Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2015UNLV
Keith Whitely
RB • 5'9" • Houston, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Keith Whitely leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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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 Regular Season · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
Keith Whitely built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Keith Whitely's career was his backfield work: 1,271...
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- Committed To
- UNLV
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Keith Whitely, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · UNLV. Keith Whitely leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,611
- Rushing yards
- 1,271
- Receiving yards
- 340
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Keith Whitely quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,611
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · UNLV
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · La Porte · UNLV
- High school pipeline
- La Porte · 13 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 865 scrimmage yards · RB 96th (top 18%) · Mountain West 18th (top 8%) · National 182nd (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Postseason | UNLV | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 |
| 2013 Regular Season | UNLV | 13 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UNLV | 13 | 690 | 504 | 186 | 2 | 56.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UNLV | 12 | 865 | 711 | 154 | 4 | 71.8 |
Related Context
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Keith Whitely played RB for UNLV. Across 3 tracked seasons, Keith Whitely recorded 1,271 rushing yards, 340 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
UNLV paired 865 primary output with 48.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 48.9 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: Hawai'i
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · UNLV
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
72.1
Efficiency
48.9
Usage
24.2
Consistency
69.3
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Illinois: 92. UCLA: 73. Michigan: 29. Idaho State: 119. Nevada: 95. San José State: 45. Fresno State: 112. Boise State: 30. Hawai'i: 128. Colorado State: 76. San Diego State: 17. Wyoming: 49
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Illinois: 23 by 36.9. UCLA: 12 by 63.4. Michigan: 13 by 23.2. Idaho State: 13 by 87.6. Nevada: 18 by 51.7. San José State: 10 by 43.8. Fresno State: 20 by 59.4. Boise State: 7 by 48.1. Hawai'i: 23 by 60.1. Colorado State: 12 by 47. San Diego State: 7 by 17.4. Wyoming: 11 by 47.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins114 · Games = 3 · +55.9 vs Losses
Losses58.1 · Games = 9 · -55.9 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
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
87.6 vs Idaho State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ Wyoming | L 28-35 | 10 | 47 | 4.70 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.5 |
| Sun 11/22 | vs San Diego State | L 14-52 | 6 | 7 | 1.20 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2.4 |
| Sun 11/15 | @ Colorado State | L 35-49 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 6.3 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Hawai'i100 rush yards | W 41-21 | 21 | 124 | 5.90 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5.6 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Boise State | L 27-55 | 6 | 29 | 4.80 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Fresno State | L 28-31 | 17 | 98 | 5.80 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5.6 |
| Sun 10/11 | vs San José State | L 27-33 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4.5 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Nevada | W 23-17 | 16 | 76 | 4.80 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Sun 9/27 | vs Idaho State2+ TD | W 80-8 | 12 | 95 | 7.90 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9.2 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Michigan | L 7-28 | 13 | 29 | 2.20 | 0 | — | — | 2.2 |
| Sun 9/13 | vs UCLA | L 3-37 | 12 | 73 | 6.10 | 0 | — | — | 6.1 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ Northern Illinois | L 30-38 | 21 | 68 | 3.20 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 4 |
Player Story
Keith Whitely story
Keith Whitely built his college career from 2013 through 2015 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 28, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Keith Whitely's career was his backfield work: 1,271 rushing yards, 280 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 340 receiving yards across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with UNLV. 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 340 receiving yards and 794 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.
The arc is straightforward: Keith Whitely 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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UNLV
2013-2015
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Postseason | UNLV | 56 | 33 | 1.2 | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | UNLV | 56 | 33 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UNLV | 690 | 42.6 | 19.2 | 634 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UNLV | 865 | 48.9 | 24.2 | 175 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Hawai'i
Week 10 · W 41-21 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
128
Scrimmage Yards
86.5 takeover
128 scrimmage yards and 34.8 usage.
#2
@ Fresno State
Week 7 · L 28-31 · Conference game
112
Scrimmage Yards
80.7 takeover
Loss with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
112 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#3
@ San José State
Week 6 · L 10-33 · Conference game
90
Scrimmage Yards
79.5 takeover
Loss with 90 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
90 scrimmage yards and 36.6 usage.
#4
vs Idaho State
Week 4 · W 80-8
119
Scrimmage Yards
79.5 takeover
Win with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
119 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
#5
vs Fresno State
Week 7 · W 30-27 · Conference game
119
Scrimmage Yards
77.9 takeover
Win with 119 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
119 scrimmage yards and 28 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · UNLV
865 primary output · 48.9 efficiency · 24.2 usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · UNLV
56.8
690 primary · 42.6 efficiency · 19.2 usage
#3
2013 Postseason · UNLV
11.4
56 primary · 33 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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