Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2009Kansas State
Keithen Valentine
RB • 5'8" • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Keithen Valentine leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
30
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
Keithen Valentine built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 25, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Keithen Valentine's career was his...
Read the storyKeithen Valentine, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Kansas State. Keithen Valentine leans balanced backfield option traits and 51.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 535
- Rushing yards
- 486
- Receiving yards
- 49
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Keithen Valentine quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 535
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 392 scrimmage yards · RB 156th (top 35%) · Big 12 55th (top 27%) · National 505th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Kansas State | 4 | 143 | 129 | 14 | 1 | 46.5 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Kansas State | 12 | 392 | 357 | 35 | 6 | 52.6 |
Related Context
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Keithen Valentine played RB for Kansas State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Keithen Valentine recorded 486 rushing yards, 49 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 392 primary output with 51.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 38.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
4
Scrimmage Yards / G
35.8
Efficiency
38.4
Usage
17.9
Consistency
60.1
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 65. Montana State: 39. Louisville: 20. Texas A&M: 19
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 13 by 52.1. Montana State: 12 by 33.9. Louisville: 8 by 25. Texas A&M: 4 by 42.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins41 · Games = 3 · +21 vs Losses
Losses20 · Games = 1 · -21 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
52.1 vs North Texas
Player Story
Keithen Valentine story
Keithen Valentine built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a running back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 25, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Keithen Valentine's career was his backfield work: 486 rushing yards, 89 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 49 receiving yards across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Kansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 49 receiving yards and 135 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State.
The arc is straightforward: Keithen Valentine moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2008-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Kansas State | 143 | 38.4 | 17.9 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Kansas State | 392 | 51.8 | 9.6 | 249 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas Tech
Week 6 · L 14-66 · Conference game
Loss with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96
Scrimmage Yards
84 takeover
96 scrimmage yards and 18.2 usage.
#2
vs Massachusetts
Week 1 · W 21-17
96
Scrimmage Yards
79.9 takeover
Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and 19.7 usage.
#3
vs North Texas
Week 1 · W 45-6
65
Scrimmage Yards
70.7 takeover
Win with 65 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
65 scrimmage yards and 21 usage.
#4
vs Tennessee Tech
Week 4 · W 49-7
73
Scrimmage Yards
64.9 takeover
Win with 73 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
73 scrimmage yards and 14.9 usage.
#5
vs Texas A&M
Week 7 · W 62-14 · Conference game
61
Scrimmage Yards
56.5 takeover
Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61 scrimmage yards and 14.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Kansas State
392 primary output · 51.8 efficiency · 9.6 usage
52.6
#2
2008 Regular Season · Kansas State
46.5
143 primary · 38.4 efficiency · 17.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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