#20

Kalel Mullings

Former running back at Michigan. 2024: 948 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 6 catches.

RB · Michigan · Sr. · #20

6′2″ · 233 lb · West Roxbury, MA

CFB Index 72 · #28 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTennessee — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 12, #188 overall

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 153 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Michigan. 2024: 948 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 6 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2020.
Drafted round 6 by the Tennessee in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan, 1,200 rushing yards — drafted at #188 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2020

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Milton Academy

202412 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

2025

Drafted by Tennesseeround 6, pick 188

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#153 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #188

Tennessee · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

2024

Sherrone Moore

Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 2nd NFL season

#188Rd 6 · Pick 12

TennesseeEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Michigan8-5HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #28 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (91st percentile). Strength: carries (88th percentile). Concern: rec yards (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#118 / 442 · 73rd pct

6.6%

EPA / carry#123 / 442 · 72nd pct

0.27

Success rate#134 / 442 · 70th pct

49.5%

Yards / carry#213 / 442 · 52nd pct

5.3

Explosive rate#265 / 442 · 40th pct

6.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#26 / 335 · 91st pct

Carries#41 / 335 · 88th pct

185

Rush yards#51 / 335 · 85th pct

948

Long run#93 / 335 · 72nd pct

Yards / carry#147 / 335 · 55th pct

5.1

Receptions#243 / 330 · 25th pct

Rec yards#254 / 330 · 23rd pct

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

183 carries

Stuffed (≤0)

44%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	83.2	5.7	1.1
Road4g	70.5	3.7	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	98.2	6.3	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	59.8	3.7	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #28 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #28 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Michigan	185	948	5.1	12	--
2023	Michigan	36	222	6.2	1	--
2022	Michigan	14	30	2.1	3	--
2021	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		235	1,200	5.1	16	--

Season	Team
2024	Michigan	6	35	5.8	0	--
2023	Michigan	2	32	16.0	0	--
2022	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
Career		8	67	8.4	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 13–10

at Ohio State

116 rush yds (32 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Doman — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 68 LONG · D. Zvada — 54 LONG · 100 PCT · 7 PTS

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Ohio State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.18Kalel Mullings run for no gain to the OSU 3
Week 4 · USC · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +4.17Kalel Mullings run for 63 yds to the USC 17 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · USC · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.10Kalel Mullings run for 53 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 5 · Minnesota · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.00Kalel Mullings 27 Yd Run (Dominic Zvada Kick)
Week 13 · Northwestern · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.84Kalel Mullings run for 10 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 4 · USC · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Kalel Mullings run for 1 yd for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 8 · Illinois · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.79Kalel Mullings run for 1 yd for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 11 · Indiana · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Kalel Mullings 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 3 · Arkansas State · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Kalel Mullings run for 30 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK)
Week 13 · Northwestern · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.39Kalel Mullings run for 47 yds to the NU 15 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-10vs Fresno State	15	92	6.1	0	21
Wk 2	L 12-31vs Texas	6	25	4.2	0	7
Wk 3	W 28-18vs Arkansas State	15	153	10.2	2	38	153-yard day
Wk 4	W 27-24vs USC	17	159	9.4	2	63	Season-high 159 yds
Wk 5	W 27-24vs Minnesota	24	111	4.6	2	27
Wk 6	L 17-27@ Washington	14	49	3.5	0	7
Wk 8	L 7-21@ Illinois	19	87	4.6	1	11
Wk 9	W 24-17vs Michigan State	13	18	1.4	0	6
Wk 10	L 17-38vs Oregon	8	16	2.0	0	7
Wk 11	L 15-20@ Indiana	10	30	3.0	1	6
Wk 13	W 50-6vs Northwestern	12	92	7.7	3	47	3 rushing TDs
Wk 14	W 13-10@ Ohio State	32	116	3.6	1	27
Total		185	948	5.0	12	63

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

183Carries

963Yards

24.0%Top-5 share

8.2%Stuffed rate

Just 24.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 8.2% of his carries. 8 carries for 22 yds vs Oregon; 17 for 159 vs USC.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

39.9%Carry share

36.4%Q4-lead share

91.7%In competitive games

39.9% of carries overall (183/459) → 36.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (24/66) — 91.7% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

22/283rd/4th & short

20/28Inside-5 share