Kejon Owens

Senior running back for Florida International. 2025: 1,334 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 18 catches.

RB · Florida International · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 210 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 74 · #31 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Florida International for 2026

The numbers

receiving yards · 2025

18 catches · 3.7 per catch

Backed by 22 car · 195 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 2 rec, 7 yds, at Western Kentucky

The play that turned itSwung Florida International from 29% to 61% to win.North Texas at Florida International · 46-39

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Florida International. 2025: 1,334 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 18 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Miami Central in 2020.
Named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

Explosive rate: 92nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Kejon Owens

RB · Florida International · Sr · #5

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Kejon Owens has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Florida International. 2025 added another: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year. The receipt: 195 rush yds, 7 rec yds against Western Kentucky — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Florida International1-11HC: Butch Davis · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning

2023Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Balanced

2024Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Florida International7-6HC: Willie Simmons · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #31 of 326?

High confidenceBreakout13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (92nd percentile). Strength: yards / carry (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#37 / 456 · 92nd pct

11.1%

Yards / carry#72 / 456 · 84th pct

6.1

EPA / carry#167 / 456 · 63rd pct

0.16

TD rate#211 / 456 · 53rd pct

2.9%

Success rate#272 / 456 · 40th pct

41.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#9 / 349 · 98th pct

1334

Long run#16 / 349 · 95th pct

Carries#18 / 349 · 95th pct

213

Rush TDs#27 / 349 · 92nd pct

Yards / carry#36 / 349 · 90th pct

6.3

Fumbles lost#1 / 201 · 87th pct

Receptions#93 / 338 · 71st pct

Rec yards#206 / 338 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

41st → 63rd percentile

Success rate

27th → 40th percentile

Explosive rate

22nd → 92nd percentile

Yards / carry

14th → 84th percentile

TD rate

63rd → 53rd 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

207 carries

22%

Stuffed (≤0)

32%

Grind (1–3)

30%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	117	6.6	1.2
Road7g	90.1	5.6	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	83.2	5.7	0.8
Weeks 8+7g	119	6.4	0.9

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #31 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #31 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #3 of 28 Conference USA RBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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	Florida International	213	1,334	6.3	11	--
2024	Florida International	92	392	4.3	5	--
2023	Florida International	80	453	5.7	5	--
2022	Florida International	26	83	3.2	1	--
2021	Florida International	--	--	--	--	--
Career		411	2,262	5.5	22	--

Season	Team
2025	Florida International	18	67	3.7	--
2024	Florida International	9	82	9.1	--
2023	Florida International	9	40	4.4	--
2022	Florida International	4	13	3.2	--
2021	Florida International	1	4	4.0	--
Career		41	206	5.0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 42–9

vs Bethune-Cookman

71 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 33-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With K. Jenkins — 187 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 48.8 · 3 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · T. Wilhoit — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Kennesaw State · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +4.97(01:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush right for 43 yards gain to the KSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:49, 1ST DOWN #16 N.Grant kick attempt good (H: #6 T.Wilhoit, LS: #47 J.Wood)
Week 8 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.43Kejon Owens run for 84 yds to the WKU 14 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Jacksonville State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +4.06(05:16) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush left for 45 yards gain to the JSU23 (#3 T.Fegans), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.39(11:24) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush right for 32 yards gain to the MTSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:16, 1ST DOWN #16 J.Pesansky pass attempt failed
Week 3 · Florida Atlantic · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Kejon Owens run for 47 yds to the FAU 22 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Kennesaw State · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -3.21(09:48) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush middle for 0 yards to the KSU27 (#7 G.Benyard), TURNOVER ON DOWNS. The previous play is under automatic review - "Short of the line to gain". CALL OVERTURNED. (Original Play: (09:48) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush middle for 2 yards gain to the KSU25 (#7 G.Benyard), 1ST DOWN)
Week 12 · Liberty · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94(06:42) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush right for 28 yards gain to the FIU48 (#13 D.Harmon), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Bethune-Cookman · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Kejon Owens run for 16 yds for a TD (Robert Czeremcha KICK)
Week 12 · Liberty · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.74(10:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 K.Owens rush right for 9 yards gain to the LIB00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:47 #16 N.Grant kick attempt good (H: #6 T.Wilhoit, LS: #47 J.Wood)
Week 4 · Delaware · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.72Kejon Owens run for 39 yds to the DEL 15 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-9vs Bethune-Cookman	11	71	6.5	2	16
Wk 2	L 0-34@ Penn State	15	78	5.2	0	21
Wk 3	W 38-28vs Florida Atlantic	19	173	9.1	2	47	173-yard day
Wk 4	L 16-38vs Delaware	15	74	4.9	0	39
Wk 6	L 10-51@ UConn	16	67	4.2	1	15
Wk 8	W 25-6@ Western Kentucky	22	195	8.9	1	84	Season-high 195 yds
Wk 9	L 26-45vs Kennesaw State	20	166	8.3	1	48	166-yard day
Wk 10	L 21-28@ Missouri State	18	63	3.5	0	15
Wk 11	W 56-30@ Middle Tennessee	15	68	4.5	2	32
Wk 12	W 34-27vs Liberty	18	84	4.7	1	28
Wk 13	W 27-21vs Jacksonville State	21	135	6.4	1	45
Wk 14	W 56-16@ Sam Houston	15	124	8.3	0	35
Bowl	L 20-57@ UTSA	8	36	4.5	0	18
Total		213	1334	6.1	11	84

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

207Carries

1266Yards

20.4%Top-5 share

21.7%Stuffed rate

Just 20.4% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 21.7% of his carries. 13 carries for 35 yds vs Middle Tennessee; 21 for 188 vs Western Kentucky.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

46.9%Carry share

40.3%Q4-lead share

70.4%In competitive games

46.9% of carries overall (210/448) → 40.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (27/67) — 70.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

11/173rd/4th & short

9/23Inside-5 share

11 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (64.7%). 9 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (39.1%).

2026 Outlook

Florida International

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · Florida International

Returning around him

32% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
Transfer portal: -5 net (17 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Florida International · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #90 · 2026 recruiting class #102

DNA match

Player DNA

Speed Merchant

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Emari Demercado’s 2022 season.

Emari Demercado

78%match

TCU · 2022

Antario Brown

Northern Illinois · 2023

All-MAC

76%

Brandon Thomas

Memphis · 2021

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 36

75%

Oscar Adaway III

North Texas · 2023

74%

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

Kentucky · 2021

All-SECNFL Rd 6

74%

Matches Emari on

Yards / carry

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Receiving share

Differs from Emari on

EPA / carry (adj) (lower)

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jamious Griffin's graduate season at Oregon State (2024).

Jamious Griffin

78%match

Oregon State · 2024

Avery Morrow

Colorado State · 2024

All-Mountain West

76%

Jevyon Ducker

Temple · 2025

75%

Sieh Bangura

Ohio · 2025

All-MAC

71%

Justice Ellison

Indiana · 2024

All-ACC

71%

Matches Jamious on

Yards / carry

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Yards / reception

Differs from Jamious on

Height (higher)

EPA / carry (adj) (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Kejon Owens

Montrell Johnson

Florida · 2024

81%

Zylan Perry

Louisiana · 2025

78%

Jevyon Ducker

Sam Houston · 2024

78%

DeCarlos Brooks

Arizona State · 2023

77%

Delbert Mimms III

Eastern Michigan · 2024

77%

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

2020

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Speed Merchant

Players who play like Kejon Owens