Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Kansas
Khalil Herbert
RB • 5'9" • 212 lbs • Coral Springs, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Khalil Herbert leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kansas • Virginia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Khalil Herbert built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a running back from Coral Springs, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Kansas and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Khalil Herbert's career was...
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- Committed To
- Kansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 33
- Overall
- No. 217
- NFL Team
- Chicago Bears
Khalil Herbert, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Khalil Herbert leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,211
- Rushing yards
- 2,918
- Receiving yards
- 293
- Touchdowns
- 23
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Khalil Herbert Kansas Highlights
2021 · Kansas · Player Highlight
Khalil Herbert college highlights at Kansas.
- Season
- 2021
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Khalil Herbert quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,211
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · American Heritage · Kansas
- High school pipeline
- American Heritage · 80 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 6 · Pick 33 · Chicago Bears
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 227 | 189 | 38 | 3 | 30.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 701 | 663 | 38 | 4 | 45.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 538 | 499 | 39 | 5 | 50.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas | 4 | 383 | 384 | -1 | 2 | 56.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 11 | 1,362 | 1,183 | 179 | 9 | 81.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Khalil Herbert played RB for Kansas and Virginia Tech. Across 6 tracked seasons, Khalil Herbert recorded 2,918 rushing yards, 293 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Virginia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Virginia Tech paired 1,362 primary output with 77.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 77.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kansas, Virginia Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
123.8
Efficiency
77.9
Usage
25.8
Consistency
76.1
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 150. Duke: 208. North Carolina: 138. Boston College: 172. Wake Forest: 103. Louisville: 147. Liberty: 0. Miami: 56. Pittsburgh: 129. Clemson: 97. Virginia: 162
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. NC State: 8 by 100. Duke: 20 by 93.3. North Carolina: 18 by 79.9. Boston College: 19 by 87.4. Wake Forest: 16 by 55.4. Louisville: 21 by 72.9. Miami: 9 by 64.2. Pittsburgh: 12 by 94.8. Clemson: 22 by 46.9. Virginia: 20 by 83.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins167.8 · Games = 5 · +80.6 vs Losses
Losses87.2 · Games = 6 · -80.6 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
Duke
Best efficiency game
100 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/13 | vs Virginia100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 33-15 | 20 | 162 | 8.10 | 1 | — | — | 8.1 |
| Sun 12/6 | vs Clemson | L 10-45 | 21 | 96 | 4.60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.4 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Pittsburgh | L 14-47 | 9 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 10.8 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Miami | L 24-25 | 8 | 49 | 6.10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6.2 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Liberty | L 35-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Louisville100 rush yards | W 42-35 | 21 | 147 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Wake Forest | L 16-23 | 14 | 64 | 4.60 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 6.4 |
| Sun 10/18 | vs Boston College100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 40-14 | 18 | 143 | 7.90 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 9.1 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ North Carolina100 rush yards · 2+ TD | L 45-56 | 18 | 138 | 7.70 | 2 | — | — | 7.7 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Duke100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 38-31 | 20 | 208 | 10.40 | 2 | — | — | 10.4 |
| Sun 9/27 | vs NC State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 45-24 | 6 | 104 | 17.30 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 18.8 |
Player Story
Khalil Herbert story
Khalil Herbert built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a running back from Coral Springs, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Kansas and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Khalil Herbert's career was his backfield work: 2,918 rushing yards, 475 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 293 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His career also includes 293 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 446 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Khalil Herbert'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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Kansas
2016-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia Tech
2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas | 227 | 38.3 | 11.1 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas | 701 | 43.3 | 20.6 | 474 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas | 538 | 44.5 | 18.3 | -163 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas | 383 | 71.4 | 20.1 | -155 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 1,362 | 77.9 | 25.8 | 979 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | -1,362 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Duke
Week 5 · W 38-31 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
208
Scrimmage Yards
97.3 takeover
208 scrimmage yards and 34.5 usage.
#2
vs West Virginia
Week 4 · L 34-56 · Conference game
296
Scrimmage Yards
94.4 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
296 scrimmage yards and 55.2 usage.
#3
vs Boston College
Week 7 · W 40-14 · Conference game
172
Scrimmage Yards
90 takeover
Win with 172 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
172 scrimmage yards and 36.5 usage.
#4
vs Virginia
Week 15 · W 33-15 · Conference game
162
Scrimmage Yards
85.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
162 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#5
@ Boston College
Week 3 · W 48-24
187
Scrimmage Yards
82.8 takeover
Win with 187 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
187 scrimmage yards and 16.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
1,362 primary output · 77.9 efficiency · 25.8 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Kansas
56.2
383 primary · 71.4 efficiency · 20.1 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Kansas
50.6
538 primary · 44.5 efficiency · 18.3 usage
Milestones
9
100+ rush yards
7
150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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