Kadarius Calloway

Senior running back for New Mexico State. 2025: 450 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 26 catches.

RB · New Mexico State · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 220 lb · Philadelphia, MS

CFB Index 31 · #303 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to New Mexico State for 2026

The numbers

450

rushing yards · 2025

3 TD · 3.8 per carry · 26 catches

Backed by 11 car · 236 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 50 rush yds, 1 TD, vs Bryant

Swing playSwung Old Dominion from 29% to 55% to win.Old Dominion at Marshall · 41-35

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for New Mexico State. 2025: 450 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 26 catches.

Transferred from California to New Mexico State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

TD rate: 35th percentile.

The full scouting read

Kadarius Calloway

RB · New Mexico State · Sr · #1

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Three head coaches in three seasons, at three different programs. The receipt: 84 rush yds, 1 receptions against Liberty — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Old Dominion6-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

2025New Mexico State4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

31Below cohort / limited sample #303 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (85th percentile). Concern: success rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#295 / 456 · 35th pct

2.0%

Explosive rate#340 / 456 · 25th pct

4.0%

EPA / carry#425 / 456 · 7th pct

-0.10

Yards / carry#435 / 456 · 5th pct

3.4

Success rate#451 / 456 · 1st pct

26.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#50 / 338 · 85th pct

Rec yards#75 / 338 · 78th pct

175

Carries#124 / 349 · 64th pct

117

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Rush yards#187 / 349 · 47th pct

450

Rush TDs#200 / 349 · 38th pct

Long run#253 / 349 · 27th pct

Yards / carry#315 / 349 · 9th pct

3.8

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

100 carries

19%

Stuffed (≤0)

44%

Grind (1–3)

30%

Chunk (4–9)

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	37.8	3.4	0.3
Road6g	37.2	3.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	31.6	2.8	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	41.7	3.9	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #303 of 326 RBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #26 of 28 Conference USA RBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico State	117	450	3.8	3	--
2024	California	26	124	4.8	1	--
2023	Old Dominion	88	623	7.1	5	--
Career		231	1,197	5.2	9	--

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico State	26	175	6.7	0	--
2024	California	1	--	0.0	0	--
2023	Old Dominion	8	48	6.0	1	--
Career		35	223	6.4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 19–3

vs Bryant

50 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

With M. Dean — 46 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 54 LONG · L. Fife — 227 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 6.6 · 1 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Bryant · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.58Kadarius Calloway run for 17 yds for a TD (Ryan Hawk KICK)
Week 6 · Sam Houston · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Kadarius Calloway run for 29 yds to the SHSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Missouri State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.44No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Calloway rush left for 23 yards gain to the MOST31 (#14 T.Anderson), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Sam Houston · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.40Logan Fife pass complete to Kadarius Calloway for 27 yds to the SHSU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · UTEP · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.93(10:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Calloway rush left for 21 yards gain to the UTEP49 (#16 Y.Green), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Tennessee · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.86(03:22) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Calloway rush right for 11 yards gain to the TENN40 (#2 A.Turrentine), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.73Kadarius Calloway run for 12 yds to the NMSU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Kennesaw State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.49(07:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 L.Fife pass complete short middle to #1 K.Calloway caught at NMSU45, for 22 yards to the KSU35 (#9 I.Paul), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Sam Houston · 1&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.46Kadarius Calloway run for 3 yds for a TD (Ryan Hawk KICK)
Week 10 · Western Kentucky · 1&15 · Q1 · EPA -1.45(06:29) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Calloway rush middle for 2 yards loss to the NMSU49 (#44 H.Holloman; #21 J.Wester)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 19-3vs Bryant	12	50	4.2	1	17
Wk 2	W 21-14vs Tulsa	5	-3	-0.6	0	1
Wk 3	L 14-49@ Louisiana Tech	7	11	1.6	0	12
Wk 5	L 20-38@ New Mexico	8	34	4.3	0	9
Wk 6	W 37-10vs Sam Houston	15	66	4.4	1	29
Wk 8	L 27-30@ Liberty	18	84	4.7	1	14	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 9	L 17-24vs Missouri State	10	50	5.0	0	23
Wk 10	L 16-35@ Western Kentucky	5	6	1.2	0	4
Wk 11	L 21-24vs Kennesaw State	8	27	3.4	0	11
Wk 12	L 9-42@ Tennessee	4	19	4.8	0	11
Wk 13	W 34-31@ UTEP	16	69	4.3	0	21
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Middle Tennessee	9	37	4.1	0	20
Total		117	450	3.4	3	29

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

100Carries

341Yards

29.9%Top-5 share

19.0%Stuffed rate

Just 29.9% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 19.0% of his carries. 7 carries for -8 yds vs Tulsa; 16 for 69 vs UTEP.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

fact

30.5%Carry share

45.9%Q4-lead share

94.1%In competitive games

30.5% of carries overall (100/328) → 45.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/37) — 94.1% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

2026 Outlook

New Mexico State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · New Mexico State

Returning around him

24% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
Transfer portal: +1 net (25 in / 24 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

New Mexico State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #135 · 2026 recruiting class #134

DNA match

Player DNA

Workhorse

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kenyon Clay’s 2025 season.

Kenyon Clay

81%match

Arkansas State · 2025

Jaison Patterson

Bowling Green · 2021

79%

Dylan Downing

Purdue · 2021

79%

Noah Cain

Penn State · 2021

78%

Oscar Adaway III

South Carolina · 2025

77%

Matches Kenyon on

Rush TD rate

Yards / reception

Receiving share

Differs from Kenyon on

Class year (higher)

Height (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Brock Townsend’s path through Central Michigan.

Brock Townsend

97%match

Central Michigan · 2025

CJ Evans Jr.

Samford · 2025

95%

Ailym Ford

Chattanooga · 2022

95%

CJ Marable

Coastal Carolina · 2020

All-Sun Belt

95%

Lamar Radcliffe

San José State · 2025

92%

Matches Brock on

Height

Weight

Yards per carry

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Edward Saydee's junior season at Temple (2022).

Edward Saydee

77%match

Temple · 2022

EJ Wilson Jr.

Florida International · 2022

73%

Ethan Payne

Marshall · 2023

73%

Donovan Edwards

Michigan · 2023

72%

Jirehl Brock

Iowa State · 2022

72%

Matches Edward on

Weight

Height

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Player DNA

Players who play like Kadarius Calloway

Kenyon Clay

Arkansas State · 2025

81%

Jordan Mcdonald

Boston College · 2024

77%

Oscar Adaway III

South Carolina · 2025

77%

Al-Jay Henderson

Buffalo · 2025

68%

Dylan Carson

Air Force · 2023

65%

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

Kadarius Calloway

20247 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Workhorse

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