Ka'Deem Carey in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: 416th Theater Engineer Command Army Reserve, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Arizona, 2011–⁠13

Ka’Deem Carey

Number
No. 25
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Tucson, AZ
Born
Oct 30, 1992, in Tucson, Arizona

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Ka’Deem Carey played running back at Arizona (2011–⁠13). He finished 10th in the 2013 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2012 and 2013. The Chicago Bears took Carey in round 4, No. 117 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,929
Rushing yards, 2012 (Arizona, 8–⁠5)
Best game
366 yards
Vs. Colorado, week 11, 2012: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in rushing yards, 2012
Drafted
No. 117
Round 4, 2014 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Career highs

366rushing yards, career highvs. Colorado, 20125rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Colorado, 20127catches, career highat Stanford, 2012

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Arizona914254.7633
2012Arizona3031,9296.42373
2013Arizona3491,8855.41958
Career7434,2395.74873

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Arizona1520313.5241
2012Arizona363038.4147
2013Arizona261736.7124
Career776798.8447

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2011Arizona265490
2012Arizona1160
Career275650

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Arizona25RB
2012Arizona25RB
2013Arizona25RB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Arizona3550.1266th (n=226)0.0741.638%0.09

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Arizona 12 games, 1,885 rushing yards, 19 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 7atUNLVW 58–⁠1316171258––
Sep 14vs.UTSAW 38–⁠1327128211233
Sep 28atWashingtonL 13–⁠3130132113449
Oct 10atUSCL 31–⁠3821138039636
Oct 19vs.UtahW 35–⁠243923214431
Oct 26atColoradoW 44–⁠2023119430312
Nov 2atCaliforniaW 33–⁠2832152021––
Nov 9vs.UCLAL 26–⁠312814912412
Nov 16vs.Washington StateL 17–⁠2426132130645
Nov 23vs.OregonW 42–⁠16482064201−5
Nov 30atArizona StateL 21–⁠5832157128––
Dec 31 ✦vs.Boston CollegeW 42–⁠1927169227––
2012 Arizona 13 games, 1,929 rushing yards, 23 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.ToledoW 24–⁠172014717318
Sep 8vs.Oklahoma StateW 59–⁠3826126336428
Sep 15vs.South Carolina StateW 56–⁠01371115111
Sep 22atOregonL 0–⁠492179023437
Sep 29vs.Oregon StateL 35–⁠3817115225468
Oct 6atStanfordL 48–⁠5429132313768
Oct 20vs.WashingtonW 52–⁠172917212212
Oct 27vs.USCW 39–⁠362811911528
Nov 3atUCLAL 10–⁠661654119417
Nov 10vs.ColoradoW 56–⁠3125366571234
Nov 17atUtahW 34–⁠242620412828
Nov 23vs.Arizona StateL 34–⁠41251721361−1
Dec 15 ✦vs.NevadaW 49–⁠4828172328315
2011 Arizona 11 games, 425 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Northern ArizonaW 41–⁠1095901115
Sep 8atOklahoma StateL 14–⁠376190614
Sep 17vs.StanfordL 10–⁠3762501214
Sep 24vs.OregonL 31–⁠561248015––
Oct 1atUSCL 41–⁠481234216345
Oct 8atOregon StateL 27–⁠378818119
Oct 20vs.UCLAW 48–⁠12967118––
Oct 29atWashingtonL 31–⁠4241406263
Nov 5vs.UtahL 21–⁠34530013––
Nov 12atColoradoL 29–⁠48729227216
Nov 19atArizona StateW 31–⁠271392033447

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height5′9⅜″
Weight207 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan75⅝″W
40-yard dash4.70 s
10-yard split1.59 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′7″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.38 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 31 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2014Chicago Bears11361580557
2015Chicago Bears9431592319
2016Chicago Bears11321260555
NFL career31111443213131

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2018–⁠23CFLCalgary Stampeders
2024CFLToronto Argonauts
2025CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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