Usage / Role
55%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Illinois
Kendrick Foster
RB • 5'9" • 190 lbs • Peoria, IL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Kendrick Foster leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Kendrick Foster built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a running back from Peoria, IL wearing No. 22, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Kendrick Foster's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Kendrick Foster, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Kendrick Foster leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,185
- Rushing yards
- 1,064
- Receiving yards
- 121
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Kendrick Foster quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,185
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Richwoods · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Richwoods · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 333 scrimmage yards · RB 269th (top 45%) · Big Ten 78th (top 30%) · National 726th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 78 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 31.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 774 | 720 | 54 | 9 | 71.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 333 | 266 | 67 | 1 | 37 |
Related Context
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Kendrick Foster played RB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kendrick Foster recorded 1,064 rushing yards, 121 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Illinois paired 774 primary output with 49.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 49.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Win with 150 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
64.5
Efficiency
49.3
Usage
27.2
Consistency
59
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Murray State: 118. North Carolina: 69. Western Michigan: 10. Nebraska: 46. Purdue: 58. Rutgers: 116. Michigan: 45. Minnesota: 23. Michigan State: 150. Wisconsin: 86. Iowa: 54. Northwestern: -1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Murray State: 4 by 100. North Carolina: 13 by 50.2. Western Michigan: 3 by 23.3. Nebraska: 7 by 68.5. Purdue: 17 by 35.7. Rutgers: 23 by 53.2. Michigan: 8 by 58.6. Minnesota: 8 by 30.7. Michigan State: 18 by 84.7. Wisconsin: 16 by 53.6. Iowa: 17 by 32.8. Northwestern: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins128 · Games = 3 · +84.7 vs Losses
Losses43.3 · Games = 9 · -84.7 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
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Murray State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Northwestern | L 21-42 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Iowa | L 0-28 | 16 | 50 | 3.10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Wisconsin | L 3-48 | 15 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5.4 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Michigan State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 31-27 | 17 | 146 | 8.60 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8.3 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Minnesota | L 17-40 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.9 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Michigan | L 8-41 | 8 | 45 | 5.60 | 0 | — | — | 5.6 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Rutgers100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 24-7 | 21 | 108 | 5.10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5.0 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Purdue | L 31-34 | 16 | 55 | 3.40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.4 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Nebraska | L 16-31 | 7 | 46 | 6.60 | 1 | — | — | 6.6 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Western Michigan | L 10-34 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs North Carolina | L 23-48 | 12 | 54 | 4.50 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Murray State100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 52-3 | 4 | 118 | 29.50 | 2 | — | — | 29.5 |
Player Story
Kendrick Foster story
Kendrick Foster built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a running back from Peoria, IL wearing No. 22, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Kendrick Foster's career was his backfield work: 1,064 rushing yards, 214 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 121 receiving yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Illinois. 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 121 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 808 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Kendrick Foster 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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Illinois
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 78 | 55.6 | 7.8 | 78 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 774 | 49.3 | 27.2 | 696 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 333 | 36.6 | 16.6 | -441 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Michigan State
Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game
Win with 150 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
150
Scrimmage Yards
94.9 takeover
150 scrimmage yards and 48.6 usage.
#2
@ Purdue
Week 10 · L 10-29 · Conference game
119
Scrimmage Yards
84.3 takeover
Loss with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
119 scrimmage yards and 40.4 usage.
#3
@ Rutgers
Week 7 · W 24-7 · Conference game
116
Scrimmage Yards
76.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
116 scrimmage yards and 46.9 usage.
#4
vs Indiana
Week 11 · L 14-24 · Conference game
94
Scrimmage Yards
73 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
94 scrimmage yards and 55.8 usage.
#5
@ Wisconsin
Week 11 · L 3-48 · Conference game
86
Scrimmage Yards
70.3 takeover
Loss with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
86 scrimmage yards and 57.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
774 primary output · 49.3 efficiency · 27.2 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
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333 primary · 36.6 efficiency · 16.6 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Illinois
31.9
78 primary · 55.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
3
2+ TD games
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