Senior running back for South Alabama. 2021: 295 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 12 catches.
6′2″ · 220 lb · Irvington, NJ
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 running back for South Alabama. 2021: 295 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 12 catches.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 3085 nationally · Signed with South Alabama
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonKareem Walker
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jim Harbaugh and Kane Wommack. The receipt on tape: 150 rush yds, 8 rec yds against Alcorn State, Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Alabama, 363 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Joey Jones → Kane Wommack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: explosive rate (10th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 52.8 | 3.5 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 21.0 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 69.3 | 3.5 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 17.4 | 2.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #282 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Alabama | 86 | 295 | 3.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2017 | Michigan | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 106 | 363 | 3.4 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Alabama | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Michigan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 28–21
vs Alcorn State
150 rush yds (23 car) · 3 TD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With J. Brooks — 43 AVG · 46 LONG · 3 NO · J. Bentley — 158 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 22.7 · 7 rush yds (3 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Southern Miss | 18 | 26 | 1.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 2 | W 22-19@ Bowling Green | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-21vs Alcorn State | 23 | 150 | 6.5 | 3 | 35 | Season-high 150 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 31-41@ UL Monroe | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-13vs Arkansas State | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-31@ App State | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-60@ Tennessee | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-27vs Coastal Carolina | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Total | 86 | 295 | 3.0 | 4 | 35 |
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Lopini Katoa’s 2021 season.
Matches Lopini on
Differs from Lopini on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Fredderick Graves’s path through North Carolina A&T.
Fredderick Graves
Julien Gums
Jonathan DeBique
Kennieth Lacy
Reggie Davis
Matches Fredderick on
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Grant Wells's freshman season at Marshall (2020).
Matches Grant on
Player DNA