Kerrith Whyte Jr.: RB · Florida Atlantic · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kerrith Whyte Jr.
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at Florida Atlantic: Charlie Partridge and Lane Kiffin. One game to point at: 165 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Florida International — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
24.3% of carries overall (121/497) → 30.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (22/72) — 77.3% 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
4 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (18.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roost Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 134 | 866 | 6.5 | 8 | 77 |
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 55 | 347 | 6.3 | 2 | 82 |
| 2016 | Florida Atlantic | 43 | 145 | 3.4 | 1 | 22 |
| Career | 232 | 1,358 | 5.9 | 11 | 82 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 160 | 16.0 | 2 | 75 |
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 0 | 17 |
| 2016 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 9 |
| Career | 22 | 227 | 10.3 | 2 | 75 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-63@ No. 7 Oklahoma | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-26vs Air Force | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-28vs Bethune-Cookman | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 4 | L 36-56@ No. 16 UCF | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 1 | 40 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-25@ Middle Tennessee | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-33vs Old Dominion | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 2 | 31 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-31@ Marshall | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-21vs Louisiana Tech | 11 | 64 | 5.8 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-14@ Florida International | 17 | 165 | 9.7 | 1 | 36 | Season-high 165 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 34-15vs Western Kentucky | 21 | 163 | 7.8 | 2 | 77 | 163-yard day |
| Wk 12 | L 38-41@ North Texas | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 1 | 29 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-27vs Charlotte | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 0 | 15 | |
| Total | 134 | 866 | 6.5 | 8 | 77 |
Week 4 · 2018
L 36-56
at UCF
84 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 23 yds · 1 TD
With C. Robison — 124 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · 34 rush yds (10 car) · D. Singletary — 131 rush yds (25 car) · 3 TD
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
58%123 carriesFumble rate
2.2%3 of 134 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.5 yds/carry on 134 carries · 20% explosive (10+ yds) · 58% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 69.0 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 75.3 | 6.8 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 55.5 | 6.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 88.8 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
39.1%
371 pass / 577 run
Plays / game
79.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
134 carries and 10 catches in 12 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida Atlantic, 1,358 rushing yards — drafted at #222 overall by the Chicago Bears.
A stat line in 37 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Chicago BearsEntering 8th NFL season
Chicago BearsEntering 8th NFL season
