Player Dossier

2015-2016

Kansas

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.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

45

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

70

Useful peak 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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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8204

Shadow Creek · Pearland, TX

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonKansas12713566147557.7
2016 Regular SeasonKansas12917738179368.4

Related Context

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

2016 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 53.5 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: Iowa State

Loss with 181 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

76.4

Efficiency

53.5

Usage

23.5

Consistency

53.2

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rhode Island: 84. Ohio: 29. Memphis: 79. Texas Tech: 48. TCU: 36. Baylor: 49. Oklahoma State: 146. Oklahoma: 18. West Virginia: 65. Iowa State: 181. Texas: 137. Kansas State: 45

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rhode Island: 8 by 93.8. Ohio: 7 by 37.3. Memphis: 14 by 49. Texas Tech: 10 by 51.3. TCU: 7 by 53.6. Baylor: 15 by 34. Oklahoma State: 15 by 90.6. Oklahoma: 12 by 17.5. West Virginia: 14 by 48.4. Iowa State: 19 by 89.7. Texas: 27 by 42.7. Kansas State: 11 by 34.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins110.5 · Games = 2 · +40.9 vs Losses
Losses69.6 · Games = 10 · -40.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Iowa State

Best efficiency game

93.8 vs Rhode Island

Result
Sat 11/26@ Kansas StateL 19-349252.8002204.1
Sat 11/19vs TexasW 24-2120693.5007685.1
Sat 11/12vs Iowa State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 24-31181528.4011299.5
Sat 11/5@ West VirginiaL 21-4814654.6014.6
Sat 10/29@ OklahomaL 3-5610181.800201.5
Sat 10/22vs Oklahoma State100 rush yardsL 20-441414510.400119.7
Sat 10/15@ BaylorL 7-4915493.3003.3
Sat 10/8vs TCUL 23-247365.1005.1
Fri 9/30@ Texas TechL 19-5594550134.8
Sat 9/17@ MemphisL 7-4312494.1002305.6
Sat 9/10vs OhioL 21-375163.2002134.1
Sat 9/3vs Rhode IslandW 55-67699.90111510.5

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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonKansas71339.921
2016 Regular SeasonKansas91753.523.5204

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.

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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

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#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