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Player Dossier
2015-2016Tennessee
Alvin Kamara
RB • 5'10" • Norcross, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Alvin Kamara leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
82
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Player Story
Alvin Kamara built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a running back from Norcross, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Alvin Kamara's career was his backfield work: 1,294...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2017
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 67
- NFL Team
- New Orleans Saints
Alvin Kamara, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Tennessee. Alvin Kamara leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,977
- Rushing yards
- 1,294
- Receiving yards
- 683
- Touchdowns
- 24
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Alvin Kamara Tennessee Highlights
2016 · Tennessee · Player Highlight
Alvin Kamara college highlights at Tennessee.
- Season
- 2016
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Alvin Kamara quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,977
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2015 Postseason · Tennessee
- Top game
- Texas A&M
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Norcross · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Norcross · 52 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2017 · Round 3 · Pick 3 · New Orleans Saints
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 988 scrimmage yards · RB 82nd (top 15%) · SEC 17th (top 7%) · National 140th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Tennessee | 13 | 72 | 53 | 19 | 1 | 68.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 13 | 917 | 645 | 272 | 10 | 68.7 |
| 2016 Postseason | Tennessee | 11 | 77 | 31 | 46 | 0 | 67.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 11 | 911 | 565 | 346 | 13 | 67.6 |
Related Context
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Alvin Kamara played RB for Tennessee. Across 2 tracked seasons, Alvin Kamara recorded 24 passing yards, 1,294 rushing yards, and 683 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason
Tennessee paired 989 primary output with 62 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 62 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win with 151 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Postseason · Tennessee
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
76.1
Efficiency
62
Usage
16.7
Consistency
65
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 72. Bowling Green: 143. Oklahoma: 9. Western Carolina: 47. Florida: 49. Arkansas: 76. Georgia: 39. Alabama: 65. Kentucky: 83. South Carolina: 57. North Texas: 132. Missouri: 66. Vanderbilt: 151
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 14 by 51.5. Bowling Green: 17 by 85. Oklahoma: 5 by 13.8. Western Carolina: 7 by 69.9. Florida: 8 by 45.5. Arkansas: 11 by 60.9. Georgia: 12 by 20.7. Alabama: 9 by 56.3. Kentucky: 6 by 100. South Carolina: 7 by 80.8. North Texas: 16 by 84.4. Missouri: 11 by 63.4. Vanderbilt: 18 by 73.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins87.8 · Games = 9 · +38.0 vs Losses
Losses49.8 · Games = 4 · -38.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
100 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/1 | vs Northwestern | W 45-6 | 11 | 53 | 4.80 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 5.1 |
| Sat 11/28 | vs Vanderbilt150 scrimmage yards | W 53-28 | 16 | 99 | 6.20 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 8.4 |
| Sun 11/22 | @ Missouri | W 19-8 | 7 | 43 | 6.10 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 6 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs North Texas100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 24-0 | 15 | 127 | 8.50 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8.3 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs South Carolina2+ TD | W 27-24 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 8.1 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Kentucky | W 52-21 | 4 | 70 | 17.50 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13.8 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Alabama | L 14-19 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 7.2 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Georgia2+ TD | W 38-31 | 7 | 8 | 1.10 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 3.3 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Arkansas | L 20-24 | 7 | 36 | 5.10 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 6.9 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Florida | L 27-28 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Western Carolina | W 55-10 | 7 | 47 | 6.70 | 1 | — | — | 6.7 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Oklahoma | L 24-31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1.8 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs Bowling Green100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 59-30 | 15 | 144 | 9.60 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 8.4 |
Player Story
Alvin Kamara story
Alvin Kamara built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a running back from Norcross, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Alvin Kamara's career was his backfield work: 1,294 rushing yards, 210 carries, 16 rushing touchdowns, and 683 receiving yards across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Tennessee. 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 24 passing yards, 683 receiving yards, and 300 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Alvin Kamara moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
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Tennessee
2015-2016
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Season Value Progression
2015201520162016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Tennessee | 989 | 62 | 16.7 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 989 | 62 | 16.7 | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Tennessee | 988 | 56.9 | 21.4 | -1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 988 | 56.9 | 21.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas A&M
Week 6 · L 38-45 · Conference game
Loss with 288 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
94.4 takeover
288 scrimmage yards and 32.5 usage.
#2
vs Vanderbilt
Week 13 · W 53-28 · Conference game
151
Scrimmage Yards
83.9 takeover
Win with 151 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
151 scrimmage yards and 27.3 usage.
#3
vs Bowling Green
Week 1 · W 59-30
143
Scrimmage Yards
80.4 takeover
Win with 143 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
143 scrimmage yards and 21.5 usage.
#4
vs North Texas
Week 11 · W 24-0
132
Scrimmage Yards
80.3 takeover
Win with 132 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
132 scrimmage yards and 24.2 usage.
#5
@ Vanderbilt
Week 13 · L 34-45 · Conference game
141
Scrimmage Yards
68.4 takeover
Loss with 141 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
141 scrimmage yards and 28.1 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Postseason · Tennessee
989 primary output · 62 efficiency · 16.7 usage
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#2
2015 Regular Season · Tennessee
68.7
989 primary · 62 efficiency · 16.7 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Tennessee
67.6
988 primary · 56.9 efficiency · 21.4 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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