Senior running back for Northwestern. 2019: 29 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
6′0″ · 210 lb · Saint Louis, MO
The story
4 running back for Northwestern. 2019: 29 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJohn Moten IV
Fourth year in the Northwestern backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 24 rush yds, 21 rec yds against Nebraska, Week 6, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 628 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 29-23 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 14.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 10.7 | 2.8 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | -1.5 | -1.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northwestern | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 46 | 204 | 4.4 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 17 | 55 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 57 | 340 | 6.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 134 | 628 | 4.7 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northwestern | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 17 | 143 | 8.4 | 0 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-17@ Stanford | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-14vs UNLV | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-13@ Nebraska | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 10 | Season-high 24 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 3-52vs Ohio State | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-20vs Iowa | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 29 | 1.2 | 1 | 10 |