Senior running back for Kent State. 2025: 253 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.
5′11″ · 215 lb · Saint Charles, IL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
1 TD · 3.2 per carry · 3 catches
Best game: 80 rush yds, 1 TD, vs Massachusetts
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Kent State. 2025: 253 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.
How he plays
Does a little of everything without one standout trait.
EPA / carry: 22nd percentile.
The full scouting readJordan Nubin
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2023: Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 80 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Massachusetts, Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sean Lewis, Kenni Burns, and Mark Carney. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: yards / carry (3rd 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 41.7 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 25.6 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 49.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 25.8 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #28 of 30 Mid-American RBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 79 | 253 | 3.2 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Minnesota | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Minnesota | 127 | 559 | 4.4 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Minnesota | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Minnesota | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 226 | 857 | 3.8 | 4 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Minnesota | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Minnesota | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Minnesota | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Minnesota | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 71 | 5.9 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ Oklahoma | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 15 | 80 | 5.3 | 1 | 25 | Season-high 80 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 10-45@ Toledo | 13 | 61 | 4.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs Bowling Green | 14 | 37 | 2.6 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-17@ Ball State | 13 | 14 | 1.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35@ Akron | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-28vs Central Michigan | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-31@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 79 | 253 | 3.1 | 1 | 25 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
8 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.7%).
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Running back · Kent State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #130 · 2026 recruiting class #122
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalen John’s 2025 season.
Matches Jalen on
Differs from Jalen on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen John's graduate season at Coastal Carolina (2025).
Matches Jalen on
Player DNA