Player Dossier

2021-2024

Cincinnati

Corey Kiner

RB • 5'9" • 212 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Corey Kiner leans workhorse runner traits and 58.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

77%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

73

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

77

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

70

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
LSU • Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Player Story

Corey Kiner built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 21, spending time with Cincinnati and LSU. The clearest part of Corey Kiner's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9317

Roger Bacon · Cincinnati, OH

Committed To
LSU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Corey Kiner, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Corey Kiner leans workhorse runner traits and 58.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,052
Rushing yards
2,886
Receiving yards
166
Touchdowns
16

Quick Answers

Corey Kiner quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,052
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Top game
Kansas State
Recruit profile
4-star · Roger Bacon · LSU
High school pipeline
Roger Bacon · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2024 Scrimmage yards rank
1,258 scrimmage yards · RB 35th (top 5%) · Big 12 8th (top 3%) · National 45th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 PostseasonLSU1153530037.8
2021 Regular SeasonLSU1128127110237.8
2022 PostseasonCincinnati1011110044.5
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati103533512544.5
2023 Regular SeasonCincinnati121,0961,04749574.9
2024 Regular SeasonCincinnati121,2581,153105483.4

Related Context

Corey Kiner played RB for LSU and Cincinnati. Across 4 tracked seasons, Corey Kiner recorded 2,886 rushing yards, 166 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 1,258 primary output with 58.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 58.7 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, Cincinnati.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Loss with 158 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

104.8

Efficiency

58.7

Usage

32.7

Consistency

81.4

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Towson: 51. Pittsburgh: 167. Miami (OH): 126. Houston: 91. Texas Tech: 9. UCF: 92. Arizona State: 119. Colorado: 102. West Virginia: 109. Iowa State: 124. Kansas State: 158. TCU: 110

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Towson: 7 by 75.9. Pittsburgh: 22 by 78.2. Miami (OH): 21 by 62.5. Houston: 17 by 52.8. Texas Tech: 3 by 31.3. UCF: 18 by 51.8. Arizona State: 24 by 49.6. Colorado: 21 by 54.8. West Virginia: 27 by 39.6. Iowa State: 19 by 68.9. Kansas State: 17 by 88.7. TCU: 23 by 49.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins95.8 · Games = 5 · -15.5 vs Losses
Losses111.3 · Games = 7 · +15.5 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

Kansas State

Best efficiency game

88.7 vs Kansas State

Result
Sat 11/30vs TCU100 rush yardsL 13-20231104.8014.8
Sun 11/24@ Kansas State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 15-41151409.3002189.3
Sun 11/17@ Iowa State100 rush yardsL 17-34181206.700146.5
Sat 11/9vs West VirginiaL 24-3125913.6012184.0
Sun 10/27@ ColoradoL 23-3417945.500484.9
Sat 10/19vs Arizona State100 rush yardsW 24-14221024.6002175.0
Sat 10/12@ UCFW 19-1317834.900195.1
Sun 9/29@ Texas TechL 41-4439303
Sat 9/21vs HoustonW 34-016784.9011135.4
Sat 9/14@ Miami (OH)100 rush yardsW 27-1621126616
Sat 9/7vs Pittsburgh100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 27-28201497.5002187.6
Sat 8/31vs TowsonW 38-207517.3007.3

Player Story

Corey Kiner story

Corey Kiner built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 21, spending time with Cincinnati and LSU. The clearest part of Corey Kiner's career was his backfield work: 2,886 rushing yards, 556 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 166 receiving yards across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 166 receiving yards and 36 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Corey Kiner'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.

  1. 1

    LSU

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Cincinnati

    2022-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonLSU33438.914
2021 Regular SeasonLSU33438.9140
2022 PostseasonCincinnati36446.415.430
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati36446.415.40
2023 Regular SeasonCincinnati1,09654.827.9732
2024 Regular SeasonCincinnati1,25858.732.7162

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kansas State

Week 13 · L 15-41 · Conference game

Loss with 158 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

93.5 takeover

158 scrimmage yards and 34 usage.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 2 · L 27-28

167

Scrimmage Yards

92.7 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

167 scrimmage yards and 37.3 usage.

#3

@ Pittsburgh

Week 2 · W 27-21

155

Scrimmage Yards

92.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

155 scrimmage yards and 36.1 usage.

#4

@ Tulsa

Week 5 · W 31-21 · Conference game

106

Scrimmage Yards

86.6 takeover

Win with 106 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

106 scrimmage yards and 25.5 usage.

#5

@ Iowa State

Week 12 · L 17-34 · Conference game

124

Scrimmage Yards

81.1 takeover

Loss with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

124 scrimmage yards and 38.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

1,258 primary output · 58.7 efficiency · 32.7 usage

83.4

#2

2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati

74.9

1,096 primary · 54.8 efficiency · 27.9 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Cincinnati

44.5

364 primary · 46.4 efficiency · 15.4 usage

Milestones

13

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games