Rusty VanWetzinga IV

FB · #8 · Central Michigan · SR · 6'1" · 235 · Pleasant Valley, IA

Projected FB starter

0 2026 rush yards
0 2026 total TDs
1% Team touch share
16 Career games (7 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSCarries Rush yds YPC Rec Rec yds TD
2026 Central Michigan42 2 16 0
2025 Central Michigan125 0 0 0

2026 Percentile vs FBs

Receiving yards per game 4.0 38
Total TDs 0 0

Around Rusty

Projected 2026 starters · 2026 production
QB Angel Flores QB · 475 pass yds · 7g
RB Vaughn Blue RB · 162 rush yds · 6g
WR-X Langston Lewis WR · 216 rec yds · 7g
WR-Z Braylen Naves WR · 75 rec yds · 7g
TE Myles Peters TE · 18 rec yds · 7g

The situation

Central Michigan 2026 offense ›
Explosive play rate 8.8% 9
Red zone TD rate 84.2% 93
Line yards per carry 2.9 80
Sack rate allowed 10.3% 8

2026 Game log

WeekOpponentCarries Rushing yards Rushing TDs Targets Receptions Receiving yards Receiving TDs RZ opps
W1 @ UNM0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
W2Colgate Raiders0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0
W7 WMU0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Two-star high school recruit

The 2023 board
#2808 Jacob Harris WR · Westerville Central BGSU
#2810 Ezekiel Rodrigues S · Mililani HAW
#2811 Rusty VanWetzinga IV LB · Pleasant Valley IOWA
#3000 Brady Probst TE · Brownsburg
#3001 Kory Symington OT · Henry UCLA
LBs in the class
#233 Phillip Baynes Social Circle NIU
#234 Bryce Eliuk Linden EMU
#235 Rusty VanWetzinga IV Pleasant Valley IOWA
#239 Logan Lisherness Emerald Ridge WASH
#239 Kalani Steward Richland WSU
2026 · 38th pctile of FBs
Recruit · 4th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.