#21

Corey Kiner

Former running back at Cincinnati. 2024: 1,153 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Cincinnati · Sr. · #21

5′9″ · 212 lb · Cincinnati, OH

CFB Index 65 · #47 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceCincinnati 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 162 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Cincinnati. 2024: 1,153 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 15 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2021.
Transferred from LSU to Cincinnati in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Cincinnati, 2,886 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 149 yds vs Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh · L 27-282024

202110 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of Roger Bacon

202210 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#162 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

2023–2024

Scott Satterfield

Cincinnati

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021LSU6-7HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2023Cincinnati3-9HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2024Cincinnati5-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #47 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (84th percentile). Strength: rush yards (93rd percentile). Concern: td rate (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#73 / 442 · 84th pct

10.4%

Yards / carry#148 / 442 · 67th pct

5.7

EPA / carry#221 / 442 · 50th pct

0.16

Success rate#282 / 442 · 36th pct

42.3%

TD rate#396 / 442 · 10th pct

1.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#24 / 335 · 93rd pct

1153

Carries#29 / 335 · 91st pct

204

Yards / carry#74 / 335 · 76th pct

5.7

Receptions#115 / 330 · 63rd pct

Rec yards#133 / 330 · 60th pct

105

Long run#165 / 335 · 50th pct

Rush TDs#151 / 335 · 50th pct

Fumbles lost#157 / 204 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

48th → 50th percentile

Success rate

51st → 36th percentile

Explosive rate

37th → 84th percentile

Yards / carry

60th → 67th percentile

TD rate

22nd → 10th percentile

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

201 carries

19%

Stuffed (≤0)

29%

Grind (1–3)

32%

Chunk (4–9)

19%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	96.8	5.5	0.5
Road6g	95.3	5.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	82.7	5.6	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	110	5.8	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #47 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #47 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Cincinnati	204	1,153	5.7	4	--
2023	Cincinnati	192	1,047	5.5	5	--
2022	Cincinnati	81	362	4.5	5	--
2021	LSU	79	324	4.1	2	--
Career		556	2,886	5.2	16	--

Season	Team
2024	Cincinnati	15	105	7.0	--
2023	Cincinnati	12	49	4.1	--
2022	Cincinnati	2	2	1.0	--
2021	LSU	2	10	5.0	--
Career		31	166	5.4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 38–20

vs Towson

51 rush yds (7 car)

With B. Sorsby — 383 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.3 · 5 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · E. Pryor — 105 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · TCU · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.99Corey Kiner run for 46 yds to the TCU 1 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UCF · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.85Corey Kiner run for 46 yds to the UCF 30 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Miami (OH) · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +3.58Corey Kiner run for 40 yds to the M-OH 39 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Houston · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.41Corey Kiner run for 44 yds for a TD (Nathan Hawks KICK)
Week 2 · Pittsburgh · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.88Corey Kiner run for 26 yds to the CIN 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Iowa State · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +2.59Corey Kiner run for 16 yds to the ISU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Miami (OH) · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.41Corey Kiner run for 12 yds to the CIN 47 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.38Corey Kiner run for 28 yds to the CIN 48 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Corey Kiner run for 26 yds to the KSU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Kansas State · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +2.23Corey Kiner run for 12 yds to the CIN 46 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-20vs Towson	7	51	7.3	0	18
Wk 2	L 27-28vs Pittsburgh	20	149	7.5	0	28	Season-high 149 yds
Wk 3	W 27-16@ Miami (OH)	21	126	6.0	1	40
Wk 4	W 34-0vs Houston	16	78	4.9	1	44
Wk 5	L 41-44@ Texas Tech	3	9	3.0	0	6
Wk 7	W 19-13@ UCF	17	83	4.9	0	46
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Arizona State	22	102	4.6	0	20
Wk 9	L 23-34@ Colorado	17	94	5.5	0	23
Wk 11	L 24-31vs West Virginia	25	91	3.6	1	16
Wk 12	L 17-34@ Iowa State	18	120	6.7	0	17
Wk 13	L 15-41@ Kansas State	15	140	9.3	0	29
Wk 14	L 13-20vs TCU	23	110	4.8	1	46
Total		204	1153	5.7	4	46