Terrell Newby: RB · Nebraska · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Terrell Newby
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for two head coaches at Nebraska: Bo Pelini and Mike Riley. One game to point at: 140 rushing yards and 26 receiving yards against Illinois — Week 5, 2016.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 18.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 20.6% of his carries. 9 carries for 15 yds vs Tennessee; 27 for 140 vs Illinois.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
37.9% of carries overall (189/499) → 43.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (47/108) — 85.1% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (45.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-10vs Fresno State | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-17vs Wyoming | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-32vs No. 22 Oregon | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-13@ Northwestern | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 1 | 49 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-16vs Illinois | 27 | 140 | 5.2 | 2 | 63 | Season-high 140 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 27-22@ Indiana | 22 | 102 | 4.6 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-14vs Purdue | 22 | 82 | 3.7 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-23@ No. 11 Wisconsin | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-62@ No. 6 Ohio State | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-17vs Minnesota | 16 | 85 | 5.3 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-7vs Maryland | 22 | 98 | 4.5 | 3 | 14 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 13 | L 10-40@ Iowa | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | 7 | |
 Bowl | L 24-38vs Tennessee | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 190 | 879 | 4.6 | 7 | 63 |
Week 12 · 2016
W 28-7
vs Maryland
98 rush yds (22 car) · 3 TD · 2 rec · 16 yds
Dominant 21-point win at home against Maryland.
With R. Fyfe — 220 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.1 · 10 rush yds (5 car) · C. Lightbourn — 44.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 54 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%179 carriesFumble rate
0.5%1 of 190 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.6 yds/carry on 190 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 74.7 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 68.2 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 63.4 | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 72.5 | 4.4 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Riley
Pass share
43.9%
399 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
69.9
13 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
190 carries and 18 catches in 13 games, more touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nebraska, 1,941 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bo Pelini → Mike Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
