Player Dossier

2017-2020

Iowa

Mekhi Sargent

RB • 5'9" • 209 lbs • Key West, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Mekhi Sargent leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

46%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

3

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

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
4
Program Path
Iowa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Mekhi Sargent built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Key West, FL wearing No. 10, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Mekhi Sargent's career was his backfield work: 1,740...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9596

Lancaster · Lancaster, TX

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Mekhi Sargent, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Iowa. Mekhi Sargent leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,040
Rushing yards
1,740
Receiving yards
300
Touchdowns
21

Quick Answers

Mekhi Sargent quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,040
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Iowa
Top game
Nebraska
Recruit profile
4-star · Lancaster · Clemson
High school pipeline
Lancaster · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2020 Scrimmage yards rank
438 scrimmage yards · RB 158th (top 27%) · Big Ten 26th (top 12%) · National 329th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonIowa00000-
2018 PostseasonIowa131-34066.1
2018 Regular SeasonIowa139007481521066.1
2019 PostseasonIowa1320200060.7
2019 Regular SeasonIowa13681543138460.7
2020 Regular SeasonIowa84384326756.6

Related Context

Mekhi Sargent played RB for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mekhi Sargent recorded 1,740 rushing yards, 300 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Iowa paired 901 primary output with 45 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 45 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · Iowa

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

69.3

Efficiency

45

Usage

24

Consistency

51.1

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. Mississippi State: 1. Northern Illinois: 46. Iowa State: 25. Northern Iowa: 120. Wisconsin: 14. Minnesota: 33. Indiana: 80. Maryland: 54. Penn State: 106. Purdue: 72. Northwestern: 46. Illinois: 127. Nebraska: 177

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. Mississippi State: 8 by 0.5. Northern Illinois: 13 by 35.6. Iowa State: 11 by 23.7. Northern Iowa: 16 by 61.3. Wisconsin: 6 by 24.3. Minnesota: 9 by 38.2. Indiana: 12 by 64.7. Maryland: 10 by 56.3. Penn State: 17 by 61.5. Purdue: 14 by 45.8. Northwestern: 13 by 31.6. Illinois: 18 by 73.9. Nebraska: 29 by 67

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins73.7 · Games = 9 · +14.2 vs Losses
Losses59.5 · Games = 4 · -14.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Nebraska

Best efficiency game

73.9 vs Illinois

Result
Tue 1/1vs Mississippi StateW 27-227-3-0.400140.1
Fri 11/23vs Nebraska100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 31-28261736.701346.1
Sat 11/17@ Illinois100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 63-0171217.102167.1
Sat 11/10vs NorthwesternL 10-1410272.7003193.5
Sat 11/3@ Purdue2+ TDL 36-3810393.9024335.1
Sat 10/27@ Penn StateL 24-3016915.7001156.2
Sat 10/20vs MarylandW 23-010545.4005.4
Sat 10/13@ IndianaW 42-1610595.9002216.7
Sat 10/6@ MinnesotaW 48-319333.7013.7
Sun 9/23vs WisconsinL 17-286142.3002.3
Sat 9/15vs Northern Iowa2+ TDW 38-1415724.8021487.5
Sat 9/8vs Iowa StateW 13-311252.3012.3
Sat 9/1vs Northern IllinoisW 33-712403.300163.5

Player Story

Mekhi Sargent story

Mekhi Sargent built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Key West, FL wearing No. 10, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Mekhi Sargent's career was his backfield work: 1,740 rushing yards, 354 carries, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 300 receiving yards across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 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 300 receiving yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa.

The arc is straightforward: Mekhi Sargent 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Iowa

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonIowa0
2018 PostseasonIowa9014524901
2018 Regular SeasonIowa90145240
2019 PostseasonIowa70152.918.6-200
2019 Regular SeasonIowa70152.918.60
2020 Regular SeasonIowa43856.318.3-263

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nebraska

Week 13 · W 31-28 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

177

Scrimmage Yards

89 takeover

177 scrimmage yards and 46.8 usage.

#2

vs Miami (OH)

Week 1 · W 38-14

156

Scrimmage Yards

86.5 takeover

Win with 156 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

156 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.

#3

@ Illinois

Week 12 · W 63-0 · Conference game

127

Scrimmage Yards

81.9 takeover

Win with 127 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

127 scrimmage yards and 36 usage.

#4

@ Penn State

Week 12 · W 41-21 · Conference game

101

Scrimmage Yards

79 takeover

Win with 101 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

101 scrimmage yards and 23.4 usage.

#5

@ Minnesota

Week 11 · W 35-7 · Conference game

86

Scrimmage Yards

77.8 takeover

Win with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

86 scrimmage yards and 20.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Iowa

901 primary output · 45 efficiency · 24 usage

66.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Iowa

66.1

901 primary · 45 efficiency · 24 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Iowa

60.7

701 primary · 52.9 efficiency · 18.6 usage

Milestones

3

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

6

2+ TD games