Khalan Laborn

Senior running back for Marshall. 2022: 1,513 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 16 catches.

RB · Marshall · Sr. · #8

5′11″ · 212 lb · Virginia Beach, VA

CFB Index 68 · #45 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamMarshall 2022 alumnus

The story

6 running back for Marshall. 2022: 1,513 rushing yards, 16 rushing TD, 16 catches.

Transferred from Florida State to Marshall in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Marshall, 1,810 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202213 games

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltfirst

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2019

Doc Holliday

Marshall

2022

Charles Huff

Marshall

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Doc Holliday → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2019Florida State6-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

68Quality starter #45 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (99th percentile). Strength: rush yards (97th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#229 / 398 · 43rd pct

4.0%

EPA / carry#260 / 398 · 35th pct

0.09

Success rate#270 / 398 · 32nd pct

41.7%

Yards / carry#287 / 398 · 28th pct

4.6

Explosive rate#314 / 398 · 21st pct

4.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#4 / 346 · 99th pct

302

Rush yards#10 / 346 · 97th pct

1513

Rush TDs#10 / 346 · 97th pct

Long run#14 / 346 · 96th pct

Receptions#105 / 338 · 68th pct

Rec yards#124 / 338 · 63rd pct

116

Yards / carry#149 / 346 · 55th pct

5.0

Fumbles lost#231 / 244 · 4th 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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	104	5.7	1.7
Road7g	127	4.8	0.9

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	134	5.5	1.4
Weeks 8+6g	95.3	4.9	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #45 of 317 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Marshall	302	1,513	5.0	16	--
2019	Florida State	63	297	4.7	4	--
2018	Florida State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		365	1,810	5.0	20	--

Season	Team
2022	Marshall	16	116	7.2	--
2019	Florida State	10	66	6.6	--
2018	Florida State	1	37	37.0	--
Career		27	219	8.1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 26–21

at Notre Dame

163 rush yds (31 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With J. Mcconnell — 36 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 43 LONG · H. Colombi — 145 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.3 · 9 rush yds (7 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.54Khalan Laborn run for 83 yds for a TD, (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 5 · Gardner-Webb · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.27Khalan Laborn run for 78 yds for a TD, (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 1 · Norfolk State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +3.14K.Laborn rushed to NFS End Zone for 23 yards. K.Laborn for 23 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA -3.06K.Laborn rushed to BGN 25 for 1 yards. Tackled by BGN at BGN 25.
Week 12 · Georgia Southern · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.87Cam Fancher pass complete to Khalan Laborn for 30 yds to the GeoSo 25 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · James Madison · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.82Khalan Laborn 18 Yd Run (Rece Verhoff Kick)
Week 13 · Georgia State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Khalan Laborn run for 1 yd for a TD, (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 4 · Troy · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.75Khalan Laborn run for 14 yds for a TD, (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.61K.Laborn rushed to BGN End Zone for 8 yards. K.Laborn for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 7 · Louisiana · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Khalan Laborn run for 9 yds to the LaLaf 37 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 55-3vs Norfolk State	12	102	8.5	2	23
Wk 2	W 26-21@ Notre Dame	31	163	5.3	1	42	163-yard day
Wk 3	L 31-34@ Bowling Green	24	157	6.5	2	49	157-yard day
Wk 4	L 7-16@ Troy	30	118	3.9	1	17
Wk 5	W 28-7vs Gardner-Webb	35	191	5.5	2	78	Season-high 191 yds
Wk 7	L 13-23vs Louisiana	26	120	4.6	2	12
Wk 8	W 26-12@ James Madison	30	151	5.0	2	61	151-yard day
Wk 9	L 13-24vs Coastal Carolina	16	59	3.7	1	26
Wk 10	W 12-0@ Old Dominion	31	139	4.5	0	25
Wk 11	W 28-21vs App State	18	53	2.9	1	12
Wk 12	W 23-10@ Georgia Southern	17	70	4.1	0	14
Wk 13	W 28-23vs Georgia State	11	100	9.1	2	83
Bowl	W 28-14@ UConn	21	90	4.3	0	13
Total		302	1513	5.2	16	83