Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies
2025 charting · TCU
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025, so treat the maps as a sample.
Run direction12 carries
Career
3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Wisconsin#27 · 4-2 | 4 | 11% | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2025 |  TCU#34 · 9-4 | 7 | 9% | 30 | 139 | 4.6 | 0 | 47.4% |
| 2024 | TCU#34 · 9-4 | 2 | 4% | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 0 | 60.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Nate Palmer's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Nate Palmer'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
| Rushing | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 | vs Notre Dame | L 13–41 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 43 | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Western Illinois | W 36–9 | — | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 126 | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Eastern Michigan | W 54–10 | 4.8 | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Penn State | W 24–20 | — | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 |  Michigan State | W 31–3 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 7 | @ UCLA | L 7–17 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2026 · 4 games | 4.8 | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 169 | · | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 9 | — |
| Yards | 26 | 790th / 1456 |
| Yards / carry | 2.9 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 8 | — |
| Kick returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 6 | — |
| Yards | 169 | — |
| Average | 28.2 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 42 | — |
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
| Game | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Notre Dame | 61 | · | · | 2 | — |
| Wk 2 · Western Illinois | 53 | ~10 (2–19) | 1 | 4 | 19% |
| Wk 3 · Eastern Michigan | 63 | ~22 (15–29) | 7 | · | 35% |
| Wk 4 · Penn State | 66 | ~7 (2–14) | 1 | · | 11% |
| Season | 353 | 39 (19–86) | 9 | 6 | 11% |
Position Room
9 RBs on the Wisconsin roster, ordered by car
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Rec | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Darrion Dupree | RB | JR | 49 | 215 | 4.4 | 2 | 8 | -0.04 |
| 3 | Abu Sama III | RB | SR | 34 | 224 | 6.6 | 1 | 2 | +0.27 |
| 21 | Bryan Jackson II | RB | JR | 22 | 79 | 3.6 | 0 | — | -0.10 |
| 15 | Nate Palmer | RB | JR | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | — | +0.06 |
| 20 | JuJu Pope | RB | JR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Harrison Bortolotti | RB | SO | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Mason Lane | RB | JR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | McCoy Smith | FB | FR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Tyler Jansey | FB | SR | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Wisconsin depth chart →