Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Northwestern
John Moten IV
RB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
John Moten IV leans balanced backfield option traits and 20.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
17
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
John Moten IV built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 20, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of John Moten IV's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
John Moten IV, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Northwestern. John Moten IV leans balanced backfield option traits and 20.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 771
- Rushing yards
- 628
- Receiving yards
- 143
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
John Moten IV quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 771
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Northwestern
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · John Burroughs School · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- John Burroughs School · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Senior
- 2019 Scrimmage yards rank
- 66 scrimmage yards · RB 480th (top 72%) · Big Ten 174th (top 63%) · National 1,592nd (top 63%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Northwestern | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 48.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 373 | 329 | 44 | 2 | 48.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 6 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 28.2 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 265 | 203 | 62 | 3 | 48.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 66 | 29 | 37 | 1 | 21.5 |
Related Context
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John Moten IV played RB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, John Moten IV recorded 628 rushing yards, 143 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Northwestern paired 384 primary output with 46.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 20.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
5
Scrimmage Yards / G
13.2
Efficiency
20.2
Usage
7.1
Consistency
28.5
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 18. UNLV: 6. Nebraska: 45. Ohio State: -1. Iowa: -2
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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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 6 by 18.8. UNLV: 3 by 17.7. Nebraska: 7 by 64.3. Ohio State: 2 by 0. Iowa: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins6 · Games = 1 · -9 vs Losses
Losses15 · Games = 4 · +9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
64.3 vs Nebraska
Player Story
John Moten IV story
John Moten IV built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a running back from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 20, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of John Moten IV's career was his backfield work: 628 rushing yards, 134 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 143 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 143 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 184 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives John Moten IV's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northwestern
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Northwestern | 384 | 46.8 | 8.4 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 384 | 46.8 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 55 | 36.6 | 4.5 | -329 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 266 | 33.4 | 10.5 | 211 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 266 | 33.4 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 66 | 20.2 | 7.1 | -200 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 11 · W 45-17 · Conference game
Win with 139 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
139
Scrimmage Yards
83.6 takeover
139 scrimmage yards and 24.6 usage.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 13 · W 42-21 · Conference game
128
Scrimmage Yards
81.6 takeover
Win with 128 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
128 scrimmage yards and 22.6 usage.
#3
@ Ohio State
Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game
76
Scrimmage Yards
74.1 takeover
Loss with 76 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
76 scrimmage yards and 7.8 usage.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 13 · W 42-7 · Conference game
19
Scrimmage Yards
66.3 takeover
Win with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
19 scrimmage yards and 3.3 usage.
#5
@ Nebraska
Week 6 · L 10-13 · Conference game
45
Scrimmage Yards
65.9 takeover
Loss with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
45 scrimmage yards and 11.7 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Northwestern
384 primary output · 46.8 efficiency · 8.4 usage
48.5
#2
2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
48.5
384 primary · 46.8 efficiency · 8.4 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Northwestern
48.4
266 primary · 33.4 efficiency · 10.5 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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