LeVante Bellamy

Senior running back for Western Michigan. 2019: 1,472 rushing yards, 23 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Western Michigan · Sr. · #2

5′9″ · 190 lb · Indianapolis, IN

Western Michigan 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1217 nationally · Signed with Western Michigan

Statement game17 car · 178 yds · 4 TDvs Bowling Green (FBS) · W 49-10

Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Western Michigan. 2019: 1,472 rushing yards, 23 rushing TD, 15 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Western Michigan in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Western Michigan, 3,720 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td vs Eastern Michigan.Eastern Michigan · W 27-242018

201513 games

Signed with Western Michigan3-star out of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1217 national

CFB

College

Western Michigan

2015–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2019

2 coaches

2015–2016

P.J. Fleck

Western Michigan

2017–2019

Tim Lester

Western Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Western Michigan8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-leaning

2016Western Michigan13-1HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2017Western Michigan6-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-heavy

2018Western Michigan7-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

2019Western Michigan7-6HC: Tim Lester · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (100th percentile). Strength: carries (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#1 / 326 · 100th pct

Carries#7 / 326 · 98th pct

266

Rush yards#9 / 326 · 97th pct

1472

Long run#30 / 326 · 88th pct

Yards / carry#97 / 326 · 69th pct

5.5

Receptions#93 / 314 · 68th pct

Fumbles lost#53 / 218 · 50th pct

Rec yards#187 / 314 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	126	6.4	2.0
Road6g	98.7	5.3	1.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	103	6.1	1.2
Weeks 8+5g	130	5.7	2.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Western Michigan	266	1,472	5.5	23	--
2018	Western Michigan	205	1,228	6.0	6	--
2017	Western Michigan	49	394	8.0	3	--
2016	Western Michigan	20	133	6.7	1	--
2015	Western Michigan	77	493	6.4	2	--
Career		617	3,720	6.0	35	--

Season	Team
2019	Western Michigan	15	55	3.7	0	--
2018	Western Michigan	30	185	6.2	1	--
2017	Western Michigan	7	54	7.7	0	--
2016	Western Michigan	1	4	4.0	0	--
2015	Western Michigan	4	72	18.0	0	--
Career		57	370	6.5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 48–13

vs Monmouth

53 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 35-point win at home against Monmouth.

With J. Wassink — 368 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5 · -14 rush yds (2 car) · K. Mixon Jr. — 1 rec · 5 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-13vs Monmouth	18	53	2.9	1	12
Wk 2	L 17-51@ Michigan State	15	44	2.9	0	8
Wk 3	W 57-10vs Georgia State	15	192	12.8	3	73	Season-high 192 yds
Wk 4	L 33-52@ Syracuse	15	165	11.0	2	47	165-yard day
Wk 5	W 31-15vs Central Michigan	25	105	4.2	1	21
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Toledo	13	70	5.4	1	39
Wk 7	W 38-16vs Miami (OH)	22	135	6.1	2	47
Wk 8	L 27-34@ Eastern Michigan	28	113	4.0	3	17	3 rushing TDs
Wk 9	W 49-10vs Bowling Green	17	178	10.5	4	75	4 rushing TDs
Wk 11	W 35-31vs Ball State	31	157	5.1	3	16	3 rushing TDs
Wk 12	W 37-34@ Ohio	28	72	2.6	1	20
Wk 14	L 14-17@ Northern Illinois	21	128	6.1	2	55
Bowl	L 20-23vs Western Kentucky	18	60	3.3	0	7
Total		266	1472	5.9	23	75

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