#18

Ke'Travion Hargrove

Senior running back for Old Dominion. 2025: 268 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 6 catches.

RB · Old Dominion · Sr. · #18

6′0″ · 201 lb · Ruston, LA

CFB Index 42 · #203 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to Old Dominion for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs East CarolinaS.B. Ballard StadiumOld Dominion by 3

The numbers

268

rushing yards · 2025

4 TD · 4.2 per carry · 6 catches

Backed by 10 car · 40 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing TDs game.

Swing playSwung Old Dominion from 55% to 80% to win.App State at Old Dominion · 24-21

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Old Dominion. 2025: 268 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 6 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2021.
Transferred from Grambling to Old Dominion in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

Explosive rate: 18th percentile.

The full scouting read

Ke'Travion Hargrove

RB · Old Dominion · Sr · #18

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 82 rec yds, 47 rush yds against Coastal Carolina, Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Memphis10-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2025Old Dominion10-3HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

42Rotational starter #203 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (87th percentile). Strength: rec yards (82nd percentile). Concern: td rate (6th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#376 / 456 · 18th pct

3.3%

Success rate#377 / 456 · 17th pct

36.7%

Yards / carry#388 / 456 · 15th pct

4.0

EPA / carry#405 / 456 · 11th pct

-0.07

TD rate#400 / 456 · 6th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 201 · 87th pct

Rec yards#59 / 338 · 82nd pct

192

Rush TDs#153 / 349 · 50th pct

Long run#253 / 349 · 27th pct

Carries#261 / 349 · 25th pct

Receptions#253 / 338 · 23rd pct

Yards / carry#272 / 349 · 20th pct

4.2

Rush yards#285 / 349 · 18th pct

268

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	22.3	4.1	0.0
Road5g	26.8	3.6	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	24.5	4.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	24.2	3.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #203 of 326 RBs

Former four-star. Now #203 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #19 of 36 Sun Belt RBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Old Dominion	64	268	4.2	4	--
2023	Memphis	11	43	3.9	1	--
Career		75	311	4.1	5	--

Season	Team
2025	Old Dominion	6	192	32.0	2	--
2023	Memphis	--	--	--	--	--
Career		6	192	32.0	2	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Coastal Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39Colton Joseph pass complete to Ke'Travion Hargrove for 80 yds for a TD (Riley Callaghan KICK)
Week 9 · App State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.69No Huddle-Shotgun #1 C.Joseph pass complete short middle to #18 K.Hargrove caught at ODU44, for 70 yards to the App00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:24, 1ST DOWN #94 R.Callaghan kick attempt good (H: #96 I.Brandt, LS: #30 B.Durkin)
Week 10 · UL Monroe · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.72(09:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #18 K.Hargrove rush middle for 12 yards gain to the ULM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:53, 1ST DOWN #93 N.Eichner kick attempt good (LS: #30 B.Durkin) #93 N.Eichner kick attempt good (H: #96 I.Brandt, LS: #30 B.Durkin)
Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.53(09:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #18 K.Hargrove rush middle for 12 yards gain to the GASO00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:56, 1ST DOWN #93 N.Eichner kick attempt good (H: #96 I.Brandt, LS: #30 B.Durkin)
Week 7 · Marshall · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Colton Joseph pass complete to Ke'Travion Hargrove for 7 yds to the MRSH 25 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Virginia Tech · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.69Ke'Travion Hargrove run for 11 yds to the ODU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UL Monroe · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.28(11:37) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 C.Joseph pass complete short middle to #18 K.Hargrove caught at ULM43, for 21 yards to the ULM33 (#24 K.Canterbury), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 1&2 · Q2 · EPA +1.21(03:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #18 K.Hargrove rush middle for 2 yards gain to the GASO00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:53 #93 N.Eichner kick attempt good (H: #96 I.Brandt, LS: #30 B.Durkin)
Week 3 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.11Ke'Travion Hargrove run for 9 yds to the ODU 29
Week 13 · Georgia Southern · 1&1 · Q1 · EPA +0.94(13:10) No Huddle-Shotgun #18 K.Hargrove rush middle for 1 yard gain to the GASO00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:10 #93 N.Eichner kick attempt good (H: #96 I.Brandt, LS: #30 B.Durkin) #93 N.Eichner kick attempt good (H: #96 I.Brandt, LS: #30 B.Durkin) PENALTY #93 N.Eichner kick attempt good (H: #96 I.Brandt, LS: #30 B.Durkin) PENALTY GASO Illegal Formation declined

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-27@ Indiana	3	7	2.3	0	5
Wk 2	W 54-6vs North Carolina Central	5	25	5.0	0	12
Wk 3	W 45-26@ Virginia Tech	7	36	5.1	0	11
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Liberty	5	19	3.8	0	7
Wk 6	W 47-7vs Coastal Carolina	6	47	7.8	0	29	Season-high 47 yds
Wk 7	L 24-48@ Marshall	6	13	2.2	0	5
Wk 9	W 24-21vs App State	1	1	1.0	0	1
Wk 10	W 31-6@ UL Monroe	9	38	4.2	1	12
Wk 12	W 33-0vs Troy	6	20	3.3	0	13
Wk 13	W 45-10@ Georgia Southern	10	40	4.0	3	12	3 rushing TDs
Wk 14	W 27-10vs Georgia State	6	22	3.7	0	15
Total		64	268	3.9	4	29

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

12.2%Carry share

20.3%Q4-lead share

0.0%In competitive games

12.2% of carries overall (63/518) → 20.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (24/118) — 0.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

5/23Inside-5 share

5 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (21.7%).

2026 Outlook

Old Dominion

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · Old Dominion

Returning around him

9% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
Transfer portal: -7 net (15 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Old Dominion · Last season: 10-3 · Talent rank #122 · 2026 recruiting class #96

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Back

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Matt Jones’s 2024 season.

Matt Jones

75%match

Ole Miss · 2024

Marlon Gunn

East Carolina · 2024

75%

Christian Turner

Wake Forest · 2021

71%

Daijun Edwards

Georgia · 2021

70%

Ronald Awatt

UTEP · 2020

69%

Matches Matt on

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Differs from Matt on

EPA / carry (adj) (lower)

Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Travis Theis’s path through South Dakota.

Travis Theis

93%match

South Dakota · 2024

Alan Lamar

Arkansas State · 2021

All-Sun Belt

91%

A'Jon Vivens

Colorado State · 2022

91%

Darius Boone

Northwestern State · 2023

91%

Matt Jones

Southern Miss · 2025

90%

Matches Travis on

Yards per carry

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Matt Jones's junior season at Ole Miss (2024).

Matt Jones

76%match

Ole Miss · 2024

Marlon Gunn

East Carolina · 2024

75%

Dillon Gabriel

Oklahoma · 2022

All-Big TenNFL Rd 3 · Pk 30

67%

Logan Smothers

Jacksonville State · 2023

66%

Johnathan Arceneaux

Fresno State · 2025

66%

Matches Matt on

Yards / carry

Receiving share

Rush TD rate

Differs from Matt on

EPA / carry (adj) (lower)

The backfield · Old Dominion

#3Devin RocheRB · Jr.634 rushing yards · 2025
#18Ke'Travion HargroveRB · Sr.268 rushing yards · 2025
#5Maurki JamesRB · So.224 rushing yards · 2025
#28Troy MarquezRB · So.8 rushing yards · 2025
#6Trey HallRB · Sr.2 games · 2026

3 more on the roster · Old Dominion team page

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

2021

2023

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

The backfield · Old Dominion