Kelley Joiner Jr.

Former running back at South Florida. 2024: 799 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · South Florida · Sr. · #8

5′9″ · 195 lb · Groveland, FL

CFB Index 67 · #43 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceSouth Florida 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former running back at South Florida. 2024: 799 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 9 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at South Florida, 2,158 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

South Florida

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019

Charlie Strong

South Florida

2020–2022

Jeff Scott

South Florida

era →

2023–2024

Alex Golesh

South Florida

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Florida4-8HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

2020South Florida1-8HC: Jeff Scott · Balanced

2021South Florida2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning

2023South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #43 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (89th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#27 / 442 · 94th pct

9.9%

Explosive rate#48 / 442 · 89th pct

11.6%

Yards / carry#51 / 442 · 88th pct

6.7

EPA / carry#103 / 442 · 77th pct

0.31

Success rate#211 / 442 · 52nd pct

45.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / carry#21 / 335 · 94th pct

6.6

Rush TDs#26 / 335 · 91st pct

Rush yards#72 / 335 · 79th pct

799

Carries#126 / 335 · 62nd pct

121

Long run#128 / 335 · 61st pct

Rec yards#176 / 330 · 46th pct

Receptions#198 / 330 · 38th pct

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

121 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

36%

Grind (1–3)

30%

Chunk (4–9)

17%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	63.2	5.9	1.0
Road7g	60.0	6.2	0.9

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	43.3	4.4	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	82.7	8.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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.

our read surprisingly productive for a back with no award recognition yet — top-4% yards per carry, top-2% rushing TD rate.2024 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #43 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	121	799	6.6	12	--
2023	South Florida	39	156	4.0	1	--
2022	South Florida	12	44	3.7	0	--
2021	South Florida	78	480	6.2	2	--
2020	South Florida	67	315	4.7	1	--
2019	South Florida	71	364	5.1	0	--
Career		388	2,158	5.6	16	--

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	9	80	8.9	2	--
2023	South Florida	12	156	13.0	2	--
2022	South Florida	7	45	6.4	0	--
2021	South Florida	8	62	7.8	0	--
2020	South Florida	8	73	9.1	1	--
2019	South Florida	9	108	12.0	0	--
Career		53	524	9.9	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 48–3

vs Bethune-Cookman

78 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 45-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With B. Brown — 152 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.5 · 74 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · A. Stokes — 49 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Southern Miss · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.96Kelley Joiner run for 50 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 3 · Southern Miss · 2&15 · Q1 · EPA +4.92Kelley Joiner run for 43 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 1 · Bethune-Cookman · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -4.15Kelley Joiner run for 1 yd to the BCU 1
Week 8 · UAB · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.05Kelley Joiner 33 Yd Run (John Cannon Kick)
Week 12 · Charlotte · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Kelley Joiner run for 54 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 13 · Tulsa · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.62Kelley Joiner run for 48 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 12 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Kelley Joiner run for 45 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 10 · Florida Atlantic · 2&17 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Kelley Joiner run for 17 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 8 · UAB · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Bryce Archie pass complete to Kelley Joiner for 10 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 13 · Tulsa · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.82Kelley Joiner run for 38 yds to the TLSA 2 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Bethune-Cookman	14	78	5.6	2	21
Wk 2	L 16-42@ Alabama	6	25	4.2	0	9
Wk 3	W 49-24@ Southern Miss	10	117	11.7	2	50
Wk 4	L 15-50vs Miami	6	31	5.2	0	17
Wk 5	L 10-45@ Tulane	2	-3	-1.5	0	0
Wk 7	L 3-21vs Memphis	9	22	2.4	0	5
Wk 8	W 35-25vs UAB	15	94	6.3	2	33
Wk 10	W 44-21@ Florida Atlantic	11	89	8.1	1	32
Wk 11	L 7-28vs Navy	9	23	2.6	0	6
Wk 12	W 59-24@ Charlotte	9	140	15.6	2	54	Season-high 140 yds
Wk 13	W 63-30vs Tulsa	10	131	13.1	2	48
Wk 14	L 28-35@ Rice	9	19	2.1	0	12
Bowl	W 41-39@ San José State	11	33	3.0	1	7
Total		121	799	6.0	12	54

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

Kelley Joiner Jr.

2024 snapshot

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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