RB#29
Kalen Ballage
gsis_id 00-0034799
PIT
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2020 weekly average
- Rush yds over expected
- -17.7
- RYOE / attempt
- -0.62
- Efficiency
- 4.66
- Time to line of scrimmage
- 2.74s
- 8+ defenders in box
- 19.3%
- Yards / carry
- 3.45
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2021 season total / average
- Yds before contact / att
- 0.81
- Yds after contact / att
- 1.73
- Yds after contact
- 32
- Broken tackles (rush)
- 0
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 0
- Drops
- 2
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rush EPA | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 0 | -1.2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7.7 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 231 lb
- College
- Arizona State (Pacific Twelve Conference)
- Draft
- 2018 · Rd 4 · Pk 131 · MIA
- Rookie season
- 2018
- Experience
- 4 yr
- Status
- ACT
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2020 · RB cohort of 55
Each of ryoe / att, efficiency, time to los, yards / carry, 8+ box rate is z-scored across every qualified RB in 2020; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Joshua KelleyRB · LAC · distance 0.29
- RYOE / att
- -0.76
- Efficiency
- 4.62
- Time to LOS
- 2.66
- Yards / carry
- 3.19
- 8+ box rate
- 20.7
Giovani BernardRB · CIN · distance 0.48
- RYOE / att
- -0.80
- Efficiency
- 4.45
- Time to LOS
- 2.63
- Yards / carry
- 3.35
- 8+ box rate
- 12.1
Benny SnellRB · PIT · distance 0.49
- RYOE / att
- -0.39
- Efficiency
- 4.51
- Time to LOS
- 2.74
- Yards / carry
- 3.32
- 8+ box rate
- 29.7
Todd GurleyRB · ATL · distance 0.53
- RYOE / att
- -0.54
- Efficiency
- 4.64
- Time to LOS
- 2.84
- Yards / carry
- 3.48
- 8+ box rate
- 21.5
Joe MixonRB · CIN · distance 0.62
- RYOE / att
- -0.25
- Efficiency
- 4.46
- Time to LOS
- 2.72
- Yards / carry
- 3.60
- 8+ box rate
- 8.4
Kalen Ballage baseline
- RYOE / att
- -0.57
- Efficiency
- 4.50
- Time to LOS
- 2.71
- Yards / carry
- 3.33
- 8+ box rate
- 19.8