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Kaelon Black San Francisco 49ers · #26

Running Back · 5' 9", 208 lbs · Virginia Beach, VA · Age 25

Kaelon Black is a Running Back for the San Francisco 49ers, drafted 90th overall, 2026.

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Kaelon Black
◆ Rated
San Francisco 49ers · #26 · Running Back
Kaelon Black
Season avg— · no seasons on record yet
Career avg— · career line pending
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
0rush yds
0td
0rec
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Scouting report

Kaelon Black — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Running Back · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Kaelon Black is a Running Back for the San Francisco 49ers, drafted 90th overall, 2026.
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Below average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Below average late
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Athleticism
Below average tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Kaelon Black stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1724 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
0Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Kaelon Black — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
0.0 PPG
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Playmaking
0.0 APG
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Rebounding
0.0 RPG
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Shooting
— 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Kaelon Black

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.
What moves the production line vs last season
Everything it reads
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0 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 25 — applied per stat
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: — → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Kaelon Black career stats, season by season

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Closest comps
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Context

Are the San Francisco 49ers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record
-42.5net index
50off index
8def index
94pace
Aggressive hedge & helpscheme
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: Alfred Collins, Andrew Farmer II.
How his role moves
Primary running back role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Kaelon Black

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2001-10-17

The beginning

Kaelon Black is a Running Back for the San Francisco 49ers.

San Francisco 49ers

Turning pro

Drafted 90th overall, 2026 as a Running Back.

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Kaelon Black is a San Francisco 49ers running back, drafted 90th overall, 2026.

Chapter

He has rushed for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns and caught 0 passes.

Where things stand

Where Black goes from here.

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Black's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
5' 9"
Weight
208 lbs
Draft
90th overall, 2026
Born
Virginia Beach, VA
Age
25
Jersey
#26
Background

Kaelon Black is from Virginia Beach, VA and is 25 years old. He was drafted 90th overall, 2026 and plays running back at 5' 9", 208 lbs.

He has run for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns while adding 0 catches. Black is currently on the San Francisco 49ers roster.

The person

Kaelon Black is a depth and special-teams back who has amassed 0 scrimmage yards and 0 rushing touchdowns over his career.

Rushing0 career rushing yards and 0 touchdowns.
Draft pedigree90th overall, 2026.
Verified profiles & sources
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FAQ

Kaelon Black — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kaelon Black, answered.

What position does Kaelon Black play?
Kaelon Black is a Running Back for the San Francisco 49ers.
When was Kaelon Black drafted?
Kaelon Black was drafted 90th overall, 2026.
How many seasons has Kaelon Black played?
This is his first season on record.
What are Kaelon Black's career stats?
He has rushed for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns and caught 0 passes.
Kaelon Black career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
RB2
behind the starter
Snap share
29%
of offensive snaps
Target share
2%
WOPR 0.02
Rush share
27%
of team carries

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ LA
Week 1 · Avoid
Season outlook
39
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
1 / 8
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
57
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ LAW2 vs MIAW3 vs ARIW4 vs DENW5 @ SEAW6 vs WASW7 @ ATLW8 · BYEW9 vs LVW10 @ DALW11 vs MINW12 vs SEAW13 @ NYGW14 vs LAW15 @ LACW16 @ KCW17 vs PHIW18 @ ARI

Each week grades Kaelon Black's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
1
since 2026
Games missed
0
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk2 · Groin (Questionable)

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 1 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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