Last confirmed: Kansas State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 227 lb · Pittsburg, KS
Alex Barnes: RB · Kansas State · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Alex Barnes
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Third year in the Kansas State backfield. One game to point at: 250 rushing yards and 22 receiving yards against Baylor — Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 16.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 14.1% of his carries. 13 carries for 28 yds vs Oklahoma; 22 for 249 vs Baylor.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
54.1% of carries overall (252/466) → 52.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (31/59) — 100.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
14 of 21 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (66.7%). 12 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (50.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kansas State | 256 | 1,355 | 5.3 | 12 |
| 2017 | Kansas State | 146 | 819 | 5.6 | 7 |
| 2016 | Kansas State | 56 | 442 | 7.9 | 6 |
| Career | 458 | 2,616 | 5.7 | 25 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kansas State | 20 | 194 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 2017 | Kansas State | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2016 | Kansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 25 | 223 | 8.9 | 0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24vs South Dakota | 21 | 103 | 4.9 | 0 | 34 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-31vs No. 18 Mississippi State | 17 | 75 | 4.4 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-17vs UTSA | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-35@ No. 12 West Virginia | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-19vs No. 18 Texas | 19 | 80 | 4.2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-37@ Baylor | 22 | 250 | 11.4 | 3 | 55 | Season-high 250 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 31-12vs Oklahoma State | 34 | 181 | 5.3 | 4 | 29 | 4 rushing TDs |
| Wk 9 | L 14-51@ No. 8 Oklahoma | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-14@ TCU | 23 | 102 | 4.4 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 11 | W 21-17vs Kansas | 22 | 117 | 5.3 | 2 | 24 | |
| Wk 12 | W 21-6vs Texas Tech | 32 | 136 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 13 | L 38-42@ No. 25 Iowa State | 28 | 184 | 6.6 | 1 | 49 | 184-yard day |
| Total | 256 | 1355 | 5.3 | 12 | 55 |
Week 7 · 2018
W 31-12
181 rush yds (34 car) · 4 TD · 3 rec · 51 yds
With S. John Thompson — 130 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 80 rush yds (12 car) · D. Anctil — 43 yards per punt · 3 punts · 55 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
44%256 carriesFumble rate
1.6%4 of 256 carries · 2 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.3 yds/carry on 256 carries · 15% explosive (10+ yds) · 44% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Bill Snyder — 22-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 106 | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| Road5g | 123 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 113 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 113 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Snyder
Pass share
36.6%
291 pass / 503 run
Plays / game
66.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
256 carries and 20 catches in 12 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kansas State, 2,616 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bill Snyder.
