Senior running back for TCU. 2025: 443 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 10 catches.
5′9″ · 210 lb · San Augustine, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
10 catches · 4.8 per catch
Backed by 28 car · 175 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 3 rec, 21 yds, at North Carolina
Swing playSwung UTSA from 62% to 84% to win.UAB at UTSA · 41-20
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for TCU. 2025: 443 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 10 catches.
How he plays
Does a little of everything without one standout trait.
TD rate: 56th percentile.
The full scouting readKevorian Barnes
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Conference USA Freshman of the Year. One game to point at: 113 rush yds, 21 rec yds against North Carolina — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: long run (90th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 55.5 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 73.7 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 71.2 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 52.7 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-14@ North Carolina | 11 | 113 | 10.3 | 1 | 75 | Season-high 113 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 42-21vs Abilene Christian | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-21vs Colorado | 16 | 48 | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-41@ Kansas State | 12 | 81 | 6.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-36vs Baylor | 25 | 106 | 4.2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-17@ West Virginia | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-20vs Iowa State | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Total | 97 | 443 | 4.8 | 3 | 75 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
24.2% of carries overall (99/409) → 17.9% of Q4-with-lead carries (17/95) — 88.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (4.5%).
2026 Outlook
TCU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · TCU
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
TCU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #40 · 2026 recruiting class #47
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Calvin Tyler Jr.’s 2021 season.
Matches Calvin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kay'Ron Adams's graduate season at Michigan State (2024).
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Player DNA