#15

Kay'Ron Adams

Former running back at Michigan State. 2024: 649 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 15 catches.

RB · Michigan State · Sr. · #15

5′10″ · 215 lb · Warren, OH

CFB Index 41 · #198 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceMichigan State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former running back at Michigan State. 2024: 649 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD, 15 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Michigan State, 2,540 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

2020–2023

Mel Tucker

Michigan State

era →

2024

Jonathan Smith

Michigan State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mark Dantonio, Mel Tucker, and Jonathan Smith. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Rutgers2-10HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Rutgers3-6HC: Greg Schiano · Balanced

2021Massachusetts1-11HC: Alex Miller · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Massachusetts1-11HC: Don Brown · Run-heavy

2023Massachusetts3-9HC: Don Brown · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Michigan State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

41Rotational starter #198 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: td rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#224 / 442 · 49th pct

44.7%

Explosive rate#259 / 442 · 41st pct

6.1%

Yards / carry#276 / 442 · 38th pct

4.9

EPA / carry#386 / 442 · 13th pct

-0.01

TD rate#393 / 442 · 11th pct

1.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#93 / 335 · 72nd pct

Carries#107 / 335 · 68th pct

133

Rush yards#116 / 335 · 66th pct

649

Receptions#115 / 330 · 63rd pct

Rec yards#168 / 330 · 49th pct

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Yards / carry#175 / 335 · 46th pct

4.9

Rush TDs#231 / 335 · 25th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

57th → 13th percentile

Success rate

38th → 49th percentile

Explosive rate

82nd → 41st percentile

Yards / carry

52nd → 38th percentile

TD rate

60th → 11th 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

132 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

32%

Grind (1–3)

37%

Chunk (4–9)

14%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	64.1	5.6	0.1
Road5g	40.0	3.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	56.3	5.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	51.8	4.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Fitzgerald

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

41 · #198 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Michigan State	133	649	4.9	2	--
2023	Massachusetts	236	1,157	4.9	12	--
2022	Massachusetts	84	297	3.5	1	--
2021	Massachusetts	39	114	2.9	1	--
2020	Rutgers	36	162	4.5	1	--
2019	Rutgers	48	161	3.4	1	--
Career		576	2,540	4.4	18	--

Season	Team
2024	Michigan State	15	85	5.7	0	--
2023	Massachusetts	20	118	5.9	0	--
2022	Massachusetts	2	7	3.5	0	--
2021	Massachusetts	7	43	6.1	0	--
2020	Rutgers	4	73	18.2	1	--
2019	Rutgers	2	47	23.5	0	--
Career		50	373	7.5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2024

W 32–20

vs Iowa

86 rush yds (15 car)

With A. Chiles — 256 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.3 · 51 rush yds (11 car) · M. Foster — 5 rec · 100 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Florida Atlantic · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.05Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for 63 yds for a TD (Jonathan Kim KICK)
Week 14 · Rutgers · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.13Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for no gain to the RUTG 6
Week 1 · Florida Atlantic · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.06Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for a loss of 2 yards to the FAU 11
Week 14 · Rutgers · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.84Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for 36 yds to the RUTG 33 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Indiana · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Aidan Chiles pass complete to Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams for 16 yds to the IU 28 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Boston College · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.21Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for 4 yds to the MSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Boston College · 3&15 · Q4 · EPA +2.17Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for 19 yds to the BC 11 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Prairie View A&M · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA -1.83Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for a loss of 4 yards to the PV 41
Week 13 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -1.74Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for a loss of 3 yards to the MSU 40
Week 12 · Illinois · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.73Kay'Ron Lynch-Adams run for 12 yds to the MSU 37 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 16-10vs Florida Atlantic	9	101	11.2	1	63	Season-high 101 yds
Wk 2	W 27-24@ Maryland	10	46	4.6	0	23
Wk 3	W 40-0vs Prairie View A&M	15	63	4.2	0	13
Wk 4	L 19-23@ Boston College	15	61	4.1	0	19
Wk 5	L 7-38vs Ohio State	9	35	3.9	0	8
Wk 6	L 10-31@ Oregon	9	32	3.6	1	12
Wk 8	W 32-20vs Iowa	15	86	5.7	0	15
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Michigan	10	35	3.5	0	9
Wk 10	L 10-47vs Indiana	6	10	1.7	0	8
Wk 12	L 16-38@ Illinois	8	26	3.3	0	12
Wk 13	W 24-17vs Purdue	18	85	4.7	0	11
Wk 14	L 14-41vs Rutgers	9	69	7.7	0	36
Total		133	649	4.9	2	63

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

Kay'Ron Adams

2024 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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