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Heisman / Players / Coleman Bennett /Kennesaw State

Coleman Bennett

RB · Kennesaw State · Sr

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

764 RUSH YDS · 4 RUSH TD · 157 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Kennesaw State for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Kennesaw State for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Kennesaw State

Returning around him

  • 46% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • Transfer portal: +10 net (29 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Kennesaw State · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #132 · 2026 recruiting class #137

RB · KENNESAW STATE · CONFERENCE USA

Coleman Bennett

  • 4
  • 6-0 | 210 lb
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

64

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 80th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#1949

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

2 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2024

Rice · RB

2025

Kennesaw State · RB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2024–2025
28.02024
7642025

+2629%

Up 2629% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
No recruit profile
CFB
College
2 teams
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB
Class4
Jersey--
Measurements6-0 | 210 lb
HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Primary teamKennesaw State

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive
Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player
Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable
Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable
Class Profile Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 2 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Kennesaw State 2025
Transfer stars 2-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 2, 2025
Season Move Context
2025 Rice -> Kennesaw State 2-star | 0.7900 | Immediate
2024 Bucknell -> Rice 3-star | 0.8000 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1949Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2803Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

Achievements

  • Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in receiving yards (314).

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Coleman Bennett

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

50

Mixed Sentiment

Sample 1 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmOwn fans: 1 mentions · belief +0 · "Bennett and Voyles Collect Second Team All-America Honors at NCAA Championships "Own fansNational: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"National
  • Own fans · n=1
  • National · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Coleman Bennett

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

final
Through 14g
764Rush yards
157Carries
4Rush TDs
Per game
54.6Rush yards
11Carries
0Rush TDs
Final
764Rush yards
157Carries
4Rush TDs

✓ Hit 750-yard season · finished with 764.

Why this is more than a rushing profile

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Coleman Bennett is not a one-lane back. The profile is interesting because the workload spills beyond pure rushing volume: 764 rushing yards, 27 catches, and 0 return yards for Kennesaw State. That kind of all-purpose footprint gives the card a much richer story than a basic carry total.

Current place #1949 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 20.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Transfer path 2 portal moves

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Scrimmage yards 1,078 764 rush | 314 rec | #71/735 (90th pct)
Rush TD 4 157 carries | #154/739 (79th pct)
Yards/carry 4.9 Per-rush efficiency | #305/735 (59th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Workhorse | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.

WorkhorsePassing-game back

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Rushing

CAR
157 92nd
YDS
764 90th
YPC
4.9 59th
TD
4 79th

Receiving

REC
27 92nd
YDS
314 98th
YPR
11.6 86th
TD
3 99th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppCARYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1L 9-10@ Wake Forest17663.9119
Wk 2L 9-56@ Indiana5346.8026
Wk 3W 27-13vs Merrimack10393.9015
Wk 4W 28-21vs Arkansas State15523.5110
Wk 5W 24-16vs Middle Tennessee121018.4030Season-high 101 yds
Wk 7W 35-7vs Louisiana Tech17734.3029
Wk 9W 45-26@ Florida International4184.5011
Wk 10W 33-20vs UTEP1-1-1.000
Wk 11W 24-21@ New Mexico State16865.4023
Wk 12L 26-35@ Jacksonville State12473.9015
Wk 13W 41-34vs Missouri State8273.408
Wk 14W 48-42@ Liberty14926.6123
Wk 15W 19-15@ Jacksonville State17824.8120
BowlL 6-41@ Western Michigan9485.3023
Total1577644.5430
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2024Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Pass-leaning
2025Kennesaw State10-4HC: Jerry Mack · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Kennesaw State1577644.94--
2024Rice22814.01--
Career2 loaded seasons1597925.05--
SeasonTeam
2025Kennesaw State2731411.63--
2024Rice----------
Career2 loaded seasons2731411.63--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 27 314 rec yds | #46/552 (92nd pct)
Usage 20.2% 31.9% rush share | #93/738 (88th pct)
Rushing WEPA +0.16 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #111/362 (70th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Rushing Rushing yards 764 #71/735 90th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rush TD 4 #154/739 79th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing Yards / carry 4.9 #305/735 59th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receptions 27 #46/552 92nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving yards 314 #14/548 98th pct Volumevs FBS RB
Value Rushing WEPA +0.16 #111/362 70th pct Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 148 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage Role share 20.2% #93/738 88th pct Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing Carries 157 #60/739 92nd pct Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing Rushing LONG 30 #297/733 60th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving LONG 76 #7/540 99th pct Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving Yards / catch 11.6 #76/548 86th pct Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving Receiving TD 3 #5/552 99th pct Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage Rush share 31.9% #105/738 86th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage Standard-down usage 23.1% #93/738 88th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage 1st-down usage 21.9% #108/738 86th pct Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 2nd-down usage 20.5% #87/738 88th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage 3rd-down usage 15.7% #64/738 91st pct Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage Passing-down usage 14.3% #76/738 90th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage Pass share 8.0% #55/738 93rd pct Air-game usagevs FBS RB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Home6g48.53.80.2
Road8g59.15.20.4

