#32

Kairee Robinson

Senior running back for San José State. 2023: 1,191 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 17 catches.

RB · San José State · Sr. · #32

5′7″ · 189 lb · Antioch, CA

CFB Index 84 · #14 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamSan José State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 2271 nationally · Signed with San José State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for San José State. 2023: 1,191 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 17 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San José State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at San José State, 2,720 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with San José State3-star out of De La Salle

202312 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2271 national

CFB

College

San José State

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Brent Brennan

San José State

Played his entire career under Brent Brennan.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Brent Brennan — 31-26 over that span.

2019San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-heavy

2020San José State7-1HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2021San José State5-7HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

2022San José State7-5HC: Brent Brennan · Pass-leaning

2023San José State7-6HC: Brent Brennan · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

84All-Conference level #14 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (98th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#8 / 426 · 98th pct

12.7%

Explosive rate#10 / 426 · 98th pct

15.7%

Yards / carry#12 / 426 · 97th pct

7.6

EPA / carry#52 / 426 · 88th pct

0.40

Success rate#53 / 426 · 87th pct

54.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#3 / 333 · 99th pct

Yards / carry#12 / 333 · 97th pct

7.0

Rush yards#22 / 333 · 94th pct

1191

Carries#56 / 333 · 83rd pct

169

Rec yards#56 / 327 · 83rd pct

198

Receptions#94 / 327 · 70th pct

Long run#126 / 333 · 61st pct

Fumbles lost#195 / 207 · 4th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

29th → 88th percentile

Success rate

66th → 87th percentile

Explosive rate

39th → 98th percentile

Yards / carry

42nd → 97th percentile

TD rate

74th → 98th 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

146 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

27%

Grind (1–3)

33%

Chunk (4–9)

23%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	102	7.4	1.3
Road6g	96.0	6.5	1.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	76.9	6.5	1.4
Weeks 8+5g	131	7.6	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ken Niumatalolo

Pass share

51.0%

106 pass / 102 run

Plays / game

69.3

3 games

Team sack rate

1.8%

110 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #14 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	San José State	169	1,191	7.0	18	--
2022	San José State	157	762	4.9	10	--
2021	San José State	64	280	4.4	1	--
2020	San José State	82	313	3.8	2	--
2019	San José State	40	174	4.3	0	--
Career		512	2,720	5.3	31	--

Season	Team
2023	San José State	17	198	11.6	2	--
2022	San José State	26	144	5.5	0	--
2021	San José State	21	159	7.6	1	--
2020	San José State	19	156	8.2	0	--
2019	San José State	7	51	7.3	2	--
Career		90	708	7.9	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2023

W 42–18

vs Fresno State

200 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Fresno State.

With A. Weir — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG · C. Cordeiro — 146 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 27 rush yds (6 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Kairee Robinson for 55 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 9 · Hawai'i · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -4.17Kairee Robinson run for a loss of 1 yard to the HAW 5
Week 7 · New Mexico · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +4.09Kairee Robinson run for 35 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 9 · Hawai'i · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.01Kairee Robinson run for 52 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 13 · UNLV · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +3.96Kairee Robinson run for 40 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 6 · Boise State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.55Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Kairee Robinson for 63 yds to the BOIS 12 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Cal Poly · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.39Kairee Robinson run for 32 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 4 · Air Force · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Kairee Robinson run for 29 yds for a TD (Kyler Halvorsen KICK)
Week 1 · Coastal Carolina · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA -3.05Chevan Cordeiro pass complete to Kairee Robinson for 1 yd to the CCU 40 San José State Penalty, Illegal Block (-10 Yards) to the 50 yard line
Week 13 · UNLV · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Kairee Robinson run for 46 yds to the UNLV 7 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	L 28-56@ USC	9	28	3.1	1	20
Wk 2	W 59-3vs Cal Poly	16	124	7.8	2	32
Wk 3	L 17-21@ Toledo	14	50	3.6	1	15
Wk 4	L 20-45vs Air Force	7	82	11.7	2	33
Wk 6	L 27-35@ Boise State	12	61	5.1	1	14
Wk 7	W 52-24@ New Mexico	15	126	8.4	3	35	3 rushing TDs
Wk 8	W 42-21vs Utah State	21	102	4.9	1	11
Wk 9	W 35-0@ Hawai'i	17	146	8.6	2	52
Wk 11	W 42-18vs Fresno State	19	200	10.5	2	47	Season-high 200 yds
Wk 12	W 24-13vs San Diego State	11	40	3.6	1	14
Wk 13	W 37-31@ UNLV	16	165	10.3	2	46	165-yard day
Bowl	L 14-24vs Coastal Carolina	12	67	5.6	0	20
Total		169	1191	6.9	18	52

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

146Carries

1091Yards

20.3%Top-5 share

17.1%Stuffed rate

Just 20.3% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 17.1% of his carries. 9 carries for 28 yds vs USC; 19 for 200 vs Fresno State.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

36.5%Carry share

18.8%Q4-lead share

31.2%In competitive games

36.5% of carries overall (143/392) → 18.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/85) — 31.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

7/113rd/4th & short

10/23Inside-5 share