Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Nebraska
Mikale Wilbon
RB • 5'9" • 220 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Mikale Wilbon leans balanced backfield option traits and 19.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
2
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
14
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Player Story
Mikale Wilbon built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 21, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Mikale Wilbon's career was his backfield work: 510...
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- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Mikale Wilbon, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska. Mikale Wilbon leans balanced backfield option traits and 19.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 652
- Rushing yards
- 510
- Receiving yards
- 142
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Mikale Wilbon quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 652
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Northern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · De La Salle Institute · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- De La Salle Institute · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2018 Scrimmage yards rank
- 7 scrimmage yards · RB 658th (top 96%) · Big Ten 269th (top 90%) · National 2,515th (top 91%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Nebraska | 2 | 63 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2016 Postseason | Nebraska | 8 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8 | 124 | 90 | 34 | 0 | 33.2 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 459 | 379 | 80 | 6 | 59.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 |
Related Context
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Mikale Wilbon played RB for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mikale Wilbon recorded 510 rushing yards, 142 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 459 primary output with 42.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 19.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
2.3
Efficiency
19.1
Usage
2.4
Consistency
54.8
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 0. Bethune-Cookman: 2. Illinois: 5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Split Comparison
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Wins3.5 · Games = 2 · +3.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -3.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Bethune-Cookman
Player Story
Mikale Wilbon story
Mikale Wilbon built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Chicago, IL wearing No. 21, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Mikale Wilbon's career was his backfield work: 510 rushing yards, 116 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 142 receiving yards across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Nebraska. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 142 receiving yards and 3 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Mikale Wilbon moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Nebraska
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Nebraska | 63 | 54.7 | 9 | 63 |
| 2016 Postseason | Nebraska | 123 | 50.3 | 4.5 | 60 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Nebraska | 123 | 50.3 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 459 | 42.4 | 18.2 | 336 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 7 | 19.1 | 2.4 | -452 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northern Illinois
Week 3 · L 17-21
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
104
Scrimmage Yards
79.8 takeover
104 scrimmage yards and 44.3 usage.
#2
@ Northwestern
Week 4 · W 24-13 · Conference game
61
Scrimmage Yards
72.4 takeover
Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61 scrimmage yards and 10.8 usage.
#3
vs Rutgers
Week 4 · W 27-17 · Conference game
76
Scrimmage Yards
66.8 takeover
Win with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
#4
@ Penn State
Week 12 · L 44-56 · Conference game
71
Scrimmage Yards
64 takeover
Loss with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
71 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 13 · L 14-56 · Conference game
57
Scrimmage Yards
60.9 takeover
Loss with 57 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
57 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Nebraska
459 primary output · 42.4 efficiency · 18.2 usage
59.6
#2
2015 Regular Season · Nebraska
41.6
63 primary · 54.7 efficiency · 9 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Nebraska
33.2
123 primary · 50.3 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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