Kobe Pace

Former running back at Virginia. 2024: 499 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 21 catches.

RB · Virginia · Sr. · #5

5′10″ · 215 lb · Cedartown, GA

CFB Index 47 · #155 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceVirginia 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 441 nationally · Signed with Clemson

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Virginia. 2024: 499 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 21 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Clemson in 2020.
Transferred from Clemson to Virginia in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Virginia, 1,674 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 51 yds vs Richmond.Richmond · W 34-132024

20206 games

Signed with Clemson3-star out of Cedartown

202312 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#441 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2021

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

2022–2024

Tony Elliott

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Clemson10-2HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Clemson11-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning

2024Virginia5-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

47Rotational starter #155 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (83rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#268 / 442 · 39th pct

42.9%

EPA / carry#312 / 442 · 30th pct

0.09

TD rate#332 / 442 · 25th pct

2.7%

Yards / carry#334 / 442 · 25th pct

4.5

Explosive rate#392 / 442 · 11th pct

2.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#57 / 330 · 83rd pct

189

Receptions#64 / 330 · 79th pct

Carries#142 / 335 · 58th pct

114

Rush yards#162 / 335 · 52nd pct

499

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Long run#175 / 335 · 47th pct

Rush TDs#186 / 335 · 38th pct

Yards / carry#245 / 335 · 26th pct

4.4

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

5th → 30th percentile

Success rate

13th → 39th percentile

Explosive rate

7th → 11th percentile

Yards / carry

2nd → 25th percentile

TD rate

3rd → 25th percentile

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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

112 carries

Stuffed (≤0)

48%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

11%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	51.7	4.6	0.2
Road5g	37.8	3.9	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	55.2	4.6	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	33.6	3.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #155 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #155 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Virginia	114	499	4.4	3	--
2023	Virginia	125	382	3.1	1	--
2022	Clemson	30	77	2.6	3	--
2021	Clemson	104	641	6.2	6	--
2020	Clemson	18	75	4.2	0	--
Career		391	1,674	4.3	13	--

Season	Team
2024	Virginia	21	189	9.0	0	--
2023	Virginia	19	176	9.3	3	--
2022	Clemson	6	35	5.8	0	--
2021	Clemson	12	131	10.9	0	--
2020	Clemson	5	26	5.2	1	--
Career		63	557	8.8	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–13

vs Richmond

93 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Richmond.

With A. Colandrea — 297 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.8 · 49 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · D. Sparks — 54 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Richmond · 2&19 · Q1 · EPA +4.41Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Kobe Pace for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Notre Dame · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA -3.88Kobe Pace run for 14 yds to the ND 12 Kobe Pace fumbled, recovered by ND Xavier Watts X. Watts return for 0 yds
Week 1 · Richmond · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.59Kobe Pace run for 43 yds to the RICH 10 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Coastal Carolina · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.45Kobe Pace 1 Yd Run (Will Bettridge Kick)
Week 1 · Richmond · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Kobe Pace run for 3 yds for a TD (Will Bettridge KICK)
Week 3 · Maryland · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.05Kobe Pace run for 13 yds to the MD 49 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Clemson · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.04Kobe Pace run for 11 yds to the CLEM 48 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Boston College · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Malachi Fields pass complete to Kobe Pace for 29 yds to the BC 31 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Coastal Carolina · 2&14 · Q1 · EPA +1.85Kobe Pace run for 13 yds to the CCU 48
Week 8 · Clemson · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.72Anthony Colandrea pass complete to Kobe Pace for 25 yds to the CLEM 34 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 34-13vs Richmond	11	93	8.5	1	43	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 2	W 31-30@ Wake Forest	5	14	2.8	0	10
Wk 3	L 13-27vs Maryland	11	46	4.2	0	13
Wk 4	W 43-24@ Coastal Carolina	15	57	3.8	1	13
Wk 6	W 24-14vs Boston College	19	83	4.4	0	22
Wk 7	L 20-24vs Louisville	10	38	3.8	0	9
Wk 8	L 31-48@ Clemson	10	35	3.5	0	11
Wk 9	L 14-41vs North Carolina	7	24	3.4	0	8
Wk 11	W 24-19@ Pittsburgh	12	52	4.3	1	11
Wk 12	L 14-35@ Notre Dame	6	31	5.2	0	14
Wk 13	L 7-33vs SMU	8	26	3.3	0	6
Total		114	499	4.3	3	43

How he plays

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

112Carries

507Yards

22.1%Top-5 share

7.1%Stuffed rate

Just 22.1% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 7.1% of his carries. 5 carries for 14 yds vs Wake Forest; 11 for 93 vs Richmond.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

fact

29.4%Carry share

40.4%Q4-lead share

84.2%In competitive games

29.4% of carries overall (111/378) → 40.4% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/47) — 84.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

13/173rd/4th & short

7/23Inside-5 share