Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014LSU
Kenny Hilliard
RB • 6'0" • Patterson, LA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Kenny Hilliard leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
24
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Kenny Hilliard built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Patterson, LA wearing No. 27, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Kenny Hilliard's career was his backfield work: 1,557...
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- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2015
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 18
- Overall
- No. 235
- NFL Team
- Houston Texans
Kenny Hilliard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · LSU. Kenny Hilliard leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,626
- Rushing yards
- 1,557
- Receiving yards
- 69
- Touchdowns
- 28
Quick Answers
Kenny Hilliard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,626
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · LSU
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Patterson · LSU
- High school pipeline
- Patterson · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2015 · Round 7 · Pick 18 · Houston Texans
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2014
- 2014 Scrimmage yards rank
- 482 scrimmage yards · RB 183rd (top 34%) · SEC 52nd (top 20%) · National 491st (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | LSU | 12 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 41.5 |
| 2011 Regular Season | LSU | 12 | 333 | 320 | 13 | 9 | 41.5 |
| 2012 Postseason | LSU | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 |
| 2012 Regular Season | LSU | 12 | 477 | 456 | 21 | 6 | 55.6 |
| 2013 Postseason | LSU | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 |
| 2013 Regular Season | LSU | 12 | 307 | 307 | 0 | 7 | 46.2 |
| 2014 Postseason | LSU | 11 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 61.8 |
| 2014 Regular Season | LSU | 11 | 466 | 431 | 35 | 6 | 61.8 |
Related Context
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Kenny Hilliard played RB for LSU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kenny Hilliard recorded 1,557 rushing yards, 69 receiving yards, and 28 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
LSU paired 482 primary output with 50.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 50.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Win with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2014 Postseason · LSU
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
43.8
Efficiency
50.1
Usage
14.7
Consistency
55.9
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 16. Wisconsin: 132. Sam Houston: 55. UL Monroe: 53. Mississippi State: 30. New Mexico State: 53. Auburn: 11. Florida: 15. Kentucky: 39. Ole Miss: 63. Alabama: 15
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. Notre Dame: 3 by 55.6. Wisconsin: 20 by 65.7. Sam Houston: 11 by 52.1. UL Monroe: 13 by 43. Mississippi State: 9 by 34.7. New Mexico State: 7 by 78.9. Auburn: 4 by 28.6. Florida: 4 by 39.1. Kentucky: 8 by 46.2. Ole Miss: 12 by 54.7. Alabama: 3 by 52.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins58.6 · Games = 7 · +40.6 vs Losses
Losses18 · Games = 4 · -40.6 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
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
78.9 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | vs Notre Dame | L 28-31 | 3 | 16 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Alabama | L 13-20 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Ole Miss | W 10-7 | 12 | 63 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Kentucky | W 41-3 | 7 | 29 | 4.10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Florida | W 30-27 | 4 | 15 | 3.80 | 1 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Auburn | L 7-41 | 4 | 11 | 2.80 | 1 | — | — | 2.8 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs New Mexico State | W 63-7 | 7 | 53 | 7.60 | 0 | — | — | 7.6 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Mississippi State | L 29-34 | 9 | 30 | 3.30 | 1 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs UL Monroe | W 31-0 | 12 | 50 | 4.20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.1 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Sam Houston | W 56-0 | 11 | 55 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Wisconsin100 rush yards | W 28-24 | 18 | 110 | 6.10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6.6 |
Player Story
Kenny Hilliard story
Kenny Hilliard built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Patterson, LA wearing No. 27, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Kenny Hilliard's career was his backfield work: 1,557 rushing yards, 302 carries, 27 rushing touchdowns, and 69 receiving yards across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with LSU. 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 69 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU.
The arc is straightforward: Kenny Hilliard 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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LSU
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | LSU | 349 | 41.9 | 10.6 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | LSU | 349 | 41.9 | 10.6 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | LSU | 485 | 44.1 | 12.7 | 136 |
| 2012 Regular Season | LSU | 485 | 44.1 | 12.7 | 0 |
| 2013 Postseason | LSU | 310 | 40.2 | 10.6 | -175 |
| 2013 Regular Season | LSU | 310 | 40.2 | 10.6 | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | LSU | 482 | 50.1 | 14.7 | 172 |
| 2014 Regular Season | LSU | 482 | 50.1 | 14.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wisconsin
Week 1 · W 28-24
Win with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
132
Scrimmage Yards
88.6 takeover
132 scrimmage yards and 37 usage.
#2
vs North Texas
Week 1 · W 41-14
141
Scrimmage Yards
84.4 takeover
Win with 141 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
141 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
#3
vs Arkansas
Week 13 · W 41-17 · Conference game
102
Scrimmage Yards
80.7 takeover
Win with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
102 scrimmage yards and 30.2 usage.
#4
vs Idaho
Week 3 · W 63-14
116
Scrimmage Yards
77.4 takeover
Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
116 scrimmage yards and 19.6 usage.
#5
vs Georgia
Week 14 · W 42-10 · Conference game
80
Scrimmage Yards
77.1 takeover
Win with 80 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
80 scrimmage yards and 23.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · LSU
482 primary output · 50.1 efficiency · 14.7 usage
61.8
#2
2014 Regular Season · LSU
61.8
482 primary · 50.1 efficiency · 14.7 usage
#3
2012 Postseason · LSU
55.6
485 primary · 44.1 efficiency · 12.7 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
7
2+ TD games
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