Abu Sama III

RB · #3 · Wisconsin · SR · 5'11" · 214 · Des Moines, IA

Transferred from ISU · Projected RB starter

732 2025 rush yards
5 2025 total TDs
21% Team touch share
19 Explosive plays
38 Career games (11 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSCarries Rush yds YPC Rec Rec yds TD
2025 Iowa State123140 732 5.2 5 19 5
2024 Iowa State146124 587 4.7 8 58 2
2023 Iowa State12284 614 7.3 7 51 6

2025 Percentile vs RBs

Rush yards per game 61.0 83
Yards per carry 5.2 65
Receiving yards per game 1.6 20
Total TDs 5 65

Around Abu

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Colton Joseph QB · 2,624 pass yds · 12g · at ODU
WR-X Eugene Hilton Jr. WR · 91 rec yds · 11g
WR-Z Chris Brooks Jr. WR · 124 rec yds · 12g
WR-SL Tyrell Henry WR · 29 rec yds · 10g
TE Jacob Harris TE · 182 rec yds · 12g · at BGSU

The situation

Wisconsin 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 7.0% 1
Red zone TD rate 67.9% 40
Line yards per carry 2.2 24
Sack rate allowed 9.0% 11

2025 Game log

with Iowa State
WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1 @ KSU14 43 2
W1South Dakota Coyotes3 23 1 2
W2 IOWA12 2 2 53 3
W3 @ ARST9 2 1 74 1 1
W5 ARIZ12 26 1
W6 @ CIN18 3 2 104 3
W7 @ COLO24 1 177 2 8
W9 BYU9 63
W10 ASU2 14
W11 @ TCU7 30
W13 KU19 57
W14 @ OKST11 87 1 1

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2023 board
#712 Solomon Davis ATH · Charter Oak ORE
#712 Keviyan Huddleston EDGE · Tyler Chapel Hill TCU
#712 Abu Sama III RB · Southeast Polk ISU
#712 Rodney Lora DL · Woodberry Forest UNC
#712 Daniel Sill OT · A&M Consolidated TTU
RBs in the class
#50 Durell Robinson St. Frances Academy CHAR
#51 Nate White King WIS
#52 Abu Sama III Southeast Polk ISU
#53 Jaquez Keyes Ironton WAKE
#54 Sedrick Alexander Austin LBJ VAN
2025 · 83th pctile of RBs
Recruit · 74th pctile of class