Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2009Minnesota
Kevin Whaley
RB • 5'9" • Virginia Beach, VA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Kevin Whaley leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Kevin Whaley built his college career in 2009 as a running back from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 6, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Kevin Whaley's career was his backfield work: 367 rushing...
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Kevin Whaley, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Postseason · Minnesota. Kevin Whaley leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 373
- Rushing yards
- 367
- Receiving yards
- 6
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kevin Whaley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 373
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2009 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Gulliver Prep
- High school pipeline
- Gulliver Prep · 35 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 373 scrimmage yards · RB 163rd (top 37%) · Big Ten 53rd (top 28%) · National 530th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Minnesota | 11 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 63.9 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Minnesota | 11 | 331 | 325 | 6 | 2 | 63.9 |
Related Context
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Kevin Whaley played RB for Minnesota. Across 1 tracked season, Kevin Whaley recorded 367 rushing yards, 6 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with Minnesota.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Postseason
Minnesota paired 373 primary output with 39.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Postseason · Minnesota
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
33.9
Efficiency
39.2
Usage
16.5
Consistency
69.3
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 42. Syracuse: 0. Northwestern: 31. Wisconsin: 3. Purdue: 79. Penn State: 11. Ohio State: 37. Michigan State: 35. Illinois: 41. South Dakota State: 56. Iowa: 38
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. Iowa State: 11 by 39.8. Syracuse: 1 by 0. Northwestern: 5 by 64.6. Wisconsin: 2 by 15.6. Purdue: 8 by 91.1. Penn State: 6 by 19.1. Ohio State: 8 by 46.9. Michigan State: 13 by 28. Illinois: 8 by 53.4. South Dakota State: 16 by 36.5. Iowa: 11 by 36
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins40.2 · Games = 5 · +11.5 vs Losses
Losses28.7 · Games = 6 · -11.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
91.1 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/31 | @ Iowa State | L 13-14 | 11 | 42 | 3.80 | 0 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Iowa | L 0-12 | 11 | 38 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs South Dakota State | W 16-13 | 16 | 56 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Illinois | L 32-35 | 8 | 41 | 5.10 | 1 | — | — | 5.1 |
| Sun 11/1 | vs Michigan State | W 42-34 | 13 | 35 | 2.70 | 0 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Ohio State | L 7-38 | 7 | 31 | 4.40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.6 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Penn State | L 0-20 | 6 | 11 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Purdue | W 35-20 | 8 | 79 | 9.90 | 1 | — | — | 9.9 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Wisconsin | L 28-31 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Northwestern | W 35-24 | 5 | 31 | 6.20 | 0 | — | — | 6.2 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ Syracuse | W 23-20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Player Story
Kevin Whaley story
Kevin Whaley built his college career in 2009 as a running back from Virginia Beach, VA wearing No. 6, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Kevin Whaley's career was his backfield work: 367 rushing yards, 88 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 6 receiving yards across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kevin Whaley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Minnesota
2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Postseason | Minnesota | 373 | 39.2 | 16.5 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Minnesota | 373 | 39.2 | 16.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Purdue
Week 6 · W 35-20 · Conference game
Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
79.2 takeover
79 scrimmage yards and 16.3 usage.
#2
vs South Dakota State
Week 11 · W 16-13
56
Scrimmage Yards
62.1 takeover
Win with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56 scrimmage yards and 27.6 usage.
#3
@ Iowa State
Week 1 · L 13-14 · Postseason
42
Scrimmage Yards
51.2 takeover
Loss with 42 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
42 scrimmage yards and 21.2 usage.
#4
vs Illinois
Week 10 · L 32-35 · Conference game
41
Scrimmage Yards
50.3 takeover
Loss with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
41 scrimmage yards and 16 usage.
#5
@ Iowa
Week 12 · L 0-12 · Conference game
38
Scrimmage Yards
49.4 takeover
Loss with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
38 scrimmage yards and 22.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Postseason · Minnesota
373 primary output · 39.2 efficiency · 16.5 usage
63.9
#2
2009 Regular Season · Minnesota
63.9
373 primary · 39.2 efficiency · 16.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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