Jonah Coleman: RB · Washington · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jonah Coleman
Wears you down at the goal line. Came to Washington by way of Arizona. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 177 rushing yards and 22 receiving yards against Colorado State — Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Short-yardage and goal-line specialist. Carries the load, owns the red zone.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
37.1% of carries overall (156/421) → 26.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/84) — 68.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
13 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.2%). 15 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (57.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 156 | 758 | 4.9 | 15 | 38 |
| 2024 | Washington | 193 | 1,053 | 5.5 | 10 | 64 |
| 2023 | Arizona | 128 | 871 | 6.8 | 5 | 59 |
| 2022 | Arizona | 75 | 372 | 5.0 | 4 | 43 |
| Career | 552 | 3,054 | 5.5 | 34 | 64 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 31 | 354 | 11.4 | 2 | 45 |
| 2024 | Washington | 23 | 177 | 7.7 | 0 | 17 |
| 2023 | Arizona | 25 | 283 | 11.3 | 1 | 69 |
| 2022 | Arizona | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Career | 87 | 838 | 9.6 | 3 | 69 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Colorado State | 24 | 177 | 7.4 | 2 | 38 | 177-yard day |
| Wk 2 | W 70-10vs UC Davis | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 5 | 18 | 5 rushing TDs |
| Wk 4 | W 59-24@ Washington State | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 2 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-24vs No. 1 Ohio State | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 0 | 34 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-20@ Maryland | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-19vs Rutgers | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-24@ Michigan | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-25vs No. 23 Illinois | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-13@ Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-14@ UCLA | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-26vs No. 5 Oregon | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | 9 | |
 Bowl | W 38-10vs Boise State | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 1 | 25 | |
| Total | 156 | 758 | 4.9 | 15 | 38 |
Week 4 · 2025
W 59-24
6 rec · 104 yds · 1 TD · 59 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 35-point win on the road against Washington State.
With D. Williams Jr. — 298 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.3 · 88 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · O. Evans — 1 rec · 59 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
48%143 carriesFumble rate
0.6%1 of 156 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.9 yds/carry on 156 carries · 13% explosive (10+ yds) · 48% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
3612% of team targetsCatch rate
83%30 of 36 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
83% catch rate on 36 targets · 12% of the team's targets.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 83.2 | 5.2 | 1.5 |
| Road5g | 34.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 86.1 | 5.5 | 1.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 31.0 | 2.6 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jedd Fisch
Pass share
44.9%
370 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
63.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
156 carries and 31 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #22 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Arizona and Washington, 3,054 rushing yards — drafted at #108 overall by the Denver Broncos.
A stat line in 50 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed for 1 head coach at 2 schools: Jedd Fisch.
Next stop · NFL
Denver Broncos2026 NFL rookie season
Denver Broncos2026 NFL rookie season
