Northwestern University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Caleb Komolafe
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 210
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
- High School:
- Tompkins
2025 Redshirt Sophomore:
Earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention, appearing in 11 games with 10 starts … Took 190 carries for 941 rushing yards (4.95 ypc) and 11 rushing touchdowns … Ranked seventh in rushing yards and eighth in rushing touchdowns among Big Ten players … Turned 11 receptions into 60 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown … 941 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns are both the most by a player in the Braun era … Became the first 900-yard rusher at NU since Evan Hull ran for 1,009 yards in 2021 and the first NU running back with 11 rushing touchdowns since Justin Jackson in 2017 (11) … Had four games with 100+ rushing yards and 1+ touchdown … Immediately inserted himself as a force within the NU running back rotation with a team-high nine carries against Tulane in the season-opener (8/30) … Posted 63 rushing yards on 13 carries in home opener against Western Illinois (9/5) … Logged a career-high 16 carries for 54 yards against Oregon (9/13) and scored his first-career rushing touchdown on a one-yard carry in the fourth quarter … Set career highs in carries (27) and rushing yards (119) against UCLA (9/27), becoming the Wildcats' first 100-yard rusher since Evan Hull at Purdue (11/19/22) ... Led the Wildcats in carries (13) and rushed for 75 yards and two rushing touchdowns, including a career-long 39-yarder against ULM (10/5) … Paced the NU offense in rushes (19) and rushing yards (72) with a touchdown against Penn State (10/11), in which he became the first NU running back to rush for a touchdown in four consecutive games in a single season since Cam Porter in 2020 … His game-winning touchdown against the Nittany Lions secured NU’s first win at Penn State since Sept. 27, 2014 … Carried the ball 12 times for 68 yards against Purdue (10/18) … Rushed for a career-high 125 yards on 17 carries (7.4 ypc) and added two touchdowns at Nebraska (10/25), marking the first time an NU running back rushed for 7+ touchdowns in a season since Evan Hull in 2021 ... Led the Wildcats in rushing attempts (17), rushing yards (118), receptions (five) and receiving yards (40) and scored a rushing touchdown at USC (11/7) … Became the first NU player to log back-to-back games with 100 rushing yards since Isaiah Bowser in 2018, and the first Wildcat with at least 115 rushing yards and 40 receiving yards in a single game since Hull against Nebraska on Aug. 28, 2022 … Ran 12 times for 31 yards and a fourth-quarter go-ahead score against Michigan (11/15) … Set another career high in rushing yards (129) and became the first Wildcat to log over 100 rushing yards with a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in the same game since Tyrell Sutton against Wisconsin on October 8, 2005, in a win over Minnesota (11/22) at Wrigley Field … Missed Illinois game with an injury … Rushed 15 times for 55 yards and a two-yard touchdown carry and caught two passes for nine yards against Central Michigan in the GameAbove Sports Bowl (12/26).
2024 Redshirt First-Year:
Played in 10 games, tallying 50 carries for 139 rushing yards ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Had 19 rushing yards in the season opener vs. Miami (Ohio) (8/31) ... Logged a team-high 29 rushing yards on seven attempts in a win at Maryland (10/11) ... Rushed for 24 yards at Michigan (11/23) ... Set career-highs with eight rushes for 32 yards (4.0 ypc) in the season finale vs. Illinois (11/30).
2023 First-Year:
Played in four games, rushed four times for nine yards, tallied five catches for 33 yards and a touchdown ... Scored Northwestern's first touchdown of the season with a one-yard reception against Rutgers (9/3) ... Hauled in career-high three catches for another career-high 26 yards against Duke (9/16) ... Redshirted.
High School:
Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN and a two-star prospect by Rivals ... As a senior named District 19-6A Defensive Player of the Year and first team running back, first team strong safety and first team all-purpose ... Named a unanimous first team all-district selection as a junior at Tompkins HS ... As a senior, played in 10 games and rushed 93 times for 895 yards and 15 touchdowns ... Defensively, recorded 64 tackles with 3.0 tackles for loss with one interception ... As a junior, played in 13 games and rushed 47 times for 331 yards and six touchdowns ... Defensively, recorded 80 tackles for 3.0 tackles for loss with 1.0 sack and two interceptions.
