Freshman running back for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 288 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 3 catches.
5′11″ · 206 lb · Houston, TX
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 1700 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 running back for Louisiana Tech. 2023: 288 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 3 catches.
Keith Willis
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. The receipt: 188 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Northwestern State — Week 2, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Louisiana Tech, 288 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (99th percentile). Strength: long run (86th percentile). Concern: rec yards (3rd 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
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 63.5 | 5.8 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 11.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 60.0 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 16.0 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 51 | 288 | 5.6 | 7 | -- |
| Career | 51 | 288 | 5.6 | 7 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 51–21
188 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 30-point win at home against Northwestern State.
With B. Ochsendorf — 32 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 41 LONG · H. Bachmeier — 110 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 29.6 · 2 rush yds (4 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-17vs Florida International | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 1 | L 14-38@ SMU | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-21vs Northwestern State | 13 | 188 | 14.5 | 2 | 68 | Season-high 188 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 37-40vs North Texas | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-56@ Liberty | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-42vs Sam Houston | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-56@ Jacksonville State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 51 | 288 | 4.4 | 7 | 68 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (26.3%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Snoop Conner’s 2021 season.
Differs from Snoop on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Titus Swen’s path through Wyoming.
Matches Titus on
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan James's freshman season at Oregon (2022).
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on