Kentrel Bullock

Senior running back for South Alabama. 2025: 1,085 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 14 catches.

RB · South Alabama · Sr. · #3

5′10″ · 205 lb · Columbia, MS

CFB Index 58 · #91 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to South Alabama for 2026

The numbers

1,085

rushing yards · 2025

14 TD · 5 per carry · 14 catches

Backed by 23 car · 187 yds · 3 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game.

The play that turned itSwung South Alabama from 11% to 43% to win.South Alabama at Texas State · 49-26

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for South Alabama. 2025: 1,085 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 14 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2020.
Transferred from Ole Miss to South Alabama in 2023.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

Success rate: 68th percentile.

The full scouting read

Kentrel Bullock

RB · South Alabama · Sr · #3

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Kane Wommack and Major Applewhite. 2025 brought the first one: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 187 rush yds, 3 rush TD against Southern Miss — Week 13, 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

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2024South Alabama7-6HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #91 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (96th percentile). Strength: carries (96th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#146 / 456 · 68th pct

47.4%

TD rate#177 / 456 · 61st pct

3.3%

EPA / carry#215 / 456 · 53rd pct

0.12

Yards / carry#298 / 456 · 35th pct

4.6

Explosive rate#406 / 456 · 11th pct

2.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#13 / 349 · 96th pct

Carries#16 / 349 · 96th pct

218

Rush yards#26 / 349 · 93rd pct

1085

Fumbles lost#1 / 201 · 87th pct

Long run#82 / 349 · 76th pct

Receptions#144 / 338 · 57th pct

Yards / carry#157 / 349 · 53rd pct

5.0

Rec yards#232 / 338 · 31st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

58th → 53rd percentile

Success rate

76th → 68th percentile

Explosive rate

80th → 11th percentile

Yards / carry

77th → 35th percentile

TD rate

42nd → 61st 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

213 carries

11%

Stuffed (≤0)

35%

Grind (1–3)

43%

Chunk (4–9)

11%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	102	5.2	1.3
Road6g	78.5	4.6	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	82.7	4.6	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	98.2	5.2	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Major Applewhite

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

58 · #91 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #91 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #6 of 36 Sun Belt RBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	South Alabama	218	1,085	5.0	14	--
2024	South Alabama	152	832	5.5	7	--
2023	South Alabama	83	448	5.4	4	--
2021	Ole Miss	17	78	4.6	0	--
2020	Ole Miss	2	11	5.5	0	--
Career		472	2,454	5.2	25	--

Season	Team
2025	South Alabama	14	53	3.8	1	--
2024	South Alabama	15	153	10.2	1	--
2023	South Alabama	15	106	7.1	1	--
2021	Ole Miss	1	2	2.0	0	--
2020	Ole Miss	--	--	--	--	--
Career		45	314	7.0	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–21

vs Morgan State

127 rush yds (23 car) · 2 TD

With D. Voisin — 7 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD · A. Pulkkinen — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.15(07:36) Shotgun #3 K.Bullock rush middle for 64 yards gain to the USM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:25, 1ST DOWN #35 D.Little kick attempt good (H: #40 A.Pulkkinen, LS: #44 B.Turner)
Week 10 · Louisiana · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.21(02:44) Shotgun #3 K.Bullock rush middle for 0 yards to the UL 01 (#31 D.Fite; #68 F.West Jr.), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 13 · Southern Miss · 4&4 · Q1 · EPA -3.94(07:29) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 K.Bullock rush middle for 3 yards gain to the USM04 (#5 J.Hawkins; #36 B.Lewis), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 13 · Southern Miss · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.26(02:33) Shotgun #3 K.Bullock rush middle for 26 yards gain to the USM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:28, 1ST DOWN #35 D.Little kick attempt good (H: #40 A.Pulkkinen, LS: #44 B.Turner)
Week 4 · Coastal Carolina · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.85Kentrel Bullock run for 2 yds for a TD (Hamilton DiBoyan KICK)
Week 6 · Troy · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Bishop Davenport pass complete to Kentrel Bullock for 15 yds for a TD (Hamilton DiBoyan KICK)
Week 13 · Southern Miss · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56(11:20) Shotgun #3 K.Bullock rush left for 15 yards gain to the USM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:15, 1ST DOWN #35 D.Little kick attempt good (H: #40 A.Pulkkinen, LS: #44 B.Turner)
Week 8 · Arkansas State · 1&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.42Kentrel Bullock 9 Yd Run (Hamilton DiBoyan Kick)
Week 9 · Georgia State · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.38(03:05) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 K.Bullock rush middle for 11 yards gain to the USA48 (#23 J.Jones), 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Louisiana · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.34(10:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #3 K.Bullock rush middle for 4 yards gain to the USA50 (#0 J.Lawson), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-21vs Morgan State	23	127	5.5	2	20
Wk 2	L 31-33vs Tulane	24	107	4.5	1	13
Wk 3	L 15-31@ Auburn	16	57	3.6	0	9
Wk 4	L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina	13	73	5.6	1	11
Wk 5	L 22-36@ North Texas	11	46	4.2	1	10
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Troy	21	86	4.1	0	9
Wk 8	L 14-15vs Arkansas State	16	72	4.5	1	11
Wk 9	W 38-31@ Georgia State	20	113	5.7	2	24
Wk 10	L 22-31vs Louisiana	16	48	3.0	0	6
Wk 12	W 26-14@ UL Monroe	20	85	4.3	2	15
Wk 13	W 42-35vs Southern Miss	23	187	8.1	3	64	Season-high 187 yds
Wk 14	L 26-49@ Texas State	15	84	5.6	1	26
Total		218	1085	4.9	14	64

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

fact

213Carries

978Yards

10.2%Top-5 share

10.8%Stuffed rate

Just 10.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 10.8% of his carries. 11 carries for 46 yds vs North Texas; 23 for 127 vs Morgan State.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

14/183rd/4th & short

14/29Inside-5 share

14 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (77.8%). 14 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (48.3%).

2026 Outlook

South Alabama

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · South Alabama