Quali Conley

Former running back at Arizona. 2024: 745 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 39 catches.

RB · Arizona · Sr. · #7

5′10″ · 210 lb · Fresno, CA

CFB Index 55 · #89 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceArizona 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former running back at Arizona. 2024: 745 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 39 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Utah Tech in 2020.
Transferred from San José State to Arizona in 2024.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 3597 nationally · Signed with Utah Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at Arizona, 1,587 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 61 yds at New Mexico.New Mexico · W 52-242023

2020

Signed with Utah Tech2-star out of Central East

202313 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3597 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Jedd Fisch

Arizona

2024

Brent Brennan

Arizona

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jedd Fisch → Brent Brennan. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023San José State7-6HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Arizona4-8HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Rotational starter #89 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (95th percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile). Concern: success rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#98 / 442 · 78th pct

9.3%

TD rate#180 / 442 · 59th pct

5.3%

Yards / carry#262 / 442 · 41st pct

5.0

EPA / carry#376 / 442 · 15th pct

0.01

Success rate#398 / 442 · 10th pct

35.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#16 / 330 · 95th pct

Rec yards#33 / 330 · 90th pct

245

Rush TDs#71 / 335 · 76th pct

Carries#81 / 335 · 76th pct

150

Rush yards#88 / 335 · 74th pct

745

Long run#111 / 335 · 67th pct

Yards / carry#158 / 335 · 51st pct

5.0

Fumbles lost#157 / 204 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

60th → 15th percentile

Success rate

51st → 10th percentile

Explosive rate

86th → 78th percentile

Yards / carry

83rd → 41st percentile

TD rate

64th → 59th 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

150 carries

24%

Stuffed (≤0)

37%

Grind (1–3)

23%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	78.0	6.2	0.9
Road5g	39.8	2.9	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	76.3	5.7	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	47.8	3.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #89 of 310 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #89 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arizona	150	745	5.0	8	--
2023	San José State	131	842	6.4	9	--
Career		281	1,587	5.6	17	--

Season	Team
2024	Arizona	39	245	6.3	1	--
2023	San José State	27	269	10.0	0	--
Career		66	514	7.8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 23–10

at Utah

72 rush yds (14 car)

With N. Fifita — 197 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.4 · 10 rush yds (2 car) · M. Salgado-Medina — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · New Mexico · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +4.81Quali Conley run for 51 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 12 · Houston · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.84Quali Conley run for 50 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 9 · West Virginia · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA -3.66Quali Conley run for 16 yds to the WVU 19 Quali Conley fumbled, recovered by WVU Garnett Hollis Jr. G. Hollis Jr. return for 0 yds
Week 6 · Texas Tech · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.64Quali Conley run for no gain to the TTU 20
Week 2 · Northern Arizona · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Quali Conley run for 58 yds to the NAU 2 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · New Mexico · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +3.52Quali Conley run for 23 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 7 · BYU · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.41Quali Conley run for no gain to the BYU 24
Week 14 · Arizona State · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -2.76Quali Conley run for 1 yd to the ASU 30
Week 12 · Houston · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.54Noah Fifita pass complete to Quali Conley for 13 yds for a TD (Tyler Loop KICK)
Week 2 · Northern Arizona · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA -2.06Quali Conley run for a loss of 5 yards to the NAU 45

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 61-39vs New Mexico	10	90	9.0	3	51	3 rushing TDs
Wk 2	W 22-10vs Northern Arizona	17	112	6.6	0	58	Season-high 112 yds
Wk 3	L 7-31@ Kansas State	14	48	3.4	1	14
Wk 5	W 23-10@ Utah	14	72	5.1	0	23
Wk 6	L 22-28vs Texas Tech	14	97	6.9	1	20
Wk 7	L 19-41@ BYU	13	39	3.0	1	13
Wk 8	L 7-34vs Colorado	11	42	3.8	0	12
Wk 9	L 26-31vs West Virginia	16	72	4.5	1	18
Wk 10	L 12-56@ UCF	7	-2	-0.3	0	4
Wk 12	W 27-3vs Houston	11	107	9.7	1	50
Wk 13	L 28-49@ TCU	13	42	3.2	0	17
Wk 14	L 7-49vs Arizona State	10	26	2.6	0	10
Total		150	745	4.8	8	58

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

150Carries

745Yards

27.5%Top-5 share

24.0%Stuffed rate

Just 27.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 24.0% of his carries. 7 carries for -2 yds vs UCF; 17 for 112 vs Northern Arizona.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

49.2%Carry share

47.1%Q4-lead share

70.8%In competitive games

49.2% of carries overall (147/299) → 47.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (24/51) — 70.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

9/163rd/4th & short

9 of 16 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (56.2%).