#24

Zach Charbonnet

Former running back at UCLA. 2022: 1,359 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 37 catches.

RB · UCLA · Sr. · #24

6′1″ · 220 lb · Camarillo, CA

CFB Index 93 · #3 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceAll-AmericanSeattle — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 21, #52 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 46 nationally · Signed with Michigan

Career night24 car · 181 yds · 3 TDvs Arizona (FBS) · L 28-34

Top 1% rushing yards game since 2021.

Charbonnet said DTR isn’t keeping the ball, I’m taking it no matter whatr/CFB game thread · ▲ 9His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at UCLA. 2022: 1,359 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 37 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2019.
Transferred from Michigan to UCLA in 2021.
Drafted round 2 by the Seattle in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UCLA, 3,346 rushing yards, an All-American season (2022) — drafted at #52 overall by Seattle.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201913 games

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Oaks Christian

202112 games

Entered the portal
All-Pac-12Second Team

202210 games

All-Americafirst
All-Pac-12First Team

2023

Drafted by Seattleround 2, pick 52

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#46 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #52

Seattle · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2022)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Chip Kelly

UCLA

Played his entire career under Chip Kelly.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 4th NFL season

#52Rd 2 · Pick 21

SeattleEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021UCLA8-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2022UCLA9-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

93All-America level #3 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: yards / carry (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#25 / 398 · 94th pct

13.3%

Yards / carry#32 / 398 · 92nd pct

7.0

EPA / carry#44 / 398 · 89th pct

0.44

Success rate#48 / 398 · 88th pct

56.9%

TD rate#78 / 398 · 80th pct

7.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#8 / 338 · 98th pct

321

Yards / carry#9 / 346 · 97th pct

7.0

Receptions#10 / 338 · 97th pct

Rush TDs#16 / 346 · 95th pct

Rush yards#19 / 346 · 95th pct

1359

Carries#40 / 346 · 89th pct

195

Long run#149 / 346 · 56th pct

Fumbles lost#61 / 244 · 48th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

77th → 89th percentile

Success rate

67th → 88th percentile

Explosive rate

76th → 94th percentile

Yards / carry

73rd → 92nd percentile

TD rate

75th → 80th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	141	6.8	1.3
Road3g	125	8.1	1.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	123	7.5	1.2
Weeks 8+5g	149	6.9	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-American

Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

93 · #3 of 317 RBs

Former four-star. Now #3 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UCLA	195	1,359	7.0	14	--
2021	UCLA	202	1,137	5.6	13	--
2020	Michigan	19	124	6.5	1	--
2019	Michigan	149	726	4.9	11	--
Career		565	3,346	5.9	39	--

Season	Team
2022	UCLA	37	321	8.7	--
2021	UCLA	24	197	8.2	--
2020	Michigan	6	41	6.8	--
2019	Michigan	8	30	3.8	--
Career		75	589	7.9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 42–32

vs Utah

198 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.

With D. Thompson-Robinson — 299 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.9 · 8 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · K. Allen — 6 rec · 41 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Stanford · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +4.66Zach Charbonnet run for 37 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 4 · Colorado · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +4.51Zach Charbonnet run for 46 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 6 · Utah · 2&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.95Zach Charbonnet run for 49 yds to the Utah 8 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Alabama · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.83Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Zach Charbonnet for 44 yds to the SAlab 44 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Washington · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.83Zach Charbonnet run for no gain to the Wash 16
Week 4 · Colorado · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.66Zach Charbonnet run for 35 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 11 · Arizona · 2&22 · Q4 · EPA +3.66Zach Charbonnet run for 36 yds to the Ariz 5 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Utah · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Zach Charbonnet run for 44 yds to the Utah 31 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Arizona · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.19Zach Charbonnet run for 37 yds to the UCLA 49 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Colorado · 1&13 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Zach Charbonnet run for 13 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-17vs Bowling Green	21	111	5.3	1	16
Wk 3	W 32-31vs South Alabama	13	78	6.0	0	20
Wk 4	W 45-17@ Colorado	9	104	11.6	3	46	3 rushing TDs
Wk 5	W 40-32vs Washington	22	124	5.6	1	22
Wk 6	W 42-32vs Utah	22	198	9.0	1	49	Season-high 198 yds
Wk 8	L 30-45@ Oregon	20	151	7.6	1	33	151-yard day
Wk 9	W 38-13vs Stanford	21	198	9.4	3	37	3 rushing TDs
Wk 11	L 28-34vs Arizona	24	181	7.5	3	37	3 rushing TDs
Wk 12	L 45-48vs USC	19	95	5.0	0	19
Wk 13	W 35-28@ California	24	119	5.0	1	17
Total		195	1359	7.2	14	49