Kye Robichaux

Former running back at Boston College. 2024: 744 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 9 catches.

RB · Boston College · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 217 lb · Columbus, GA

CFB Index 46 · #159 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceBoston College 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former running back at Boston College. 2024: 744 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 9 catches.

Signed with Western Kentucky in 2021.
Transferred from Western Kentucky to Boston College in 2023.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

RB recruit

Signed with Western Kentucky

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Boston College, 2,352 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202112 games

Signed with Western Kentuckyout of Glenwood School

20228 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202311 games

Entered the portal

202412 games

All-ACC

Career arc

Recruit

—

2021 class

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2023

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

2024

Bill O'Brien

Boston College

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning

2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #159 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (85th percentile). Strength: carries (85th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#161 / 442 · 64th pct

5.7%

Success rate#201 / 442 · 55th pct

45.8%

EPA / carry#364 / 442 · 18th pct

0.02

Yards / carry#373 / 442 · 16th pct

4.2

Explosive rate#390 / 442 · 12th pct

2.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#44 / 335 · 85th pct

Carries#50 / 335 · 85th pct

175

Rush yards#91 / 335 · 73rd pct

744

Fumbles lost#55 / 204 · 49th pct

Long run#188 / 335 · 43rd pct

Receptions#198 / 330 · 38th pct

Rec yards#238 / 330 · 28th pct

Yards / carry#254 / 335 · 23rd pct

4.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

68th → 18th percentile

Success rate

81st → 55th percentile

Explosive rate

3rd → 12th percentile

Yards / carry

27th → 16th percentile

TD rate

54th → 64th 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

176 carries

16%

Stuffed (≤0)

39%

Grind (1–3)

36%

Chunk (4–9)

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	84.0	4.5	1.0
Road6g	40.0	2.8	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	37.2	2.9	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	86.8	4.3	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

46 · #159 of 310 RBs

Unranked recruit. Now #159 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Boston College	175	744	4.3	10	--
2023	Boston College	163	780	4.8	8	--
2022	Western Kentucky	73	496	6.8	3	--
2021	Western Kentucky	67	332	5.0	3	--
Career		478	2,352	4.9	24	--

Season	Team
2024	Boston College	9	44	4.9	1	--
2023	Boston College	15	108	7.2	0	--
2022	Western Kentucky	13	74	5.7	0	--
2021	Western Kentucky	7	142	20.3	1	--
Career		44	368	8.4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 37–31

vs Syracuse

198 rush yds (28 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Syracuse at home in a shootout.

With L. Connor — 5 PTS · 37 AVG · 40 LONG · J. Mcdonald — 133 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Pittsburgh · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -4.08Kye Robichaux run for a loss of 1 yard to the PITT 9
Week 1 · Nebraska · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA -4.06Kye Robichaux run for no gain to the NEB 9
Week 11 · Syracuse · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +3.50Kye Robichaux run for 34 yds for a TD (Liam Connor KICK)
Week 11 · Syracuse · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.47Kye Robichaux run for 41 yds to the SYR 34 for a 1ST down Syracuse Penalty, Unnecessary Roughness (Alijah Clark) to the SYR 19 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Florida State · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.76Kye Robichaux run for 35 yds to the FSU 4 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · North Carolina · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -2.72Kye Robichaux run for 5 yds to the 50 yard line Kye Robichaux fumbled, recovered by UNC Kevin Hester Jr. , return to the 50 yard line
Week 8 · Virginia Tech · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.65Kye Robichaux run for 5 yds for a TD (Liam Connor KICK)
Week 1 · Nebraska · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA -2.65Grayson James pass complete to Kye Robichaux for 3 yds to the NEB 30 Boston College Penalty, Personal Foul (-15 Yards) to the NEB 45
Week 11 · Syracuse · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.53Kye Robichaux run for 14 yds for a TD (Liam Connor KICK)
Week 5 · Western Kentucky · 2&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.48Kye Robichaux run for 25 yds to the WKU 49 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week