Senior running back for James Madison. 2023: 119 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.
6′0″ · 220 lb · Boyds, MD
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 running back for James Madison. 2023: 119 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 3 catches.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 3217 nationally · Signed with Our Lady of Good Counsel HS
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonLatrele Palmer
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Two seasons at James Madison, two different head coaches: Curt Cignetti and Damian Wroblewski. The receipt on tape: 45 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Bucknell, Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at James Madison, 523 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Curt Cignetti → Damian Wroblewski. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 16.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 13.8 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 18.7 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | James Madison | 32 | 119 | 3.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | James Madison | 101 | 404 | 4.0 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 133 | 523 | 3.9 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | James Madison | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | James Madison | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 16–14
at Troy
-1 rush yds (2 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.
With R. Hanson — 37 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 45 LONG · J. McCloud — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 45.5 · -21 rush yds (8 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-3vs Bucknell | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 1 | 13 | Season-high 45 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 36-35@ Virginia | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 16-14@ Troy | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-38@ Utah State | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-23vs South Alabama | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-14@ Georgia State | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-26vs App State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bowl | L 21-31@ Air Force | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 32 | 119 | 3.0 | 1 | 13 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (10.7%).
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Greg Garner’s 2021 season.
Matches Greg on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Greg Garner’s path through Louisiana Tech.
Matches Greg on
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Samuel Brown V's freshman season at Rutgers (2022).
Matches Samuel on
Player DNA