Coleman Bennett

Senior running back for Kennesaw State. 2025: 764 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 27 catches.

RB · Kennesaw State · Sr.

6′0″ · 210 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 59 · #85 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Kennesaw State for 2026

The numbers

764

rushing yards · 2025

4 TD · 4.9 per carry · 27 catches

The play that turned itSwung Kennesaw State from 28% to 78% to win.Kennesaw State at Liberty · 48-42

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Kennesaw State. 2025: 764 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 27 catches.

Transferred from Rice to Kennesaw State in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

Explosive rate: 71st percentile.

The full scouting read

Coleman Bennett

RB · Kennesaw State · Sr

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 101 rush yds, 7 rec yds against Middle Tennessee — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Pass-leaning

2025Kennesaw State10-4HC: Jerry Mack · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #85 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (96th percentile). Strength: receptions (86th percentile). Concern: long run (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#132 / 456 · 71st pct

8.4%

Success rate#208 / 456 · 54th pct

44.5%

Yards / carry#238 / 456 · 48th pct

4.9

EPA / carry#292 / 456 · 36th pct

0.06

TD rate#309 / 456 · 32nd pct

1.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#13 / 338 · 96th pct

314

Receptions#46 / 338 · 86th pct

Carries#60 / 349 · 83rd pct

157

Rush yards#71 / 349 · 80th pct

764

Rush TDs#153 / 349 · 50th pct

Yards / carry#171 / 349 · 49th pct

4.9

Long run#247 / 349 · 29th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

155 carries

19%

Stuffed (≤0)

37%

Grind (1–3)

29%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	48.5	3.8	0.2
Road8g	59.1	5.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	59.0	5.2	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	50.1	3.9	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jerry Mack

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #85 of 326 RBs

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #8 of 28 Conference USA RBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Kennesaw State	157	764	4.9	4	--
2024	Rice	2	28	14.0	1	--
Career		159	792	5.0	5	--

Season	Team
2025	Kennesaw State	27	314	11.6	3	--
2024	Rice	--	--	--	--	--
Career		27	314	11.6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 27–13

vs Merrimack

39 rush yds (10 car)

With A. Odom — 108 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 42.2 · 22 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · J. Huiet — 0 TFL · 1 TOT · 37 AVG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Florida International · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.15(14:58) Shotgun #2 A.Odom pass complete short right to #0 C.Bennett caught at KSU26, for 76 yards to the FIU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:48, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner was inbounds". CALL UPHELD #27 B.Williams kick attempt good (H: #91 J.Huiet, LS: #43 B.Blanton)
Week 7 · Louisiana Tech · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +5.76Dexter Williams II pass complete to Coleman Bennett for 50 yds for a TD (Britton Williams KICK)
Week 14 · Liberty · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.24Coleman Bennett 30 Yd pass from Amari Odom (Britton Williams Kick)
Week 1 · Wake Forest · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Coleman Bennett run for 19 yds for a TD (Britton Williams PAT MISSED)
Week 3 · Merrimack · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Amari Odom pass complete to Coleman Bennett for 18 yds to the MRMK 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Arkansas State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.80Coleman Bennett 10 Yd Run (Britton Williams Kick)
Week 14 · Liberty · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Coleman Bennett 1 Yd Run (Britton Williams Kick)
Week 7 · Louisiana Tech · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Coleman Bennett run for 29 yds to the LT 31 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Jacksonville State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.62(13:08) Shotgun #0 C.Bennett rush middle for 3 yards gain to the Jax St00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:03 #27 B.Williams kick attempt good (H: #91 J.Huiet, LS: #43 B.Blanton)
Week 5 · Middle Tennessee · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.59Coleman Bennett run for 30 yds to the MTSU 29 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 9-10@ Wake Forest	17	66	3.9	1	19
Wk 2	L 9-56@ Indiana	5	34	6.8	0	26
Wk 3	W 27-13vs Merrimack	10	39	3.9	0	15
Wk 4	W 28-21vs Arkansas State	15	52	3.5	1	10
Wk 5	W 24-16vs Middle Tennessee	12	101	8.4	0	30	Season-high 101 yds
Wk 7	W 35-7vs Louisiana Tech	17	73	4.3	0	29
Wk 9	W 45-26@ Florida International	4	18	4.5	0	11
Wk 10	W 33-20vs UTEP	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Wk 11	W 24-21@ New Mexico State	16	86	5.4	0	23
Wk 12	L 26-35@ Jacksonville State	12	47	3.9	0	15
Wk 13	W 41-34vs Missouri State	8	27	3.4	0	8
Wk 14	W 48-42@ Liberty	14	92	6.6	1	23
Wk 15	W 19-15@ Jacksonville State	17	82	4.8	1	20
Bowl	L 6-41@ Western Michigan	9	48	5.3	0	23
Total		157	764	4.5	4	30

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

155Carries

758Yards

17.3%Top-5 share

18.7%Stuffed rate

Just 17.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.7% of his carries. 1 carry for -1 yds vs UTEP; 12 for 101 vs Middle Tennessee.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

30.8%Carry share

31.0%Q4-lead share

76.9%In competitive games

30.8% of carries overall (156/506) → 31.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (26/84) — 76.9% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

12/133rd/4th & short

4/23Inside-5 share

12 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (92.3%). 4 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (17.4%).

2026 Outlook

Kennesaw State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Running back · Kennesaw State

Returning around him

6% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy 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 #133 · 2026 recruiting class #120

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Waters’s 2024 season.

Jordan Waters

80%match

NC State · 2024

Ari Broussard

Rice · 2021

79%

Star Thomas

New Mexico State · 2022

77%

Demie Sumo

Kentucky · 2024

77%

Dylan Carson

Air Force · 2025

76%

Matches Jordan on

Yards / carry

Weight

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kierre Crossley’s path through Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Kierre Crossley

99%match

Arkansas-Pine Bluff · 2021

Gerrid Doaks

Cincinnati · 2020

All-AACNFL Rd 7

97%

Dominic Richardson

Tulsa · 2025

All-AAC

95%

Ofa Mataele

Western Michigan · 2025

95%

Terrance Shelton Jr.

Buffalo · 2025

94%

Matches Kierre on

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

Demie Sumo

Kentucky · 2024

78%

Anthony Watkins

Tulsa · 2024

All-AAC

77%

Larry McCammon III

Florida Atlantic · 2023

All-Conference USA

77%

Devin Mockobee

Purdue · 2025

75%

Matches Myles on

Yards / reception

Weight

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Player DNA

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Nahree Biggins

Central Michigan · 2025

74%

Devin Mockobee

Purdue · 2025

67%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2024

202514 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

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