#33

Kendre Miller

Former running back at TCU. 2022: 1,399 rushing yards, 17 rushing TD, 16 catches.

RB · TCU · Jr. · #33

6′0″ · 220 lb · Mount Enterprise, TX

CFB Index 88 · #10 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNew Orleans — drafted 2023, Rd 3, Pick 8, #71 overall

The story

Former running back at TCU. 2022: 1,399 rushing yards, 17 rushing TD, 16 catches.

Drafted round 3 by the New Orleans in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at TCU, 2,410 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #71 overall by New Orleans.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 185 yds at Texas Tech.Texas Tech · W 52-312021

202214 games

All-Big 12first

2023

Drafted by New Orleansround 3, pick 71

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

TCU

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #71

New Orleans · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

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ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020–2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

2022

Sonny Dykes

TCU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New OrleansEntering 4th NFL season

#71Rd 3 · Pick 8

New OrleansEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020TCU6-4HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy

2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

88All-Conference level #10 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (83rd percentile). Strength: td rate (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#67 / 398 · 83rd pct

6.4

TD rate#75 / 398 · 81st pct

7.3%

Explosive rate#95 / 398 · 76th pct

9.5%

EPA / carry#128 / 398 · 68th pct

0.24

Success rate#141 / 398 · 64th pct

47.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#8 / 346 · 98th pct

Rush yards#15 / 346 · 96th pct

1399

Carries#20 / 346 · 94th pct

224

Long run#33 / 346 · 90th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 244 · 88th pct

Yards / carry#44 / 346 · 87th pct

6.2

Receptions#105 / 338 · 68th pct

Rec yards#124 / 338 · 63rd pct

116

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

86th → 68th percentile

Success rate

39th → 64th percentile

Explosive rate

89th → 76th percentile

Yards / carry

96th → 83rd percentile

TD rate

89th → 81st 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	109	6.0	1.6
Road7g	91.1	6.8	0.9

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	90.7	6.6	1.1
Weeks 8+7g	109	6.2	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #10 of 317 FBS backs by CFB Index Score.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #10 of 317 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	TCU	224	1,399	6.2	17	--
2021	TCU	83	623	7.5	7	--
2020	TCU	54	388	7.2	2	--
Career		361	2,410	6.7	26	--

Season	Team
2022	TCU	16	116	7.2	0	--
2021	TCU	12	117	9.8	1	--
2020	TCU	1	-4	-4.0	0	--
Career		29	229	7.9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 51–45

at Michigan

57 rush yds (8 car)

Edged out Michigan on the road in a shootout.

With J. Sandy — 44 AVG · 51 LONG · 6 NO · M. Duggan — 225 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 57 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Texas · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +6.30Kendre Miller run for 75 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.61Kendre Miller run for 69 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 14 · Kansas State · 4&1 · Q5 · EPA -4.21Kendre Miller run for no gain to the KanSt 1
Week 9 · West Virginia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Kendre Miller 51 Yd Run (Griffin Kell Kick)
Week 10 · Texas Tech · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -3.74Kendre Miller run for a loss of 2 yards to the TexTc 20
Week 8 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.47Kendre Miller run for 48 yds to the KanSt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kansas State · 3&17 · Q3 · EPA +3.28Max Duggan pass complete to Kendre Miller for 18 yds to the KanSt 23 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · SMU · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Kendre Miller run for 28 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 8 · Kansas State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.01Kendre Miller run for 9 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 10 · Texas Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Kendre Miller run for 50 yds to the TexTc 18 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-13@ Colorado	8	52	6.5	1	22
Wk 2	W 59-17vs Tarleton State	13	56	4.3	1	14
Wk 4	W 42-34@ SMU	17	142	8.4	1	35
Wk 5	W 55-24vs Oklahoma	13	136	10.5	2	69
Wk 6	W 38-31@ Kansas	18	88	4.9	1	17
Wk 7	W 43-40vs Oklahoma State	22	104	4.7	2	21
Wk 8	W 38-28vs Kansas State	29	153	5.3	2	48	153-yard day
Wk 9	W 41-31@ West Virginia	12	120	10.0	1	51
Wk 10	W 34-24vs Texas Tech	21	158	7.5	1	50	Season-high 158 yds
Wk 11	W 17-10@ Texas	21	138	6.6	1	75
Wk 12	W 29-28@ Baylor	10	41	4.1	1	10
Wk 13	W 62-14vs Iowa State	15	72	4.8	2	25
Wk 14	L 28-31vs Kansas State	17	82	4.8	1	21
Bowl	W 51-45@ Michigan	8	57	7.1	0	14
Total		224	1399	6.4	17	75