Last confirmed: Kentucky, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · DeLand, FL
Jojo Kemp: RB · Kentucky · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jojo Kemp
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. He has spent three seasons in the Kentucky backfield. One game to point at: 90 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Tennessee — Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
13.4% of carries overall (70/522) → 17.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (15/85) — 73.3% 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
4 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (23.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-44vs Southern Miss | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-45@ Florida | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-10vs South Carolina | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-34@ No. 1 Alabama | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-13vs Vanderbilt | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-38vs Mississippi State | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 36-49@ Tennessee | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 1 | 71 | Season-high 90 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 49-13vs Austin Peay | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 2 | 40 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-38@ No. 11 Louisville | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 14 | |
 Bowl | L 18-33vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 25 | |
| Total | 70 | 349 | 5.0 | 6 | 71 |
Week 11 · 2016
L 36-49
at Tennessee
90 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
With S. Johnson — 192 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 62.5 · 72 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · G. McKinniss — 41.6 yards per punt · 5 punts · 47 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
31%67 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.0 yds/carry on 70 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 31% success rate.
3 seasons under Mark Stoops — 17-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 29.4 | 4.9 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 43.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 26.3 | 4.1 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 47.8 | 7.2 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
34.2%
311 pass / 598 run
Plays / game
69.9
13 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
342 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kentucky, 1,227 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
