Kene Nwangwu

RB · MIN/NYJ · 2021–2025

Born February 9, 1998 · College Iowa State · Drafted 2021, round 4, pick 119 (MIN) · 6-1, 210 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (2022)

EPA per carry by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2021	MIN	6	13	61	4.69	−0.054	−0.094−0.157 to −0.030	28.6	−0.8	+0.02
2022	MIN	4	9	14	1.56	−0.471	−0.094−0.158 to −0.030	11.1	−4.2	+0.00
2023	MIN	4	5	13	2.60	−0.165	−0.116−0.180 to −0.052	20.0	−0.8	−0.03
2025	NYJ	2	13	49	3.77	−0.245	−0.086−0.150 to −0.023	38.5	−3.2	−0.01
Career	NYJ	18	40	137	3.42	−0.220		26.8	−9.0	−0.01

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2021	MIN	6	5	4	9	80.0	−0.592	2.8	-1.2	−3.0	−0.09
2022	MIN	4	2	2	21	100.0	+0.546	1.7	0.0	+1.1	+0.02
2025	NYJ	2	1	0	0	0.0	−0.847	1.9	-6.0	−0.8	−0.00
Career	NYJ	18	8	6	30	75.0	−0.339	1.4	-1.5	−2.7	−0.07

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Forced fumbles
2022	MIN	4	3	0
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	1	0
2023	MIN	4	1	0
2024	NYJ	2	2	1
Career	NYJ	18	6	1

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2022	2nd-team All-Pro

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2021	MIN	6	29	8.2	–	–
2022	MIN	3	18	9.7	–	–
2023	MIN	3	13	6.1	–	–
2024	NYJ	1	1	1.5	–	–
2025	NYJ	4	30	13.2	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	2	100.0	0	0.0	0	–
2025	1	0.0	0	–	0	–

Game logs

2025 game log (2 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
17	2025-12-28	vs NE	L 10–42	6	31	0	+0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0
18	2026-01-04	@ BUF	L 8–35	7	18	0	−3.4	1	0	0	0	−0.8

2024 game log (2 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
13	2024-12-01	vs SEA	L 21–26	1	0.0	0	0
14	2024-12-08	@ MIA	L 26–32 OT	1	0.0	0	0

2023 game log (4 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
10	2023-11-12	vs NO	W 27–19	2	9	+0.8	0
12	2023-11-27	vs CHI	L 10–12	0	0	0.0	1
14	2023-12-10	@ LV	W 3–0	2	3	−1.1	0
15	2023-12-16	@ CIN	L 24–27 OT	1	1	−0.5	0

2022 game log (5 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
6	2022-10-16	@ MIA	W 24–16	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2022-10-30	vs ARI	W 34–26	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2022-11-20	vs DAL	L 3–40	4	1	−2.7	1	1	5	−0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ CHI	W 29–13	5	13	−1.5	1	1	16	+1.1	1
P19	2023-01-15	vs NYG	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2021 game log (6 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
9	2021-11-07	@ BAL	L 31–34 OT	1	9	+2.9	0	0	0	0.0
12	2021-11-28	@ SF	L 26–34	1	7	−0.0	0	0	0	0.0
13	2021-12-05	@ DET	L 27–29	2	0	−2.3	3	2	4	−2.4
15	2021-12-20	@ CHI	W 17–9	3	33	+1.9	0	0	0	0.0
16	2021-12-26	vs LA	L 23–30	5	8	−2.4	2	2	5	−0.5
18	2022-01-09	vs CHI	W 31–17	1	4	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0