Kaelon Black

#8 · RB · Sr. · Indiana5′10″ · 210 lb · Virginia Beach, VA

Kaelon Black: RB · Indiana · #8.

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Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

29% of the carries, 30% of the yards, 29% of the touchdowns

  • Carries29%187 of 641
  • Yards30%1,039 of 3,487
  • Touchdowns29%10 of 35

Share of the team's rushing yards, game by game

  • 30%ODU
  • 18%KENN
  • 23%INST
  • 29%ILL
  • 25%@IOWA
  • 24%@ORE
  • 48%MSU
  • 27%UCLA
  • 30%@MD
  • 30%@PSU
  •  WIS
  • 19%@PUR
  • 58%OSU
  • 45%ALA
  • 34%ORE
  • 60%MIA

No bar in a game where the team had under 100 rushing yards: a share of that little says nothing.

Who carried it

  • Roman Hemby1,120 yards, 230 carries, 7 touchdowns
  • Kaelon Black1,039 yards, 187 carries, 10 touchdowns
  • Khobie Martin506 yards, 77 carries, 6 touchdowns
  • Fernando Mendoza276 yards, 90 carries, 7 touchdowns
  • Lee Beebe209 yards, 27 carries, 1 touchdown
  • 6 others337 yards

Share of the team's total this season.

Kaelon Black

RB · Indiana · Sr · #8

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 110 rushing yards and 1 tackle against Maryland — Week 10, 2025.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

182Carries
965Yards
17.7%Top-5 share
15.9%Stuffed rate

Just 17.7% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 15.9% of his carries. 6 carries for 12 yds vs Wisconsin; 17 for 92 vs Old Dominion.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

29.5%Carry share
17.7%Q4-lead share
67.7%In competitive games

29.5% of carries overall (185/628) → 17.7% of Q4-with-lead carries (31/175) — 67.7% 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

14/173rd/4th & short
15/39Inside-5 share

14 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (82.4%). 15 of the team's 39 inside-the-5 carries (38.5%).

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