Kendre Miller: RB · TCU · #33.
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Kendre Miller
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. The three seasons at TCU span two head coaches: Gary Patterson and Sonny Dykes. The first career honor came in 2022: All-Big 12. On tape: 158 rushing yards and 5 receiving yards against Texas Tech, Week 10, 2022.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
41.9% of carries overall (221/528) → 24.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (32/129) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
9 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (64.3%). 13 of the team's 36 inside-the-5 carries (36.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 14 games
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| 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 No. 18 Oklahoma | 13 | 136 | 10.5 | 2 | 69 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-31@ No. 19 Kansas | 18 | 88 | 4.9 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-40vs No. 8 Oklahoma State | 22 | 104 | 4.7 | 2 | 21 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-28vs No. 17 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@ No. 18 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 No. 13 Kansas State | 17 | 82 | 4.8 | 1 | 21 | |
 Bowl | W 51-45vs No. 2 Michigan | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Total | 224 | 1399 | 6.2 | 17 | 75 |
Week 8 · 2022
W 38-28
vs Kansas State
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
48%214 carriesFumble rate
0.4%1 of 224 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.2 yds/carry on 224 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 48% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 113 | 6.2 | 1.7 |
| Road6g | 96.8 | 6.8 | 1.0 |
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
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
45.2%
453 pass / 550 run
Plays / game
66.9
15 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
490 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #10 of 317 FBS backs by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at TCU, 2,410 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #71 overall by the New Orleans Saints.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Gary Patterson, Jerry Kill, and Sonny Dykes. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
New Orleans SaintsEntering 4th NFL season
New Orleans SaintsEntering 4th NFL season
