#13

Kaytron Allen

Former running back at Penn State. 2025: 1,303 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 18 catches.

RB · Penn State · Sr. · #13

5′11″ · 217 lb · Norfolk, VA

CFB Index 87 · #8 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Washington — Rd 6, Pick 6, #187 overall

The numbers

receiving yards · 2025

18 catches · 3.8 per catch

Backed by 22 car · 226 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 2 rec, 12 yds, at Rutgers

The play that turned itSwung Penn State from 27% to 67% to win.Ohio State at Penn State · 44-31

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Penn State. 2025: 1,303 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 18 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2022.
Drafted round 6 by the Washington in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

Yards / carry: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 4,180 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #187 overall by Washington.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs Ohio State.Ohio State · L 31-442022

202213 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of IMG Academy

202313 games

All-Big Tensecond

202416 games

All-Big Ten

202512 games

All-Big Tenfirst

2026

Drafted by Washingtonround 6, pick 187

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#155 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #187

Washington · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 2 categories

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2025)

🎓

FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2022)

1 mention(s)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

2 coaches

2022–2024

James Franklin

Penn State

2025

Terry Smith

Penn State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Terry Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Washington2026 NFL rookie season

#187Rd 6 · Pick 6

Washington2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Penn State13-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2025Penn State7-6HC: Terry Smith · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

87All-Conference level #8 of 326?

High confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (82nd percentile). Strength: rush tds (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#82 / 456 · 82nd pct

5.9

TD rate#102 / 456 · 78th pct

4.5%

Success rate#114 / 456 · 75th pct

49.0%

EPA / carry#130 / 456 · 72nd pct

0.20

Explosive rate#190 / 456 · 58th pct

7.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#8 / 349 · 97th pct

Rush yards#12 / 349 · 97th pct

1303

Carries#23 / 349 · 93rd pct

210

Yards / carry#38 / 349 · 89th pct

6.2

Long run#66 / 349 · 81st pct

Receptions#93 / 338 · 71st pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 201 · 49th pct

Rec yards#205 / 338 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

35th → 72nd percentile

Success rate

53rd → 75th percentile

Explosive rate

41st → 58th percentile

Yards / carry

44th → 82nd percentile

TD rate

40th → 78th percentile

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

198 carries

12%

Stuffed (≤0)

35%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

13%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	89.3	6.0	1.0
Road5g	136	6.5	1.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	77.8	6.6	1.2
Weeks 8+6g	139	5.9	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 326 FBS backs by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

87 · #8 of 326 RBs

Former four-star. Now #8 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Penn State	210	1,303	6.2	15	--
2024	Penn State	220	1,108	5.0	8	--
2023	Penn State	172	902	5.2	6	--
2022	Penn State	167	867	5.2	10	--
Career		769	4,180	5.4	39	--

Season	Team
2025	Penn State	18	68	3.8	0	--
2024	Penn State	18	153	8.5	2	--
2023	Penn State	14	81	5.8	1	--
2022	Penn State	20	188	9.4	1	--
Career		70	490	7.0	4	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.43Kaytron Allen 67 Yd Run (Ryan Barker Kick)
Week 12 · Michigan State · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.52Shotgun #13 K.Allen rush middle for 42 yards gain to the MSU26 (#14 M.Bell), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.51(02:27) Shotgun #13 K.Allen rush left for 50 yards gain to the RU28 (#7 C.Miller), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.46(06:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #13 K.Allen rush middle for 55 yards gain to the RU20 (#9 J.Elad), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Florida International · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -3.44Kaytron Allen run for 1 yd to the FIU 21
Week 8 · Iowa · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.30Kaytron Allen run for 30 yds to the IOWA 45 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Iowa · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Kaytron Allen run for 1 yd for a TD (Ryan Barker KICK)
Week 12 · Michigan State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.72Shotgun #13 K.Allen rush left for 26 yards gain to the MSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:07, 1ST DOWN #94 R.Barker kick attempt good (H: #14 R.Thompson, LS: #48 T.Duzansky)
Week 13 · Nebraska · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.63Shotgun #13 K.Allen rush left for 50 yards gain to the NEB03 (#10 A.Marshall), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Villanova · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.59Kaytron Allen run for 18 yds for a TD (Ryan Barker KICK)

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 46-11vs Nevada	8	43	5.4	1	12
Wk 2	W 34-0vs Florida International	16	144	9.0	1	67
Wk 3	W 52-6vs Villanova	10	86	8.6	1	18
Wk 5	L 24-30vs Oregon	12	54	4.5	1	19
Wk 6	L 37-42@ UCLA	8	50	6.3	2	13
Wk 7	L 21-22vs Northwestern	16	90	5.6	1	18
Wk 8	L 24-25@ Iowa	28	145	5.2	2	30
Wk 10	L 14-38@ Ohio State	21	76	3.6	1	26
Wk 11	L 24-27vs Indiana	19	48	2.5	0	7
Wk 12	W 28-10@ Michigan State	25	181	7.2	2	42	181-yard day
Wk 13	W 37-10vs Nebraska	25	160	6.4	2	50	160-yard day
Wk 14	W 40-36@ Rutgers	22	226	10.3	1	55	Season-high 226 yds
Total		210	1303	6.2	15	67

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

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.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

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.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

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%).

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zach Charbonnet’s 2021 season.

Zach Charbonnet

66%match

UCLA · 2021

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 2 · Pk 21

Kendre Miller

TCU · 2022

All-Big 12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 8

66%

Devin Neal

Kansas · 2023

All-Big 12

65%

Bhayshul Tuten

Virginia Tech · 2024

All-ACCNFL Rd 4

64%

Matches Zach on

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Class year

Differs from Zach on

Height (lower)

Yards / reception (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Bhayshul Tuten's senior season at Virginia Tech (2024).

Bhayshul Tuten

80%match

Virginia Tech · 2024

All-ACCNFL Rd 4

Jalen White

Georgia Southern · 2023

All-Sun Belt

68%

Kay'Ron Adams

Massachusetts · 2023

66%

Montrell Johnson

Florida · 2024

All-Sun Belt

66%

Re'Mahn Davis

Kentucky · 2023

64%

Matches Bhayshul on

EPA / carry (adj)

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Rush TD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Kaytron Allen

Owen Allen

Air Force · 2025

88%

Bryson Washington

Baylor · 2025

82%

Ikaika Ragsdale

North Texas · 2022

81%

Jase McClellan

Alabama · 2023

80%

Jalen Buckley

Western Michigan · 2024

79%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #95

Final rank

#170

Avg #131.3

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #95 this season.

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