Kalel Mullings

#20 · RB · Sr. · Michigan6′2″ · 233 lb · West Roxbury, MA · Milton Academy

Kalel Mullings: RB · Michigan · #20.

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Kalel Mullings

RB · Michigan · Sr · #20

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. The five seasons at Michigan span two head coaches: Jim Harbaugh and Sherrone Moore. First career honor, 2024: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 159 rushing yards and 2 receiving yards against USC — Week 4, 2024.

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

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.

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

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

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.

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

22/283rd/4th & short
20/28Inside-5 share

22 of 28 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (78.6%). 20 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (71.4%).

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