Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2016Kansas
Ke'aun Kinner
RB • 5'9" • Little Elm, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ke'aun Kinner leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.5 efficiency.
Impact Production
51
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Ke'aun Kinner built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a running back from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Ke'aun Kinner's career was his backfield work: 1,304...
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- Committed To
- Colorado
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Ke'aun Kinner, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Kansas. Ke'aun Kinner leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.5 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,630
- Rushing yards
- 1,304
- Receiving yards
- 326
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Ke'aun Kinner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,630
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Shadow Creek · Colorado
- High school pipeline
- Shadow Creek · 26 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 917 scrimmage yards · RB 95th (top 17%) · Big 12 15th (top 8%) · National 170th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 713 | 566 | 147 | 5 | 57.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 917 | 738 | 179 | 3 | 68.4 |
Related Context
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Ke'aun Kinner played RB for Kansas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ke'aun Kinner recorded 1,304 rushing yards, 326 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Kansas paired 917 primary output with 53.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 39.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota State
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
59.4
Efficiency
39.9
Usage
21
Consistency
53.1
Best Game by takeover score
South Dakota State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota State: 157. Memphis: 113. Rutgers: 74. Iowa State: 60. Baylor: 6. Texas Tech: 43. Oklahoma State: 16. Oklahoma: 11. Texas: 107. TCU: 80. West Virginia: 24. Kansas State: 22
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota State: 27 by 60.6. Memphis: 16 by 73.6. Rutgers: 19 by 26. Iowa State: 13 by 45.4. Baylor: 2 by 31.3. Texas Tech: 13 by 29.8. Oklahoma State: 9 by 18.5. Oklahoma: 6 by 12.6. Texas: 15 by 61.9. TCU: 17 by 49. West Virginia: 7 by 33. Kansas State: 6 by 36.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half75.5 · Games = 6 · +32.2 vs Second Half
Second Half43.3 · Games = 6 · -32.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Dakota State
Best efficiency game
73.6 vs Memphis
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | vs Kansas State | L 14-45 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.7 |
| Sat 11/21 | vs West Virginia | L 0-49 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3.4 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ TCU | L 17-23 | 17 | 80 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sun 11/8 | @ Texas | L 20-59 | 13 | 67 | 5.20 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 7.1 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Oklahoma | L 7-62 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.8 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Oklahoma State | L 10-58 | 9 | 16 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Texas Tech | L 20-30 | 9 | 23 | 2.60 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 3.3 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Baylor | L 7-66 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Iowa State | L 13-38 | 11 | 46 | 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4.6 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Rutgers2+ TD | L 14-27 | 16 | 25 | 1.60 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Memphis100 rush yards | L 23-55 | 16 | 113 | 7.10 | 1 | — | — | 7.1 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs South Dakota State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 38-41 | 27 | 157 | 5.80 | 2 | — | — | 5.8 |
Player Story
Ke'aun Kinner story
Ke'aun Kinner built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a running back from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 22, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Ke'aun Kinner's career was his backfield work: 1,304 rushing yards, 274 carries, 8 rushing touchdowns, and 326 receiving yards across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Kansas. 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 326 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 13 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas.
The arc is straightforward: Ke'aun Kinner 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
2015-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Kansas | 713 | 39.9 | 21 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas | 917 | 53.5 | 23.5 | 204 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa State
Week 11 · L 24-31 · Conference game
Loss with 181 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
181
Scrimmage Yards
90.7 takeover
181 scrimmage yards and 28.8 usage.
#2
vs South Dakota State
Week 1 · L 38-41
157
Scrimmage Yards
85.7 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
157 scrimmage yards and 33.8 usage.
#3
vs Oklahoma State
Week 8 · L 20-44 · Conference game
146
Scrimmage Yards
82.1 takeover
Loss with 146 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
146 scrimmage yards and 26.3 usage.
#4
vs Texas
Week 12 · W 24-21 · Conference game
137
Scrimmage Yards
72.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
137 scrimmage yards and 45 usage.
#5
vs Memphis
Week 2 · L 23-55
113
Scrimmage Yards
71.3 takeover
Loss with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
113 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Kansas
917 primary output · 53.5 efficiency · 23.5 usage
68.4
#2
2015 Regular Season · Kansas
57.7
713 primary · 39.9 efficiency · 21 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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