Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2015Tulane
Rob Kelley
RB • 6'0" • New Orleans, LA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Rob Kelley leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Player Story
Rob Kelley built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 28, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Rob Kelley's career was his backfield work: 1,270...
Read the storyRob Kelley, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Tulane. Rob Kelley leans balanced backfield option traits and 35.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,997
- Rushing yards
- 1,270
- Receiving yards
- 727
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Rob Kelley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulane · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,997
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Tulane
- Top game
- UAB
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 265 scrimmage yards · RB 290th (top 52%) · American Athletic 76th (top 35%) · National 836th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Tulane | 13 | 510 | 332 | 178 | 2 | 58.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Tulane | 12 | 626 | 286 | 340 | 4 | 67.5 |
| 2013 Postseason | Tulane | 12 | 26 | -2 | 28 | 0 | 65.6 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Tulane | 12 | 570 | 422 | 148 | 4 | 65.6 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tulane | 12 | 265 | 232 | 33 | 2 | 43.9 |
Related Context
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Rob Kelley played RB for Tulane. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rob Kelley recorded 1,270 rushing yards, 727 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Tulane.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Tulane paired 626 primary output with 42.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 35.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Loss with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2015 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
22.1
Efficiency
35.8
Usage
12
Consistency
63.1
Best Game by takeover score
Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 5. Georgia Tech: 19. Maine: 6. UCF: 39. Temple: 34. Houston: 52. Navy: 8. Memphis: 26. UConn: 4. Army: 10. SMU: 26. Tulsa: 36
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 3 by 17.4. Georgia Tech: 6 by 47.6. Maine: 3 by 20.8. UCF: 12 by 33.4. Temple: 8 by 44.3. Houston: 8 by 67.7. Navy: 2 by 41.7. Memphis: 11 by 22.3. UConn: 2 by 20.8. Army: 4 by 26. SMU: 5 by 54.2. Tulsa: 7 by 33.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins18.3 · Games = 3 · -5 vs Losses
Losses23.3 · Games = 9 · +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
Houston
Best efficiency game
67.7 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | vs Tulsa | L 34-45 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 5.1 |
| Sun 11/22 | @ SMU | L 21-49 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 1 | — | — | 5.2 |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Army | W 34-31 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs UConn | L 3-7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Memphis | L 13-41 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2.4 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Navy | L 14-31 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Houston | L 7-42 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 0 | — | — | 6.5 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Temple | L 10-49 | 8 | 34 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs UCF | W 45-31 | 11 | 35 | 3.20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Sun 9/20 | vs Maine | W 38-7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 9/12 | @ Georgia Tech | L 10-65 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3.2 |
| Fri 9/4 | vs Duke | L 7-37 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
Player Story
Rob Kelley story
Rob Kelley built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 28, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Rob Kelley's career was his backfield work: 1,270 rushing yards, 318 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 727 receiving yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Tulane. 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 727 receiving yards and 1,370 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tulane.
The arc is straightforward: Rob Kelley 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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Tulane
2011-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Tulane | 510 | 51 | 13.3 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Tulane | 626 | 42.6 | 22.3 | 116 |
| 2013 Postseason | Tulane | 596 | 46.5 | 18.4 | -30 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Tulane | 596 | 46.5 | 18.4 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | — | — | -596 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tulane | 265 | 35.8 | 12 | 265 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UAB
Week 9 · W 55-45 · Conference game
Win with 125 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
125
Scrimmage Yards
82.3 takeover
125 scrimmage yards and 24.6 usage.
#2
@ Hawai'i
Week 13 · L 23-35
92
Scrimmage Yards
82.1 takeover
Loss with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
92 scrimmage yards and 30.2 usage.
#3
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 3 · W 24-15 · Conference game
110
Scrimmage Yards
81.5 takeover
Win with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
110 scrimmage yards and 19.7 usage.
#4
@ Louisiana
Week 6 · L 13-41
80
Scrimmage Yards
74.7 takeover
Loss with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
80 scrimmage yards and 36.1 usage.
#5
vs Houston
Week 7 · L 7-42 · Conference game
52
Scrimmage Yards
72.5 takeover
Loss with 52 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
52 scrimmage yards and 17.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Tulane
626 primary output · 42.6 efficiency · 22.3 usage
67.5
#2
2013 Postseason · Tulane
65.6
596 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 18.4 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Tulane
65.6
596 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 18.4 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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