Jacob Kibodi

Senior running back for Louisiana. 2023: 729 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · Louisiana · Sr.

6′1″ · 225 lb · Baton Rouge, LA

CFB Index 54 · #101 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceLouisiana 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 856 nationally · Signed with Texas A&M

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Louisiana. 2023: 729 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas A&M in 2017.
Transferred from Incarnate Word to Louisiana in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Louisiana, 1,168 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20175 games

Signed with Texas A&M3-star out of Christian Life Academy

2021

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#856 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2023

3 coaches

2017

Mark Hudspeth

Louisiana

2018–2019

Billy Napier

Louisiana

era →

2022–2023

Michael Desormeaux

Louisiana

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mark Hudspeth, Billy Napier, and Michael Desormeaux. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Texas A&M7-6HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2018Texas A&M9-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2019Texas A&M8-5HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #101 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (88th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#108 / 426 · 75th pct

5.9

TD rate#156 / 426 · 63rd pct

5.4%

Explosive rate#207 / 426 · 51st pct

7.0%

EPA / carry#230 / 426 · 46th pct

0.15

Success rate#273 / 426 · 36th pct

41.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Long run#39 / 333 · 88th pct

Yards / carry#66 / 333 · 79th pct

5.7

Rush TDs#73 / 333 · 76th pct

Rush yards#96 / 333 · 71st pct

729

Carries#101 / 333 · 70th pct

129

Rec yards#162 / 327 · 50th pct

Receptions#186 / 327 · 41st 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

129 carries

19%

Stuffed (≤0)

38%

Grind (1–3)

29%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	55.7	5.7	0.7
Road6g	65.8	7.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	73.2	9.2	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	48.3	3.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #101 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #101 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Louisiana	129	729	5.7	7	--
2022	Louisiana	37	169	4.6	0	--
2019	Texas A&M	31	123	4.0	1	--
2018	Texas A&M	3	26	8.7	0	--
2017	Texas A&M	11	121	11.0	1	--
Career		211	1,168	5.5	9	--

Season	Team
2023	Louisiana	9	79	8.8	1	--
2022	Louisiana	3	16	5.3	0	--
2019	Texas A&M	6	37	6.2	0	--
2018	Texas A&M	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Texas A&M	1	--	0.0	0	--
Career		19	132	6.9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 38–13

vs Northwestern State

49 rush yds (9 car)

Dominant 25-point win at home against Northwestern State.

With T. Leo — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 52 LONG · B. Wooldridge — 223 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.6 · 29 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Buffalo · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +6.61Jacob Kibodi run for 69 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 5 · Minnesota · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +6.03Jacob Kibodi run for 52 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 2 · Old Dominion · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +5.32Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Jacob Kibodi for 37 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 9 · South Alabama · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +4.74Jacob Kibodi run for 56 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares PAT MISSED)
Week 11 · Southern Miss · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.21Jacob Kibodi run for no gain to the USM 1
Week 3 · UAB · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.51Jacob Kibodi run for 59 yds to the UAB 16 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UAB · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.14Jacob Kibodi run for 30 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 4 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Jacob Kibodi run for 20 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 11 · Southern Miss · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.31Jacob Kibodi run for 3 yds to the USM 43 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Buffalo · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.25Zeon Chriss pass complete to Jacob Kibodi for 16 yds to the BUFF 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-13vs Northwestern State	9	49	5.4	0	10
Wk 2	L 31-38@ Old Dominion	10	54	5.4	0	9
Wk 3	W 41-21@ UAB	7	108	15.4	1	59
Wk 4	W 45-38vs Buffalo	7	100	14.3	2	69
Wk 5	L 24-35@ Minnesota	7	65	9.3	1	52
Wk 6	W 34-30vs Texas State	11	63	5.7	0	16
Wk 8	L 17-20vs Georgia State	13	27	2.1	1	7
Wk 9	W 33-20@ South Alabama	23	119	5.2	1	56	Season-high 119 yds
Wk 10	L 17-37@ Arkansas State	6	26	4.3	0	10
Wk 11	L 31-34vs Southern Miss	14	40	2.9	0	17
Wk 12	L 24-31@ Troy	7	23	3.3	0	14
Wk 13	W 52-21vs UL Monroe	15	55	3.7	1	20
Total		129	729	6.4	7	69

How he plays

Play style

Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Feast or famine

fact

129Carries

765Yards

34.8%Top-5 share

18.6%Stuffed rate

34.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 18.6% of his carries. 7 carries for 23 yds vs Troy; 23 for 133 vs South Alabama.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

7/103rd/4th & short

8/29Inside-5 share

7 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (70.0%). 8 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (27.6%).