Keyvone Lee

Senior running back for UNLV. 2025: 440 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 19 catches.

RB · UNLV · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 225 lb · St. Petersburg, FL

CFB Index 44 · #177 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceReturning to UNLV for 2026

The numbers

440

rushing yards · 2025

6 TD · 4.4 per carry · 19 catches

The play that turned itSwung UNLV from 23% to 61% to win.UNLV at Miami (OH) · 41-38

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for UNLV. 2025: 440 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 19 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2020.
Transferred from Mississippi State to UNLV in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series.

Explosive rate: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Keyvone Lee

RB · UNLV · Sr · #2

Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Four head coaches in six seasons, at three different programs. His first career honor landed in 2020: Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 59 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Air Force, Week 7, 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

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Mississippi State5-7HC: Greg Knox · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Mississippi State2-10HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

2025UNLV10-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

44Rotational starter #177 of 326?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (82nd percentile). Concern: yards / carry (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#84 / 456 · 82nd pct

9.5%

TD rate#118 / 456 · 74th pct

4.2%

EPA / carry#237 / 456 · 48th pct

0.10

Success rate#294 / 456 · 35th pct

40.7%

Yards / carry#353 / 456 · 23rd pct

4.3

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#80 / 338 · 76th pct

164

Receptions#77 / 338 · 75th pct

Rush TDs#83 / 349 · 72nd pct

Carries#163 / 349 · 53rd pct

100

Rush yards#192 / 349 · 45th pct

440

Yards / carry#241 / 349 · 29th pct

4.4

Long run#295 / 349 · 14th pct

Fumbles lost#154 / 201 · 14th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	31.8	7.0	0.7
Road8g	31.1	3.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	27.7	6.4	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	35.1	4.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

41.6%

87 pass / 122 run

Plays / game

69.7

3 games

Team sack rate

9.3%

108 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #177 of 326 RBs

Former four-star. Now #177 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #18 of 34 Mountain West RBs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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	UNLV	100	440	4.4	6	--
2024	Mississippi State	29	140	4.8	1	--
2023	Mississippi State	12	75	6.2	0	--
2022	Penn State	25	94	3.8	0	--
2021	Penn State	108	530	4.9	2	--
2020	Penn State	89	438	4.9	4	--
Career		363	1,717	4.7	13	--

Season	Team
2025	UNLV	19	164	8.6	0	--
2024	Mississippi State	3	13	4.3	0	--
2023	Mississippi State	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Penn State	3	23	7.7	1	--
2021	Penn State	15	130	8.7	0	--
2020	Penn State	12	66	5.5	0	--
Career		52	396	7.6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–31

vs Idaho State

5 rush yds (5 car)

Edged out Idaho State at home in a shootout.

With A. Colandrea — 195 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.0 · 93 rush yds (13 car) · J. Thomas — 147 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Colorado State · 1&15 · Q4 · EPA +2.68(15:00) Shotgun #10 A.Colandrea pass complete short right to #2 K.Lee caught at UNLV38, for 25 yards to the CSU38 (#11 J.Naborne; #13 J.Jarmolowich), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Wyoming · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.66Keyvone Lee run for 6 yds for a TD (Ramon Villela KICK)
Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Keyvone Lee run for 18 yds to the M-OH 1 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Keyvone Lee run for 1 yd for a TD (Ramon Villela KICK)
Week 7 · Air Force · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.25Keyvone Lee run for 22 yds to the UNLV 45 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ohio · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.20(03:10) Shotgun #10 A.Colandrea pass complete short right to #2 K.Lee caught at UNLV40, for 12 yards to the OHIO48 (#9 M.Mack II), 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Hawai'i · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.18(05:52) Shotgun #2 K.Lee rush left for 14 yards gain to the UH00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:45, 1ST DOWN #32 R.Villela kick attempt good (H: #39 K.Melzer, LS: #36 A.McIlquham)
Week 11 · Colorado State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.07(02:57) Shotgun #2 K.Lee rush right for 17 yards gain to the CSU19 (#15 A.Hector; #17 C.Blocker), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · UCLA · 1&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.02Keyvone Lee run for 19 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 10 · New Mexico · 1&5 · Q2 · EPA +1.88(03:14) Shotgun #2 K.Lee rush middle for 5 yards gain to the UNM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:14 #32 R.Villela kick attempt good (H: #39 K.Melzer, LS: #36 A.McIlquham)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-31vs Idaho State	5	5	1.0	0	6
Wk 1	W 38-21@ Sam Houston	7	42	6.0	0	18
Wk 2	W 30-23vs UCLA	1	19	19.0	1	19
Wk 4	W 41-38@ Miami (OH)	11	47	4.3	1	18
Wk 6	W 31-17@ Wyoming	5	17	3.4	1	6
Wk 7	W 51-48vs Air Force	6	59	9.8	1	22	Season-high 59 yds
Wk 8	L 31-56@ Boise State	9	24	2.7	0	8
Wk 10	L 35-40vs New Mexico	6	17	2.8	1	8
Wk 11	W 42-10@ Colorado State	12	46	3.8	0	17
Wk 12	W 29-26vs Utah State	11	43	3.9	0	8
Wk 13	W 38-10vs Hawai'i	9	48	5.3	1	14
Wk 14	W 42-17@ Nevada	7	10	1.4	0	6
Wk 15	L 21-38@ Boise State	7	58	8.3	0	21
Bowl	L 10-17@ Ohio	4	5	1.3	0	5
Total		100	440	5.2	6	22

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Keyvone Lee

20208 games

20235 games

202514 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Workhorse

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