Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-3vs Maine | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 31 yds |
| Total | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 19 |
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Kanye Roberts
Senior running back for App State. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 205 lb · Teachey, NC
CFB Index 32 · #286 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to App State for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
31
rushing yards · 2026
7.8 per carry
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 31 rush yds, vs Maine
The play that turned itSwung App State from 12% to 60% to win.Georgia State at App State · 33-26
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for App State. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to App State in 2022.
Kanye Roberts
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Kanye Roberts has been at App State through two head coaches in four seasons. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Sun Belt. The receipt: 31 rush yds against Maine — Week 1, 2026.
31 RUSH YDS · 0 RUSH TD · 4 CARRIES
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20223 games
- Signed with App State2-star out of Wallace-Rose Hill
20248 games
The role got bigger.
- All-Sun Belt
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
App State
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coaches2022–2024
App State
2026era →
Dowell Loggains
App State
Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Clark → Dowell Loggains. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022App State6-6HC: Shawn Clark · Run-leaning
2023App State9-5HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced
2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced
2026App State2-0HC: Dowell Loggains · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
High confidence
Elite: yards / carry (93rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 31.0 YDS/g, 7.8 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 55–3
vs Maine
31 rush yds (4 car)
Dominant 52-point win at home against Maine.
With M. Singleton — 291 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · -9 rush yds (5 car) · N. Branch — 44 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
App State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · App State
Returning around him
- 38% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: -5 net (38 in / 43 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
App State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #85 · 2026 recruiting class #59
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Back
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
RB
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Star Thomas’s 2024 season.
Matches Star on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Weight
Yards / reception
Differs from Star on
Class year (lower)
Rush TD rate (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Parker Jenkins's junior season at East Carolina (2025).
78%match
Matches Parker on
Weight
Yards / carry
Height
Player DNA
Players who play like Kanye Roberts
The backfield · App State
- #7Rashod Dubinion868 rushing yards · 2025
- #5Jaquari Lewis618 rushing yards · 2025
- #48J'Marion Burnette82 rushing yards · 2025
- #11Ja'Quez Cross36 rushing yards · 2025
- #2Kanye Roberts1 game · 2026
4 more on the roster · App State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology