Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Iowa
Ivory Kelly-Martin
RB • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Plainfield, IL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ivory Kelly-Martin leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Player Story
Ivory Kelly-Martin built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Plainfield, IL wearing No. 21, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Ivory Kelly-Martin's career was his backfield...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Ivory Kelly-Martin, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Iowa. Ivory Kelly-Martin leans balanced backfield option traits and 41.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,003
- Rushing yards
- 804
- Receiving yards
- 199
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Ivory Kelly-Martin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,003
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- Maryland
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Oswego East · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Oswego East · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 251 scrimmage yards · RB 331st (top 49%) · Big Ten 94th (top 33%) · National 883rd (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa | 11 | 209 | 184 | 25 | 4 | 33.4 |
| 2018 Postseason | Iowa | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa | 8 | 419 | 341 | 78 | 2 | 66.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa | 3 | 48 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 7 | 76 | 54 | 22 | 0 | 24 |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 10 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 46.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 10 | 222 | 190 | 32 | 1 | 46.5 |
Related Context
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Ivory Kelly-Martin played RB for Iowa. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ivory Kelly-Martin recorded 804 rushing yards, 199 receiving yards, and 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Iowa.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Iowa paired 419 primary output with 34.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 41.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Win with 74 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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2021 Postseason · Iowa
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
25.1
Efficiency
41.5
Usage
9.6
Consistency
57.3
Best Game by takeover score
Maryland
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 29. Indiana: 44. Iowa State: 30. Kent State: 30. Colorado State: 0. Maryland: 74. Penn State: 15. Purdue: 30. Wisconsin: -1. Illinois: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 3 by 90.3. Indiana: 8 by 57.3. Iowa State: 9 by 35.8. Kent State: 7 by 37.6. Colorado State: 2 by 0. Maryland: 10 by 79.3. Penn State: 5 by 31.3. Purdue: 7 by 41.8. Wisconsin: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins27.6 · Games = 7 · +8.2 vs Losses
Losses19.3 · Games = 3 · -8.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Maryland
Best efficiency game
90.3 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/1 | @ Kentucky | L 17-20 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9.7 |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Illinois | W 33-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Wisconsin | L 7-27 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Purdue | L 7-24 | 6 | 23 | 3.80 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Penn State | W 23-20 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Maryland | W 51-14 | 8 | 62 | 7.80 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7.4 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Colorado State | W 24-14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Kent State | W 30-7 | 6 | 19 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Iowa State | W 27-17 | 8 | 28 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Indiana | W 34-6 | 8 | 44 | 5.50 | 0 | — | — | 5.5 |
Player Story
Ivory Kelly-Martin story
Ivory Kelly-Martin built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Plainfield, IL wearing No. 21, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Ivory Kelly-Martin's career was his backfield work: 804 rushing yards, 181 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 199 receiving yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Iowa. 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 199 receiving yards, 10 tackles, and 525 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa.
The arc is straightforward: Ivory Kelly-Martin 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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Iowa
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820182019202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa | 209 | 64.3 | 3.7 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Iowa | 419 | 34.4 | 23.4 | 210 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa | 419 | 34.4 | 23.4 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa | 48 | 56.7 | 4.4 | -371 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 76 | 40.2 | 3.9 | 28 |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 251 | 41.5 | 9.6 | 175 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 251 | 41.5 | 9.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Maryland
Week 8 · W 23-0 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
96
Scrimmage Yards
80.5 takeover
96 scrimmage yards and 39.7 usage.
#2
vs Wisconsin
Week 4 · L 17-28 · Conference game
79
Scrimmage Yards
77.9 takeover
Loss with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
79 scrimmage yards and 34.1 usage.
#3
@ Nebraska
Week 13 · W 56-14 · Conference game
90
Scrimmage Yards
76.2 takeover
Win with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90 scrimmage yards and 10 usage.
#4
@ Maryland
Week 5 · W 51-14 · Conference game
74
Scrimmage Yards
74.4 takeover
Win with 74 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
74 scrimmage yards and 15.4 usage.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 6 · W 48-31 · Conference game
87
Scrimmage Yards
73.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
87 scrimmage yards and 34.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Iowa
419 primary output · 34.4 efficiency · 23.4 usage
66.8
#2
2018 Regular Season · Iowa
66.8
419 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 23.4 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Iowa
46.5
251 primary · 41.5 efficiency · 9.6 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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