#34

James Gilbert

Senior running back for Kansas State. 2019: 737 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 6 catches.

RB · Kansas State · Sr. · #34

5′9″ · 198 lb · Indianapolis, IN

Kansas State 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1452 nationally · Signed with Ball State

Statement game34 car · 264 yds · 2 TDat Buffalo (FBS) · W 31-21

Top 0.1% rushing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Kansas State. 2019: 737 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 6 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ball State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kansas State, 3,543 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

201512 games

Signed with Ball State3-star out of Lawrence Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1452 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2019

2 coaches

2015–2018

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

2019

Chris Klieman

Kansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Ball State3-9HC: Pete Lembo · Balanced

2016Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ball State2-10HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning

2018Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#100 / 326 · 69th pct

737

Carries#102 / 326 · 69th pct

141

Rush TDs#111 / 326 · 61st pct

Yards / carry#131 / 326 · 58th pct

5.2

Long run#154 / 326 · 53rd pct

Fumbles lost#53 / 218 · 50th pct

Rec yards#198 / 314 · 37th pct

Receptions#210 / 314 · 31st pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	71.6	5.9	0.6
Road3g	54.7	4.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	75.7	6.1	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	56.6	4.6	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Kansas State	141	737	5.2	6	--
2018	Ball State	152	659	4.3	7	--
2017	Ball State	48	207	4.3	3	--
2016	Ball State	251	1,332	5.3	12	--
2015	Ball State	152	608	4.0	8	--
Career		744	3,543	4.8	36	--

Season	Team
2019	Kansas State	6	49	8.2	0	--
2018	Ball State	15	88	5.9	0	--
2017	Ball State	2	24	12.0	1	--
2016	Ball State	1	18	18.0	0	--
2015	Ball State	3	35	11.7	0	--
Career		27	214	7.9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2019

W 48–41

vs Oklahoma

105 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Oklahoma at home in a shootout.

With S. John Thompson — 213 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.8 · 39 rush yds (13 car) · 4 TD · D. Anctil — 53 AVG · 59 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-14vs Nicholls	18	115	6.4	1	24	Season-high 115 yds
Wk 2	W 52-0vs Bowling Green	8	103	12.9	2	51
Wk 3	W 31-24@ Mississippi State	17	59	3.5	0	11
Wk 5	L 13-26@ Oklahoma State	12	44	3.7	1	18
Wk 6	L 12-31vs Baylor	18	94	5.2	0	29
Wk 8	W 24-17vs TCU	14	38	2.7	0	11
Wk 9	W 48-41vs Oklahoma	13	105	8.1	1	26
Wk 12	L 20-24vs West Virginia	13	60	4.6	1	32
Wk 13	W 30-27@ Texas Tech	12	61	5.1	0	22
Wk 14	W 27-17vs Iowa State	8	19	2.4	0	6
Bowl	L 17-20vs Navy	8	39	4.9	0	14
Total		141	737	5.4	6	51

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