#21

Isaiah Carlson

RBJunior6' 2", 220 lbsSeattle, WA
San José State Spartans4-3 · TDC #122
Snap share
12%
likely 7–30%
Rush yards
62
573rd of 1453 in FBS
Yards / carry
3.9
Rush TD
0
Receptions
1
1611th of 1994 in FBS
EPA / play
-0.23
16 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

16 plays · -3.7 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays-0.23
Passing-0.28
Rushing-0.23
1st down-0.12
2nd down+0.19
3rd down+0.36
Standard downs-0.28
Passing downs+0.11
CarlsonRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays5%
Pass plays1%
Run plays10%
1st down6%
2nd down3%
3rd down5%
Standard downs6%
Passing downs2%
CarlsonRB average

Advanced

Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume

RushingValueFBS rank
Carries16—
Success rate43.8%—
Explosive run rate6.2%—
Stuffed at the line25.0%—
First downs4—
Red-zone carries5—
Goal-line carries1—

Charting

Where Carlson's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction16 carries

Left
31%
5.0 YPC · 60% succ.
Middle
50%
2.6 YPC · 13% succ.
Right
19%
5.3 YPC · 67% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.

Career

3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnaps
2026 so farSan José State#122 · 4-3512%
2025UCLA#89 · 3-911%
2023UCLA#35 · 8-511%

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Isaiah Carlson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Isaiah Carlson's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

5.3 avg. game scoreBest: 5.7 at UTEP (Week 7)0 of 2 games at 8.0+
Rushing
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLong
1@USCL 26–42—3-2-0.701
1@Eastern MichiganW 27–21—no stats recorded
2Cal PolyW 30–204.84205.008
3Fresno StateL 10–26—263.003
5@Hawai'iW 20–16—no stats recorded
6WyomingL 13–16—100.000
7@UTEPW 24–115.76386.3016
2026 · 5 games5.316623.9016

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries16—
Yards62573rd / 1453
Yards / carry3.9—
Touchdowns0—
Long16—
Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions11611th / 1994
Yards21928th / 1980
Yards / catch2—
Touchdowns0—
Long2—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · USC56~11 (3–21)320%
Wk 2 · Cal Poly78~13 (3–25)417%
Wk 3 · Fresno State70~11 (3–21)216%
Wk 6 · Wyoming66~6 (2–12)19%
Wk 7 · UTEP58~17 (12–22)729%
Season46658 (32–138)1712%

Position Room

7 RBs on the San José State roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
6Jabari BatesRBSR1205564.619+0.02
20Viliami TeuRBJR342427.121+0.37
21Isaiah CarlsonRBJR16623.901-0.23
22Tyler JacklichRBJR——————
24Sir AutryRBFR——————
26Courshawn HillRBFR——————
28Aaron Cox Jr.RBFR——————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. San José State depth chart →