#21

Maleek Irons

Senior running back for Ohio. 2018: 831 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 6 catches.

RB · Ohio · Sr. · #21

6′0″ · 224 lb · Chilliwack, BC

Ohio 2018 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Ohio. 2018: 831 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 6 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Ohio in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 3336 nationally · Signed with Ohio

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Ohio, 1,468 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Ohio2-star out of WJ Mouat Secondary

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3336 national

CFB

College

Ohio

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2016

Frank Solich

Ohio

2018

Frank Solich

Ohio

Played his entire career under Frank Solich.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Frank Solich — 25-15 over that span.

2015Ohio8-5HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2016Ohio8-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2018Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (91st percentile). Concern: rec yards (27th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#30 / 339 · 91st pct

6.6

Rush TDs#70 / 339 · 77th pct

Rush yards#83 / 339 · 76th pct

831

Carries#121 / 339 · 64th pct

126

Long run#198 / 339 · 41st pct

Receptions#226 / 326 · 28th pct

Rec yards#235 / 326 · 27th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	105	7.9	0.8
Road5g	40.6	4.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	65.8	5.7	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	83.7	6.9	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Ohio	126	831	6.6	8	--
2016	Ohio	95	439	4.6	5	--
2015	Ohio	33	198	6.0	4	--
Career		254	1,468	5.8	17	--

Season	Team
2018	Ohio	6	41	6.8	1	--
2016	Ohio	14	96	6.9	0	--
2015	Ohio	3	33	11.0	0	--
Career		23	170	7.4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 38–32

vs Howard

52 rush yds (9 car)

Edged out Howard at home in a shootout.

With M. Farkas — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG · Q. Maxwell — 233 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 21 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-32vs Howard	9	52	5.8	0	14
Wk 3	L 31-45@ Virginia	11	43	3.9	2	14
Wk 4	L 30-34@ Cincinnati	12	64	5.3	0	22
Wk 5	W 58-42vs Massachusetts	13	140	10.8	2	41	Season-high 140 yds
Wk 7	L 21-24@ Northern Illinois	11	30	2.7	0	11
Wk 8	W 49-14vs Bowling Green	12	116	9.7	0	17
Wk 9	W 52-14vs Ball State	16	102	6.4	2	22
Wk 10	W 59-14@ Western Michigan	8	49	6.1	0	18
Wk 11	L 28-30@ Miami (OH)	4	17	4.3	1	10
Wk 12	W 52-17vs Buffalo	12	92	7.7	1	42
Wk 13	W 49-28vs Akron	18	126	7.0	0	34
Total		126	831	6.3	8	42

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

Maleek Irons

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

Heisman trajectory

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