#28

Khobie Martin

Redshirt sophomore running back for Indiana. 2025: 506 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 1 catch.

RB · Indiana · R-So. · #28

6′0″ · 204 lb · Fishers, IN · Fishers

CFB Index 49 · #129 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Indiana for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 4 pm ETvs Western KentuckyMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)Indiana by 44

How he plays

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

Success rate: 93rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

506

rushing yards · 2025

6 TD · 6.6 per carry · 1 catches

Best game: 107 rush yds, 2 TD, vs Illinois

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 running back for Indiana. 2025: 506 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 1 catch.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Indiana in 2024.

The full story, with sources

Khobie Martin

RB · Indiana · So · #28

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Second year in the Indiana backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt: 109 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Indiana State — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Curt Cignetti — 27-2 over that span.

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

2025Indiana16-0HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

49Rotational starter #129 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (93rd percentile). Strength: yards / carry (91st percentile). Concern: receptions (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#34 / 456 · 93rd pct

55.2%

Yards / carry#40 / 456 · 91st pct

6.6

Explosive rate#44 / 456 · 90th pct

10.7%

TD rate#72 / 456 · 84th pct

5.3%

EPA / carry#83 / 456 · 82nd pct

0.27

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#22 / 349 · 93rd pct

6.6

Rush TDs#83 / 349 · 72nd pct

Rush yards#159 / 349 · 55th pct

506

Carries#215 / 349 · 38th pct

Long run#226 / 349 · 35th pct

Rec yards#309 / 338 · 9th pct

Receptions#327 / 338 · 2nd 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	46.8	6.0	0.5
Road3g	44.0	4.9	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	55.0	7.0	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	38.5	4.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #129 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #129 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #21 of 44 Big Ten RBs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Indiana	77	506	6.6	6	--
2024	Indiana	14	73	5.2	0	--
Career		91	579	6.4	6	--

Season	Team
2025	Indiana	1	14	14.0	0	--
2024	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	14	14.0	0	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Illinois · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.04Khobie Martin run for 31 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 14 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.63(00:00) Shotgun #28 K.Martin rush left for 21 yards gain to the PUR00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:00, 1ST DOWN #15 N.Radicic kick attempt good (H: #44 M.McCarthy, LS: #47 M.Langston)
Week 3 · Indiana State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Khobie Martin run for 20 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 4 · Illinois · 1&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Khobie Martin run for 8 yds for a TD (Nico Radicic KICK)
Week 10 · Maryland · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +1.96(14:25) Shotgun #28 K.Martin rush left for 36 yards gain to the UMD14 (#22 J.Huskey), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Purdue · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +1.78(00:17) Shotgun #28 K.Martin rush middle for 9 yards gain to the IND44 (#12 R.Turner; #24 A.Coffey), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Indiana State · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +1.52Khobie Martin run for 14 yds to the IU 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.49(07:29) Shotgun #28 K.Martin rush right for 26 yards gain to the Ore29 (#14 N.Offord), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Indiana State · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.46Khobie Martin run for 10 yds to the INST 1 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Indiana State · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.46Khobie Martin run for 22 yds to the INST 20 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 56-9vs Kennesaw State	2	6	3.0	0	4
Wk 3	W 73-0vs Indiana State	11	109	9.9	2	22	Season-high 109 yds
Wk 4	W 63-10vs Illinois	12	107	8.9	2	31
Wk 8	W 38-13vs Michigan State	6	40	6.7	0	22
Wk 9	W 56-6vs UCLA	9	26	2.9	0	6
Wk 10	W 55-10@ Maryland	11	80	7.3	1	36
Wk 11	W 27-24@ Penn State	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 12	W 31-7vs Wisconsin	9	33	3.7	0	7
Wk 14	W 56-3@ Purdue	8	51	6.4	1	21
Bowl	W 38-3vs Alabama	4	11	2.8	0	4
Bowl	W 56-22vs Oregon	4	42	10.5	0	26
Total		77	506	5.7	6	36

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

12.3%Carry share

36.6%Q4-lead share

0.0%In competitive games

12.3% of carries overall (77/628) → 36.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (64/175) — 0.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

2/39Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 39 inside-the-5 carries (5.1%).

2026 Outlook

Indiana

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Indiana

Returning around him

17% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
8 Indiana players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +0 net (17 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Indiana · Last season: 16-0 (AP #1) · Talent rank #38 · 2026 recruiting class #29

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 Ashton Gray’s 2025 season.

Ashton Gray

81%match

North Texas · 2025

Tate Carney

Wake Forest · 2023

68%

Samuel Singleton

Florida State · 2025

67%

Tiyon Evans

Louisville · 2022

66%

C'Bo Flemister

Pittsburgh · 2022

65%

Matches Ashton on

Yards / carry

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Rush TD rate

Differs from Ashton on

EPA / carry (adj) (lower)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jermar Jefferson’s path through Oregon State.

Jermar Jefferson

92%match

Oregon State · 2020

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 7

Cornell Hatcher Jr.

Oregon State · 2025

85%

DeSean Bishop

Tennessee · 2025

All-SEC

85%

Ahmad Hardy

Missouri · 2025

Consensus All-American

86%

Greg Burrell

Texas State · 2025

83%

Matches Jermar on

Yards per carry

Recruiting rating

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tiyon Evans's sophomore season at Louisville (2022).

Tiyon Evans

62%match

Louisville · 2022

Jamal Roberts

Missouri · 2024

58%

Colton Joseph

Old Dominion · 2025

All-Sun Belt

56%

Duncan Brune

Ohio · 2025

56%

Jalen White

Georgia Southern · 2021

All-Sun Belt

56%

Matches Tiyon on

Yards / carry

Height

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Differs from Tiyon on

Class year (lower)

Receiving share (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Khobie Martin

Ashton Gray

North Texas · 2025

81%

Background

2025 (Redshirt-Freshman Season) Season: Appeared in 14 games ... First collegiate touchdown came as part of a multi-touchdown game against Indiana State (9/12) in Week 3 ... Owns two 100-yard rushing games. Old Dominion (8/30): Saw time on special teams. Kennesaw State (9/6): Carried twice for 6...

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