Kaytron Allen

#13 · RB · Sr. · Penn State5′11″ · 217 lb · Norfolk, VA · IMG Academy

Kaytron Allen: RB · Penn State · #13.

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Kaytron Allen

RB · Penn State · Sr · #13

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at Penn State: James Franklin and Terry Smith. All-Big Ten in 2025 made it four straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 226 rushing yards and 12 receiving yards against Rutgers — Week 14, 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

198Carries
1175Yards
22.5%Top-5 share
12.1%Stuffed rate

Just 22.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 12.1% of his carries. 8 carries for 43 yds vs Nevada; 20 for 168 vs Rutgers.

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

46.2%Carry share
42.0%Q4-lead share
67.6%In competitive games

46.2% of carries overall (204/442) → 42.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (34/81) — 67.6% 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
8/29Inside-5 share

14 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (82.4%). 8 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (27.6%).

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