Kenneth Gainwell

#19 · RB · So. · Memphis5′11″ · 195 lb · Yazoo City, MS · Yazoo County

Kenneth Gainwell: RB · Memphis · #19.

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Kenneth Gainwell

RB · Memphis · So · #19

Beats you as a runner and a receiver. Second year in the same backfield at Memphis. The first one came in 2019: All-AAC. On tape: 209 rushing yards and 42 receiving yards against UL Monroe, Week 6, 2019.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Threatens defenses in every dimension — rushing, receiving, third-down.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

230Carries
1458Yards
22.1%Top-5 share
19.6%Stuffed rate

Just 22.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 19.6% of his carries. 9 carries for 34 yds vs Penn State; 14 for 209 vs UL Monroe.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

44.4%Carry share
28.5%Q4-lead share
73.0%In competitive games

44.4% of carries overall (227/511) → 28.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (37/130) — 73.0% 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

8/143rd/4th & short
9/26Inside-5 share

8 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (57.1%). 9 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (34.6%).

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