsin	9	55	6.1	0	23
Wk 11	W 38-3@ Indiana	21	79	3.8	2	18
Wk 12	L 0-28@ Penn State	6	7	1.2	0	3
Wk 13	L 16-40vs Maryland	15	86	5.7	0	23
Total		167	647	3.7	5	26

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

Isaih Pacheco

201811 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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