Lequint Allen

Former running back at Syracuse. 2024: 1,021 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 64 catches.

RB · Syracuse · Jr. · #1

6′0″ · 201 lb · Millville, NJ

CFB Index 72 · #26 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceJacksonville — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 20, #236 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 914 nationally · Signed with Syracuse

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Syracuse. 2024: 1,021 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 64 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2022.
Drafted round 7 by the Jacksonville in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Syracuse, 2,358 rushing yards — drafted at #236 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 61 yds vs Miami.Miami · W 42-382024

202211 games

Signed with Syracuse3-star out of Millville

202313 games

All-ACCsecond

2025

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 7, pick 236

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#914 national

CFB

College

Syracuse

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #236

Jacksonville · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

3 coaches

2022

Dino Babers

Syracuse

2023

Nunzio Campanile

Syracuse

era →

2024

Fran Brown

Syracuse

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 2nd NFL season

#236Rd 7 · Pick 20

JacksonvilleEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Syracuse6-7HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy

2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

72Quality starter #26 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#95 / 442 · 79th pct

7.1%

Success rate#285 / 442 · 35th pct

42.2%

Explosive rate#320 / 442 · 28th pct

4.9%

Yards / carry#327 / 442 · 26th pct

4.5

EPA / carry#330 / 442 · 25th pct

0.07

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#1 / 330 · 100th pct

Rec yards#3 / 330 · 99th pct

529

Rush TDs#10 / 335 · 97th pct

Carries#18 / 335 · 95th pct

228

Rush yards#41 / 335 · 88th pct

1021

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Yards / carry#231 / 335 · 29th pct

4.5

Long run#247 / 335 · 26th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

33rd → 25th percentile

Success rate

47th → 35th percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 28th percentile

Yards / carry

33rd → 26th percentile

TD rate

52nd → 79th 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

225 carries

13%

Stuffed (≤0)

43%

Grind (1–3)

32%

Chunk (4–9)

12%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	78.3	4.7	1.0
Road6g	78.8	4.2	1.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	81.3	5.0	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	75.3	3.7	1.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #26 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #26 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Syracuse	228	1,021	4.5	16	--
2023	Syracuse	244	1,063	4.4	9	--
2022	Syracuse	41	274	6.7	1	--
Career		513	2,358	4.6	26	--

Season	Team
2024	Syracuse	64	529	8.3	4	--
2023	Syracuse	38	210	5.5	1	--
2022	Syracuse	17	117	6.9	1	--
Career		119	856	7.2	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 42–38

vs Miami

82 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With K. McCord — 380 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.9 · -14 rush yds (5 car) · T. Pena — 11 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · California · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.29LeQuint Allen run for 30 yds for a TD (Jackson Kennedy KICK)
Week 10 · Virginia Tech · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.14LeQuint Allen run for 25 yds to the VT 36 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.90Kyle McCord pass complete to LeQuint Allen for 33 yds for a TD (Jackson Kennedy KICK)
Week 6 · UNLV · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Kyle McCord pass complete to LeQuint Allen for 6 yds for a TD (Jadyn Oh KICK)
Week 1 · Ohio · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Kyle McCord pass complete to LeQuint Allen for 5 yds for a TD (Brady Denaburg KICK)
Week 14 · Miami · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68LeQuint Allen 8 Yd Run (Jackson Kennedy Kick)
Week 1 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53LeQuint Allen 12 Yd Run (Kyle McCord Pass to LeQuint Allen for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 5 · Holy Cross · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Kyle McCord pass complete to LeQuint Allen for 13 yds to the HC 37 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia Tech · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.44Kyle McCord pass complete to LeQuint Allen for 28 yds to the GT 11 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.39LeQuint Allen run for 27 yds to the OHIO 48 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-22vs Ohio	15	98	6.5	0	27
Wk 2	W 31-28vs Georgia Tech	15	83	5.5	0	24
Wk 4	L 24-26vs Stanford	8	25	3.1	0	9
Wk 5	W 42-14vs Holy Cross	16	81	5.1	1	17
Wk 6	W 44-41@ UNLV	19	71	3.7	2	14
Wk 7	W 24-17@ NC State	21	91	4.3	1	21
Wk 9	L 13-41@ Pittsburgh	15	32	2.1	0	8
Wk 10	W 38-31vs Virginia Tech	21	121	5.8	3	25	Season-high 121 yds
Wk 11	L 31-37@ Boston College	16	50	3.1	2	11
Wk 12	W 33-25@ California	23	109	4.7	2	30
Wk 13	W 31-24vs UConn	20	58	2.9	1	10
Wk 14	W 42-38vs Miami	22	82	3.7	2	11
Bowl	W 52-35@ Washington State	17	120	7.1	2	27
Total		228	1021	4.4	16	30

How he plays

Play style

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

225Carries

1023Yards

13.0%Top-5 share

12.9%Stuffed rate

Just 13.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 12.9% of his carries. 8 carries for 25 yds vs Stanford; 21 for 121 vs Virginia Tech.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

61.5%Carry share

45.3%Q4-lead share

100.0%In competitive games

61.5% of carries overall (224/364) → 45.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (34/75) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

21/33Inside-5 share

21 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (63.6%).