Player Dossier

2009-2013

Southern Miss

Kendrick Hardy

RB • 6'0" • Monticello, MS, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Kendrick Hardy leans balanced backfield option traits and 46 efficiency.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

63

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Kendrick Hardy built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a running back from Monticello, MS wearing No. 29, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Kendrick Hardy's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.76

Hermiston · Hermiston, OR

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Jan 1, 2020

Kendrick Hardy, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Southern Miss. Kendrick Hardy leans balanced backfield option traits and 46 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
2,043
Rushing yards
1,899
Receiving yards
144
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Kendrick Hardy quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
2,043
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2010 Postseason · Southern Miss
Top game
Houston
Recruit profile
2-star · Hermiston
High school pipeline
Hermiston · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Class 2013
2013 Scrimmage yards rank
483 scrimmage yards · RB 174th (top 34%) · Conference USA 45th (top 17%) · National 458th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00000-
2010 PostseasonSouthern Miss10674819074.6
2010 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss108638558774.6
2011 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss547242646255.9
2012 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss101581517027.6
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1048341964348.7

Related Context

Kendrick Hardy played RB for Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kendrick Hardy recorded 1,899 rushing yards, 144 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason

Southern Miss paired 930 primary output with 68.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 46 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UAB

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

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2013 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

48.3

Efficiency

46

Usage

19.7

Consistency

40.5

Best Game by takeover score

UAB

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 29. Nebraska: 35. Arkansas: 29. Boise State: 80. Florida International: 34. Marshall: 14. Louisiana Tech: 9. Florida Atlantic: 33. Middle Tennessee: 83. UAB: 137

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 8 by 37.8. Nebraska: 10 by 36.5. Arkansas: 9 by 33.6. Boise State: 10 by 83.3. Florida International: 12 by 31.2. Marshall: 4 by 36.5. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 46.9. Florida Atlantic: 9 by 38.2. Middle Tennessee: 13 by 56.7. UAB: 22 by 59.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins137 · Games = 1 · +98.6 vs Losses
Losses38.4 · Games = 9 · -98.6 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

UAB

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs Boise State

Result
Sat 11/30@ UAB100 rush yards · 2+ TDW 62-27201065.3022316.2
Sat 11/23vs Middle TennesseeL 21-4211534.8002306.4
Sat 11/16vs Florida AtlanticL 7-419333.7003.7
Sun 11/10@ Louisiana TechL 13-36294.5004.5
Sat 11/2@ MarshallL 13-614143.5003.5
Sat 10/5vs Florida InternationalL 23-2410313.100232.8
Sun 9/29@ Boise StateL 7-601080808
Sat 9/14@ ArkansasL 3-249293.2003.2
Sat 9/7@ NebraskaL 13-5610353.5003.5
Sat 8/31vs Texas StateL 15-228293.6003.6

Player Story

Kendrick Hardy story

Kendrick Hardy built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a running back from Monticello, MS wearing No. 29, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Kendrick Hardy's career was his backfield work: 1,899 rushing yards, 334 carries, 11 rushing touchdowns, and 144 receiving yards across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Southern Miss. 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 144 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.

The arc is straightforward: Kendrick Hardy 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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    Southern Miss

    2009-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0
2010 PostseasonSouthern Miss93068.222.4930
2010 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss93068.222.40
2011 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss4725425.8-458
2012 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss15842.96.1-314
2013 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss4834619.7325

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Houston

Week 12 · W 59-41 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

195

Scrimmage Yards

93.1 takeover

195 scrimmage yards and 35.5 usage.

#2

vs Rice

Week 5 · W 48-24 · Conference game

186

Scrimmage Yards

91.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

186 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.

#3

@ UAB

Week 14 · W 62-27 · Conference game

137

Scrimmage Yards

86.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

137 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.

#4

vs SE Louisiana

Week 3 · W 52-6

155

Scrimmage Yards

82.8 takeover

Win with 155 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

155 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.

#5

vs UAB

Week 9 · L 49-50 · Conference game

147

Scrimmage Yards

76.6 takeover

Loss with 147 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

147 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Postseason · Southern Miss

930 primary output · 68.2 efficiency · 22.4 usage

74.6

#2

2010 Regular Season · Southern Miss

74.6

930 primary · 68.2 efficiency · 22.4 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Southern Miss

55.9

472 primary · 54 efficiency · 25.8 usage

Milestones

6

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games