#20

Rashaad Penny

Former running back at San Diego State. 2017: 2,248 rushing yards, 23 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · San Diego State · #20

5′11″ · 220 lb · Norwalk, CA

Seattle — drafted 2018, Rd 1, Pick 27, #27 overall

The story

Former running back at San Diego State. 2017: 2,248 rushing yards, 23 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Drafted round 1 by the Seattle in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at San Diego State, 3,643 rushing yards — drafted at #27 overall by Seattle.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Drafted by Seattleround 1, pick 27

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

San Diego State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #27

Seattle · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Rocky Long

San Diego State

Played his entire career under Rocky Long.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 9th NFL season

#27Rd 1 · Pick 27

SeattleEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Rocky Long — 39-15 over that span.

2014San Diego State7-6HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2015San Diego State11-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2016San Diego State11-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2017San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (100th percentile). Strength: rush tds (100th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#1 / 328 · 100th pct

2248

Rush TDs#2 / 328 · 100th pct

Carries#3 / 328 · 99th pct

289

Long run#3 / 328 · 99th pct

Yards / carry#7 / 328 · 98th pct

7.8

Receptions#57 / 315 · 81st pct

Rec yards#94 / 315 · 70th pct

135

Fumbles lost#167 / 221 · 17th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	147	6.4	1.1
Road6g	204	10.1	2.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	158	7.8	1.8
Weeks 8+5g	196	8.6	1.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	San Diego State	289	2,248	7.8	23	--
2016	San Diego State	135	1,005	7.4	11	--
2015	San Diego State	61	368	6.0	4	--
2014	San Diego State	2	22	11.0	0	--
Career		487	3,643	7.5	38	--

Season	Team
2017	San Diego State	19	135	7.1	2	--
2016	San Diego State	15	224	14.9	3	--
2015	San Diego State	8	120	15.0	1	--
2014	San Diego State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		42	479	11.4	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017

W 20–17

vs Stanford

175 rush yds (32 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Heicklen — 38 AVG · 49 LONG · 5 NO · C. Chapman — 187 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 38.1 · -38 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week