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Northwestern · 2026

Robby Preckel

RBSophomore6' 3", 230 lbsWildwood, MO
Northwestern Wildcats5-1 · TDC #26
Snap share
13%
likely 7–31%

Efficiency & Role

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

EPA per play by situation

5 plays · -9.8 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays-1.97
Passing-2.34
Rushing-0.47
1st down-0.24
3rd down-1.08
Standard downs-1.58
Passing downs-2.55
PreckelRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays2%
Pass plays3%
Run plays1%
1st down1%
2nd down0%
3rd down2%
Standard downs1%
Passing downs2%
PreckelRB average
2025 charting · Northwestern

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 direction34 carries

Left
29%
4.9 YPC · 70% succ.
Middle
44%
2.1 YPC · 40% succ.
Right
26%
4.2 YPC · 56% 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

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

SeasonTeamGSnapsCarRush ydsY/CRush TDRush SR
2026 so farNorthwestern#26 · 5-1513%111.000.0%
2025Northwestern#59 · 7-6714%421493.5044.1%

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

Game Log

Robby Preckel'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

Receiving
WkOpponentResultRecYdsY/RTDLong
1South Dakota StateW 34–18no stats recorded
3ColoradoW 41–7·····
4@IndianaL 23–29144.004
5Penn StateW 34–13no stats recorded
6Ball StateW 45–14no stats recorded
7@Michigan StateW 24–21no stats recorded
2026 · 2 games144.004

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries1—
Yards11289th / 1456
Yards / carry1—
Touchdowns0—
Long1—
Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions11613th / 1995
Yards41875th / 1981
Yards / catch4—
Touchdowns0—
Long4—

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 3 · Colorado73~8 (2–16)111%
Wk 4 · Indiana56~10 (2–19)118%
Wk 5 · Penn State69~10 (2–19)114%
Wk 6 · Ball State55~10 (2–19)118%
Wk 7 · Michigan State71~11 (3–21)115%
Season37849 (27–116)513%

Position Room

8 RBs on the Northwestern roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
5Caleb KomolafeRBJR754015.3411+0.18
Gavin SawchukRB412095.101-0.04
6Joseph Himon IIRBSR3034611.535+0.53
22Daniel AndersonRBFR61830—-0.26
12Marcus RomainRBFR451.30—-0.33
36Sean Morris IIRBFR21050—+0.11
41Robby PreckelRBSO11101-1.97
7Mar'Kel PorterRBSO——————

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. Northwestern depth chart →