Player Dossier

2019-2024

Wisconsin

Chez Mellusi

RB • 5'11" • 212 lbs • Naples, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Chez Mellusi leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

66

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Clemson • Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Chez Mellusi built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Naples, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Clemson and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Chez Mellusi's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9105

Naples · Naples, FL

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Chez Mellusi, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin. Chez Mellusi leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,412
Rushing yards
2,254
Receiving yards
158
Touchdowns
22

Quick Answers

Chez Mellusi quick answers

Latest team and position
Wisconsin · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,412
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
4-star · Naples · Clemson
High school pipeline
Naples · 37 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
249 scrimmage yards · RB 313th (top 44%) · Big Ten 115th (top 34%) · National 879th (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonClemson112762760339
2020 Regular SeasonClemson918915138439
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin988181566577.5
2022 PostseasonWisconsin977770159.2
2022 Regular SeasonWisconsin942139625259.2
2023 Regular SeasonWisconsin431930712453.4
2024 Regular SeasonWisconsin424923217358

Related Context

Chez Mellusi played RB for Clemson and Wisconsin. Across 6 tracked seasons, Chez Mellusi recorded 2,254 rushing yards, 158 receiving yards, and 22 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Wisconsin paired 881 primary output with 47.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 47.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, Wisconsin.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

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

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2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin

Games

9

Scrimmage Yards / G

97.9

Efficiency

47.8

Usage

33

Consistency

67.8

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 129. Eastern Michigan: 144. Notre Dame: 93. Michigan: 21. Illinois: 145. Army: 66. Purdue: 160. Iowa: 48. Rutgers: 75

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 33 by 40.7. Eastern Michigan: 20 by 75. Notre Dame: 20 by 38.1. Michigan: 7 by 26. Illinois: 22 by 70.6. Army: 16 by 43. Purdue: 28 by 58.3. Iowa: 19 by 26.3. Rutgers: 15 by 52.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins106.3 · Games = 6 · +25.3 vs Losses
Losses81 · Games = 3 · -25.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

75 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Sat 11/6@ RutgersW 52-31575515
Sat 10/30vs IowaW 27-719482.5002.5
Sat 10/23@ Purdue100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 30-13271495.5011115.7
Sun 10/17vs ArmyW 20-1416664.1004.1
Sat 10/9@ Illinois100 rush yardsW 24-0211456.901106.6
Sat 10/2vs MichiganL 17-386132.200183
Sat 9/25vs Notre DameL 13-411854302394.7
Sat 9/11vs Eastern Michigan100 rush yardsW 34-7201447.2017.2
Sat 9/4vs Penn State100 rush yardsL 10-16311213.901283.9

Player Story

Chez Mellusi story

Chez Mellusi built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Naples, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Clemson and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Chez Mellusi's career was his backfield work: 2,254 rushing yards, 463 carries, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 158 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His career also includes 158 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chez Mellusi's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Clemson

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wisconsin

    2021-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonClemson27650.46.4
2020 Regular SeasonClemson18953.85.9-87
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin88147.833692
2022 PostseasonWisconsin49843.422.6-383
2022 Regular SeasonWisconsin49843.422.60
2023 Regular SeasonWisconsin31955.622.9-179
2024 Regular SeasonWisconsin24942.927.7-70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 8 · W 30-13 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

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Scrimmage Yards

86.1 takeover

160 scrimmage yards and 50 usage.

#2

vs Buffalo

Week 1 · W 38-17

157

Scrimmage Yards

86 takeover

Win with 157 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

157 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.

#3

@ Illinois

Week 6 · W 24-0 · Conference game

145

Scrimmage Yards

83.3 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

145 scrimmage yards and 31 usage.

#4

@ Nebraska

Week 12 · W 15-14 · Conference game

98

Scrimmage Yards

82.9 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

98 scrimmage yards and 35 usage.

#5

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 2 · W 34-7

144

Scrimmage Yards

81.9 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

144 scrimmage yards and 28.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin

881 primary output · 47.8 efficiency · 33 usage

77.5

#2

2022 Postseason · Wisconsin

59.2

498 primary · 43.4 efficiency · 22.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin

59.2

498 primary · 43.4 efficiency · 22.6 usage

Milestones

5

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games