Senior running back for Iowa. 2020: 432 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 1 catch.
5′9″ · 209 lb · Key West, FL
The story
4 running back for Iowa. 2020: 432 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 1 catch.
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 3036 nationally · Signed with Key West
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonMekhi Sargent
This is his third year in the same backfield at Iowa. One game to point at: 101 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Penn State — Week 12, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Iowa, 1,740 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 25-9 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rush tds (82nd percentile). Concern: receptions (4th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 30.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 78.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+8g | 54.0 | 5.5 | 0.9 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2020
W 28–7
vs Wisconsin
51 rush yds (13 car)
Dominant 21-point win at home against Wisconsin.
With T. Taylor — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG · I. Smith-Marsette — -2 rush yds (1 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 20-24@ Purdue | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 1 | 21 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-21vs Northwestern | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-7vs Michigan State | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-7@ Minnesota | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 1 | 36 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-21@ Penn State | 15 | 101 | 6.7 | 2 | 28 | Season-high 101 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 26-20vs Nebraska | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-21@ Illinois | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-7vs Wisconsin | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 76 | 432 | 5.5 | 7 | 36 |
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
26.8% of carries overall (75/280) → 24.2% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/66) — 62.5% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Final Heisman position · 2020
Mekhi Sargent finished 216th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.