#28

Keaontay Ingram

Former running back at USC. 2021: 911 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · USC · Sr. · #28

6′0″ · 215 lb · Carthage, TX

CFB Index 64 · #55 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceArizona — drafted 2022, Rd 6, Pick 23, #201 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 164 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at USC. 2021: 911 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2018.
Transferred from Texas to USC in 2021.
Drafted round 6 by the Arizona in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at USC, 2,722 rushing yards — drafted at #201 overall by Arizona.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201813 games

Signed with Texas4-star out of Carthage

202110 games

Entered the portal

2022

Drafted by Arizonaround 6, pick 201

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#164 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #201

Arizona · 2022

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Clay Helton → Donte Williams. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 5th NFL season

#201Rd 6 · Pick 23

ArizonaEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #55 of 315?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (84th percentile). Strength: receptions (82nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#113 / 409 · 72nd pct

51.1%

Yards / carry#120 / 409 · 71st pct

6.0

EPA / carry#147 / 409 · 64th pct

0.24

Explosive rate#174 / 409 · 57th pct

7.9%

TD rate#253 / 409 · 38th pct

3.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#57 / 343 · 84th pct

911

Receptions#57 / 331 · 82nd pct

Yards / carry#68 / 343 · 79th pct

5.8

Carries#76 / 343 · 78th pct

156

Rec yards#85 / 331 · 74th pct

156

Long run#134 / 343 · 61st pct

Rush TDs#125 / 343 · 59th pct

Fumbles lost#63 / 222 · 46th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	96.5	5.6	0.7
Road4g	83.0	5.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	69.8	5.3	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	123	5.7	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #55 of 315 RBs

Former four-star. Now #55 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	USC	156	911	5.8	5	--
2020	Texas	53	250	4.7	1	--
2019	Texas	144	853	5.9	7	--
2018	Texas	142	708	5.0	3	--
Career		495	2,722	5.5	16	--

Season	Team
2021	USC	22	156	7.1	0	--
2020	Texas	11	103	9.4	1	--
2019	Texas	29	242	8.3	3	--
2018	Texas	27	170	6.3	2	--
Career		89	671	7.5	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–14

at Washington State

16 rush yds (7 car)

Dominant 31-point win on the road against Washington State.

With J. Dart — 391 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 81.3 · 32 rush yds (6 car) · G. Bryant Jr. — 3 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Colorado · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.83Keaontay Ingram run for 53 yds to the Colo 5 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · San José State · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.31K.Ingram rushed to SJS 42 for 16 yards. Tackled by K.Reed at SJS 42.
Week 9 · Arizona · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Keaontay Ingram run for 45 yds to the Ariz 30 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Arizona State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Keaontay Ingram run for 24 yds to the ArzSt 37 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Notre Dame · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Keaontay Ingram run for 10 yds to the NDame 37 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Stanford · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.54Keaontay Ingram 2 Yd Run (Alex Stadthaus Kick)
Week 8 · Notre Dame · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.48Keaontay Ingram run for 4 yds for a TD (Parker Lewis KICK)
Week 6 · Utah · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.46Keaontay Ingram run for 28 yds to the Utah 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Colorado · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.43Kedon Slovis pass complete to Keaontay Ingram for 15 yds to the USC 49 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Oregon State · 1&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.42Keaontay Ingram run for 9 yds for a TD (Parker Lewis KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-7vs San José State	15	86	5.7	0	19
Wk 2	L 28-42vs Stanford	10	44	4.4	1	22
Wk 3	W 45-14@ Washington State	7	16	2.3	0	12
Wk 4	L 27-45vs Oregon State	14	79	5.6	2	12
Wk 5	W 37-14@ Colorado	14	124	8.9	0	53
Wk 6	L 26-42vs Utah	14	70	5.0	0	28
Wk 8	L 16-31@ Notre Dame	24	138	5.8	1	22
Wk 9	W 41-34vs Arizona	27	204	7.6	1	46	Season-high 204 yds
Wk 10	L 16-31@ Arizona State	14	54	3.9	0	24
Wk 12	L 33-62vs UCLA	17	96	5.6	0	22
Total		156	911	5.5	5	53