Win vs Loss

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Wins10g56.94.40.3
Losses4g48.85.00.2

First half vs Second half

YDS/gYPCTD/g
Weeks 1-77g59.05.20.3
Weeks 8+7g50.13.90.3

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

64Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (96th). Strength: receptions (86th). Concern: long run (28th).

Rec yards#13 / 338 · 96th pct
314rece
Receptions#46 / 338 · 86th pct
27rece
Carries#60 / 349 · 83rd pct
157rush
Rush yards#71 / 349 · 80th pct
764rush
Rush TDs#153 / 349 · 50th pct
4rush
Yards / carry#171 / 349 · 49th pct
4.9rush
Long run#247 / 349 · 29th pct
30rush

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · RB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

wepa_rushing0.16Mid (p50–p75) (n=178)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Coleman BennettKennesaw StateRashod DubinionApp State· 91% simDean ConnorsHouston· 83% simAl-Jay HendersonBuffalo· 83% sim
Rec yards
96
Bennett
77
Dubinion
92
Connors
79
Henderson
Receptions
86
Bennett
86
Dubinion
94
Connors
85
Henderson
Carries
83
Bennett
87
Dubinion
93
Connors
90
Henderson
Rush yards
80
Bennett
84
Dubinion
88
Connors
79
Henderson
Rush TDs
50
Bennett
50
Dubinion
72
Connors
72
Henderson
Yards / carry
49
Bennett
53
Dubinion
49
Connors
18
Henderson
Long run
29
Bennett
39
Dubinion
64
Connors
43
Henderson

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

RB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ari Broussard’s 2021 season.

Ari Broussard

79%match

Rice · 2021

#2

Demie Sumo

Kentucky · 2024

78%
#3

Owen Burk

Air Force · 2023

75%
#4

Star Thomas

New Mexico State · 2022

78%
#5

Donerio Davenport

Texas State · 2023

76%

Matches Ari on

EPA / carry (adj)
Rush TD rate
Total rush EPA (college ability)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Antonio Harris’s path through Purdue.

Antonio Harris

99%match

Purdue · 2025

#2

Kierre Crossley

Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 2021

99%
#3

Gerrid Doaks

Cincinnati · 2020

All-AACNFL Rd 7
97%
#4

Dominic Richardson

Tulsa · 2025

96%
#5

Christian Clark

Texas · 2025

96%

Matches Antonio on

Height
Weight
Yards per carry

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Myles Montgomery's senior season at UCF (2025).

Myles Montgomery

79%match

UCF · 2025

#2

Demie Sumo

Kentucky · 2024

78%
#3

Larry McCammon III

Florida Atlantic · 2023

All-Conference USA
76%
#4

Anthony Watkins

Tulsa · 2024

All-AAC
76%
#5

Michel Dukes

South Florida · 2023

75%

Matches Myles on

Yards / reception
Weight
Total rush EPA (college ability)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jerry Mack

Pass share

44.2%

422 pass / 533 run

Plays / game

68.2

14 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.4%

282 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

2 coaches
2024
Chandler Burks
Kennesaw State
2025
Jerry Mack
Kennesaw State
era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chandler Burks → Jerry Mack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownFort Lauderdale, FL
Height6'0"
Weight210 lb
Class4
PositionRB

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-Conference USA

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2025 All-Conference USA all_conference Kennesaw State | Conference USA RB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Rice RB4 #1949 #2803 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Kennesaw State Conference USA RB 4 6-0 | 210 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL
2024 Rice American Athletic RB 4 6-0 | 210 lb | Fort Lauderdale, FL