#22

Kobe McCrary

Running back for Minnesota. 2017: 496 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 4 catches.

RB · Minnesota · #22

6′1″ · 240 lb · Chipley, FL

Minnesota 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 2019 nationally · Signed with Chipley

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 running back for Minnesota. 2017: 496 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 4 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Chipley in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Minnesota, 738 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Recruited2-star out of Chipley

20168 games

Signed with Minnesota3-star out of Butler C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2019 national

CFB

College

Minnesota

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Tracy Claeys

Minnesota

2017

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Minnesota9-4HC: Tracy Claeys · Run-heavy

2017Minnesota5-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec yards (18th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#60 / 328 · 79th pct

Yards / carry#116 / 328 · 62nd pct

5.3

Fumbles lost#44 / 221 · 53rd pct

Rush yards#161 / 328 · 51st pct

496

Carries#170 / 328 · 48th pct

Long run#173 / 328 · 47th pct

Receptions#247 / 315 · 19th pct

Rec yards#258 / 315 · 18th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	75.0	4.8	1.4
Road5g	24.2	4.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	28.8	2.7	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	63.5	5.6	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Minnesota	94	496	5.3	8	--
2016	Minnesota	39	242	6.2	3	--
Career		133	738	5.5	11	--

Season	Team
2017	Minnesota	4	27	6.8	--
2016	Minnesota	2	17	8.5	--
Career		6	44	7.3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 54–21

vs Nebraska

93 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD

Dominant 33-point win at home against Nebraska.

With D. Croft — 105 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 183 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD · R. Smith — 134 rush yds (24 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 48-14@ Oregon State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 3	W 34-3vs Middle Tennessee	23	107	4.7	3	14	3 rushing TDs
Wk 6	L 17-31@ Purdue	2	4	2.0	0	3
Wk 7	L 27-30vs Michigan State	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Illinois	24	153	6.4	1	26	Season-high 153 yds
Wk 9	L 10-17@ Iowa	7	22	3.1	1	7
Wk 10	L 10-33@ Michigan	4	24	6.0	0	13
Wk 11	W 54-21vs Nebraska	10	93	9.3	3	43	3 rushing TDs
Wk 12	L 0-39@ Northwestern	10	69	6.9	0	24
Wk 13	L 0-31vs Wisconsin	12	20	1.7	0	7
Total		94	496	4.4	8	43

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