LeShun Daniels Jr.
Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Iowa, 2013–⁠16

LeShun Daniels Jr.

Lettered 2015–⁠16 (school media guide)

Number
No. 29
Height
6′0″
Weight
225 lb
Hometown
Warren, OH
Born
Jun 4, 1995, in Warren, Ohio

LeShun Daniels Jr. played running back at Iowa (2013–⁠16).

Career highs

195rushing yards, career highvs. Minnesota, 20153rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Minnesota, 2015

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Iowa361423.9014
2014Iowa15493.3113
2015Iowa1456464.5851
2016Iowa2131,0585.01067
Career4091,8954.61967

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Iowa155.005
2015Iowa199.009
2016Iowa8678.4024
Career10818.1024

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Iowa29RB
2014Iowa29RB
2015Iowa29RB
2016Iowa29RB6′0″225

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
2014Iowa170.20––3.4––
2015Iowa1560.0018th (n=268)0.120.519%0.09
2016Iowa2310.0937th (n=259)0.1320.828%0.18

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

2016 Iowa 13 games, 1,058 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Miami (OH)W 45–⁠21108324311
Sep 10vs.Iowa StateW 42–⁠315112143––
Sep 17vs.North Dakota StateL 21–⁠2314290715
Sep 24atRutgersW 14–⁠7137701519
Oct 1vs.NorthwesternL 31–⁠3817721915
Oct 8atMinnesotaW 14–⁠71766031––
Oct 15atPurdueW 49–⁠3523150267––
Oct 22vs.WisconsinL 9–⁠1710350818
Nov 5atPenn StateL 14–⁠41101806236
Nov 12vs.MichiganW 14–⁠131454016––
Nov 19atIllinoisW 28–⁠02615925013
Nov 25vs.NebraskaW 40–⁠1029158256––
Jan 2 ✦vs.FloridaL 3–⁠301545011––
2015 Iowa 12 games, 646 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.Illinois StateW 31–⁠1426123027––
Sep 12atIowa StateW 31–⁠17856024––
Sep 19vs.PittsburghW 27–⁠2491705––
Sep 26vs.North TexasW 62–⁠16521016––
Oct 3atWisconsinW 10–⁠64904––
Oct 31vs.MarylandW 31–⁠151360116––
Nov 7atIndianaW 35–⁠272378215––
Nov 14vs.MinnesotaW 40–⁠3526195351––
Nov 21vs.PurdueW 40–⁠20831213––
Nov 27atNebraskaW 28–⁠205203––
Dec 5vs.Michigan StateL 13–⁠1681704––
Jan 1 ✦vs.StanfordL 16–⁠45103701419
2014 Iowa 5 games, 49 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.Northern IowaW 31–⁠2381511315
Sep 6vs.Ball StateW 17–⁠1342008––
Sep 27atPurdueW 24–⁠101707––
Oct 18atMarylandL 31–⁠381000––
Jan 2 ✦vs.TennesseeL 28–⁠451707––
2013 Iowa 7 games, 142 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 7vs.Missouri StateW 28–⁠14630010––
Sep 21vs.Western MichiganW 59–⁠31354014––
Oct 19atOhio StateL 24–⁠3441407––
Oct 26vs.NorthwesternW 17–⁠103805––
Nov 2vs.WisconsinL 9–⁠2841406––
Nov 9atPurdueW 38–⁠14522010––
Nov 29atNebraskaW 38–⁠171000––

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height5′10⅞″
Weight222 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.57 s
10-yard split1.61 s
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump9′6″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.28 s
20-yard shuttle4.45 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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