Last confirmed: Kentucky, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 223 lb · Westerville, OH
Benny Snell Jr.: RB · Kentucky · #26.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Benny Snell Jr.
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Third year in the Kentucky backfield. On tape: 175 rushing yards and 8 receiving yards against Florida, Week 2, 2018.
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 13.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.3% of his carries. 13 carries for 60 yds vs Texas A&M; 27 for 175 vs Florida.
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
53.9% of carries overall (264/490) → 57.0% of Q4-with-lead carries (53/93) — 98.1% 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
22 of 29 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (75.9%). 6 of the team's 15 inside-the-5 carries (40.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-20vs Central Michigan | 20 | 125 | 6.3 | 2 | 52 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16@ No. 25 Florida | 27 | 175 | 6.5 | 0 | 44 | Season-high 175 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 48-10vs Murray State | 15 | 75 | 5.0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-7vs No. 14 Mississippi State | 25 | 165 | 6.6 | 4 | 36 | 4 rushing TDs |
| Wk 5 | W 24-10vs South Carolina | 28 | 85 | 3.0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-20@ Texas A&M | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | W 14-7vs Vanderbilt | 32 | 169 | 5.3 | 1 | 22 | 169-yard day |
| Wk 9 | W 15-14@ Missouri | 19 | 67 | 3.5 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-34vs No. 6 Georgia | 20 | 73 | 3.7 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-24@ Tennessee | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-23vs Middle Tennessee | 25 | 115 | 4.6 | 2 | 17 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-10@ Louisville | 18 | 100 | 5.6 | 2 | 24 | |
 Bowl | W 27-24@ No. 13 Penn State | 26 | 144 | 5.5 | 2 | 32 | |
| Total | 288 | 1434 | 5.0 | 16 | 52 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 28-7
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
47%240 carriesFumble rate
0.7%2 of 288 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.0 yds/carry on 288 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 47% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Mark Stoops — 24-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 115 | 4.9 | 1.7 |
| Road5g | 96.6 | 4.9 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 118 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 101 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
36.0%
295 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
63.0
13 games
Team sack rate
9.2%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
288 carries, 17 catches and 1 pass attempt in 13 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kentucky, 3,858 rushing yards — drafted at #122 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
His career
He has a stat line in 39 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
Where he ended up · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 8th NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 8th NFL season
