Player Dossier

2016-2017

Minnesota

Kobe McCrary

RB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Chipley, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Kobe McCrary leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

37%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana State

Player Story

Kobe McCrary built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Chipley, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Kobe McCrary's career was his backfield work: 738...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8522

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee · Waynesville, NC

Committed To
Minnesota
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Kobe McCrary, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Minnesota. Kobe McCrary leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
782
Rushing yards
738
Receiving yards
44
Touchdowns
11

Quick Answers

Kobe McCrary quick answers

Latest team and position
Minnesota · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
782
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 18 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Minnesota
Top game
Indiana State
Recruit profile
3-star · Rabun Gap-Nacoochee · Minnesota
High school pipeline
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 22 · Class 2017
2017 Scrimmage yards rank
523 scrimmage yards · RB 191st (top 32%) · Big Ten 41st (top 16%) · National 451st (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonMinnesota825924217331.9
2017 Regular SeasonMinnesota1052349627858.3

Related Context

Kobe McCrary played RB for Minnesota. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kobe McCrary recorded 738 rushing yards, 44 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Minnesota.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Minnesota paired 523 primary output with 45.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 45.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Minnesota

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

52.3

Efficiency

45.9

Usage

18.8

Consistency

33.6

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 2. Middle Tennessee: 107. Purdue: 4. Michigan State: 7. Illinois: 153. Iowa: 35. Michigan: 24. Nebraska: 102. Northwestern: 69. Wisconsin: 20

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. Oregon State: 1 by 20.8. Middle Tennessee: 23 by 48.5. Purdue: 2 by 20.8. Michigan State: 2 by 27.1. Illinois: 24 by 66.4. Iowa: 8 by 37.9. Michigan: 4 by 62.5. Nebraska: 12 by 85.4. Northwestern: 10 by 71.9. Wisconsin: 12 by 17.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins91 · Games = 4 · +64.5 vs Losses
Losses26.5 · Games = 6 · -64.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Illinois

Best efficiency game

85.4 vs Nebraska

Result
Sat 11/25vs WisconsinL 0-3112201.7001.7
Sat 11/18@ NorthwesternL 0-3910696.9006.9
Sat 11/11vs Nebraska2+ TDW 54-2110939.303298.5
Sun 11/5@ MichiganL 10-33424606
Sat 10/28@ IowaL 10-177223.1011134.4
Sat 10/21vs Illinois100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 24-17241536.4016.4
Sun 10/15vs Michigan StateL 27-301220153.5
Sat 10/7@ PurdueL 17-3124202
Sat 9/16vs Middle Tennessee100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 34-3231074.7034.7
Sun 9/10@ Oregon StateW 48-1412202

Player Story

Kobe McCrary story

Kobe McCrary built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Chipley, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Kobe McCrary's career was his backfield work: 738 rushing yards, 133 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 44 receiving yards across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 44 receiving yards and 43 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kobe McCrary'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

    2016-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonMinnesota25938.78.3
2017 Regular SeasonMinnesota52345.918.8264

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Indiana State

Week 2 · W 58-28

Win with 184 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

184

Scrimmage Yards

90.6 takeover

184 scrimmage yards and 27.7 usage.

#2

vs Illinois

Week 8 · W 24-17 · Conference game

153

Scrimmage Yards

88.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

153 scrimmage yards and 39.3 usage.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 3 · W 34-3

107

Scrimmage Yards

72.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

107 scrimmage yards and 39.7 usage.

#4

vs Nebraska

Week 11 · W 54-21 · Conference game

102

Scrimmage Yards

71.8 takeover

Win with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

102 scrimmage yards and 22.2 usage.

#5

@ Northwestern

Week 12 · L 0-39 · Conference game

69

Scrimmage Yards

62.8 takeover

Loss with 69 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

69 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Minnesota

523 primary output · 45.9 efficiency · 18.8 usage

58.3

#2

2016 Regular Season · Minnesota

31.9

259 primary · 38.7 efficiency · 8.3 usage

Milestones

3

100+ rush yards

2

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games