#20

Javon Leake

Junior running back for Maryland. 2019: 736 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · Maryland · Jr. · #20

6′0″ · 206 lb · Greensboro, NC

Maryland 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 465 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Maryland. 2019: 736 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Maryland, 1,144 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20177 games

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Page

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#465 national

CFB

College

Maryland

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

3 coaches

2017

D.J. Durkin

Maryland

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

era →

2019

Mike Locksley

Maryland

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada, and Mike Locksley. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Maryland4-8HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (97th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / carry#9 / 326 · 97th pct

7.2

Rush TDs#65 / 326 · 77th pct

Long run#81 / 326 · 74th pct

Rush yards#101 / 326 · 69th pct

736

Carries#167 / 326 · 49th pct

102

Receptions#164 / 314 · 46th pct

Rec yards#187 / 314 · 40th pct

Fumbles lost#212 / 218 · 2nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	69.3	7.6	0.8
Road6g	53.3	7.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	56.8	9.3	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	65.8	5.9	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Maryland	102	736	7.2	8	--
2018	Maryland	34	309	9.1	7	--
2017	Maryland	9	99	11.0	2	--
Career		145	1,144	7.9	17	--

Season	Team
2019	Maryland	9	55	6.1	0	--
2018	Maryland	1	4	4.0	0	--
2017	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
Career		10	59	5.9	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 79–0

vs Howard

23 rush yds (3 car)

Dominant 79-point win at home against Howard.

With J. Jackson — 245 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9 · J. Funk — 79 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 79-0vs Howard	3	23	7.7	0	12
Wk 2	W 63-20vs Syracuse	7	107	15.3	2	64
Wk 3	L 17-20@ Temple	8	57	7.1	0	30
Wk 5	L 0-59vs Penn State	6	10	1.7	0	9
Wk 6	W 48-7@ Rutgers	5	65	13.0	2	42
Wk 7	L 14-40@ Purdue	7	79	11.3	1	31
Wk 8	L 28-34vs Indiana	23	158	6.9	2	60	Season-high 158 yds
Wk 9	L 10-52@ Minnesota	7	44	6.3	0	33
Wk 10	L 7-38vs Michigan	9	38	4.2	0	8
Wk 11	L 14-73@ Ohio State	9	55	6.1	0	23
Wk 13	L 7-54vs Nebraska	8	80	10.0	1	58
Wk 14	L 16-19@ Michigan State	10	20	2.0	0	12
Total		102	736	7.6	8	64

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