Donnell Kirkwood

RB · Minnesota 2014 · #20

Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.

5′10″ · Delray Beach, FL

Donnell Kirkwood: RB · Minnesota · #20.

Donnell Kirkwood

RB · Minnesota · #20

One game to point at: 32 rushing yards against Nebraska — Week 13, 2014.

How he plays

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

6/31Inside-5 share

6 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (19.4%).

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Minnesota in the news

Minnesota beats North Dakota for first win of seasonOct 23
Ferentz names Minnesota's starting QBKCCI Oct 20

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	Minnesota	29	89	3.1	2
Career		29	89	3.1	2

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-20vs Eastern Illinois	2	-3	-1.5	0	0
Wk 2	W 35-24vs Middle Tennessee	5	23	4.6	1	17
Wk 3	L 7-30@ TCU	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Wk 4	W 24-7vs San José State	2	5	2.5	0	4
Wk 5	W 30-14@ Michigan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 8	W 39-38vs Purdue	3	8	2.7	1	5
Wk 9	L 24-28@ Illinois	2	3	1.5	0	3
Wk 11	W 51-14vs Iowa	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 12	L 24-31vs No. 8 Ohio State	2	13	6.5	0	12
Wk 13	W 28-24@ No. 21 Nebraska	7	32	4.6	0	10	Season-high 32 yds
Wk 14	L 24-34@ No. 14 Wisconsin	3	6	2.0	0	3
Total		29	89	3.1	2	17

Signature game

Week 2 · 2014

W 35-24

vs Middle Tennessee

23 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

With P. Mortell — 42.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 49 long · D. Cobb — 220 rush yds (29 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Purdue · 2nd and 3 · Q2 · EPA +2.21Donnell Kirkwood run for 3 yds for a TD, (Ryan Santoso MISSED)
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.65Donnell Kirkwood run for 17 yds to the MTnSt 1 for a
Week 1 · Eastern Illinois · 1st and 2 · Q4 · EPA −1.23Donnell Kirkwood run for a loss of 3 yards to the EIlln 5
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA −1.12Donnell Kirkwood run for no gain to the Minn 49
Week 2 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 1 · Q1 · EPA +0.94Donnell Kirkwood run for 1 yd for a TD, (Ryan Santoso KICK)
Week 13 · Nebraska · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +0.88Donnell Kirkwood run for 3 yds to the Neb 2 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Ohio State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.77Donnell Kirkwood run for 1 yd to the Minn 47
Week 14 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 17 · Q2 · EPA −0.75Donnell Kirkwood run for 1 yd to the Wisc 21
Week 8 · Purdue · 1st and 3 · Q2 · EPA −0.75Donnell Kirkwood run for no gain to the Prdue 3
Week 3 · TCU · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.67Donnell Kirkwood run for a loss of 1 yard to the Minn 20

Teams and coaches

2014Minnesota8-5HC: Jerry Kill · Run-heavy

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rush TDs#219 / 300 · 23rd pct

Long run#286 / 300 · 4th pct

Yards / carry#292 / 300 · 3rd pct

3.1

Rush yards#301 / 301 · 0th pct

Carries#301 / 301 · 0th pct

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

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	8.2	3.0	0.3
Road5g	8.0	1.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.8	0.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	10.8	3.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Jerry Kill

Pass share

30.6%

250 pass / 567 run

Plays / game

62.8

13 games

Team sack rate

7.2%

279 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

29 carries in 11 games

Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.

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