Player Dossier

2018-2023

Jacksonville State

Kenyon Sims

RB • 5'11" • 191 lbs • San Diego, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Kenyon Sims leans balanced backfield option traits and 20.8 efficiency.

Usage Score

5.8

Efficiency

20.8

Consistency

100

Season Value

35.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Illinois • San José State • Jacksonville State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Scouting Read

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Kenyon Sims, RB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · San José State. Kenyon Sims leans balanced backfield option traits and 20.8 efficiency.

Kenyon Sims played RB for Illinois, San José State, and Jacksonville State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Kenyon Sims recorded 138 rushing yards and 7 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

San José State paired 52 primary output with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 20.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, San José State, Jacksonville State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Jacksonville State

Games

1

Scrimmage Yards / G

8

Efficiency

20.8

Usage

5.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Unknown

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 9/2vs Unknown48202

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Illinois

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    San José State

    2021-2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Jacksonville State

    2023

    Final stop

Season Progression

201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonIllinois420.83.4
2019 Regular SeasonIllinois5552.95.851
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois0-55
2021 Regular SeasonSan José State2667.74.926
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State5256.34.626
2023 Regular SeasonJacksonville State820.85.8-44

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Western Michigan

Loss with 15 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

15

Primary metric

15 scrimmage yards and 5 usage.

#2

Western Michigan

13

Primary metric

Win with 13 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

13 scrimmage yards and 2.4 usage.

#3

UConn

20

Primary metric

Win with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

20 scrimmage yards and 5.1 usage.

#4

UNLV

20

Primary metric

Win with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

20 scrimmage yards and 7.4 usage.

#5

Akron

26

Primary metric

Win with 26 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

26 scrimmage yards and 13.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · San José State

52 primary output · 56.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

57.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · Illinois

54

55 primary · 52.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · San José State

53.5

26 primary · 67.7 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8377

Mission Bay · San Diego, CA

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

3

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

145

Career Scrimmage Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 12 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.