Caleb Komolafe holds the RB · Starter spot in Northwestern Wildcats’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Caleb Komolafe logged a 24.8% overall usage rate in 2025.

Caleb Komolafe is a redshirt junior running back from Katy, Texas, who played high school football at Tompkins. A three-star recruit from the 2023 class, he appeared in four games as a true freshman before redshirting. In 2024, Komolafe played in 10 games with 50 carries for 139 yards. During the 2025 season, he emerged as a featured back, earning All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors across 11 games with 10 starts. Komolafe compiled 190 carries for 941 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns while adding 11 receptions for 60 yards and one receiving touchdown, ranking seventh in Big Ten rushing yards and eighth in rushing touchdowns. His 941 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns represent the most by any player in the Braun era at Northwestern.

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