Kelley Joiner Jr.
Kelley Joiner Jr.
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Kelley Joiner Jr. has been at South Florida through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt on tape: 140 rush yds, 2 rush TD against Charlotte, Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at South Florida, 1,479 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Scott → Alex Golesh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR06 · Starter
Starter. A locked-in starting role.
our read surprisingly productive for a back with no award recognition yet — top-4% yards per carry, top-2% rushing TD rate.2024 profile
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Florida | 121 | 799 | 6.6 | 12 | -- |
| 2023 | South Florida | 39 | 156 | 4.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 78 | 480 | 6.2 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 250 | 1,479 | 5.9 | 15 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Florida | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | South Florida | 12 | 156 | 13.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | South Florida | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | South Florida | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 343 | 9.5 | 4 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 48–3
vs Bethune-Cookman
78 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 45-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.
How he plays
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Eli Sanders’s 2024 season.
Matches Eli on
Differs from Eli on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Elijah Mitchell’s path through Louisiana.
Elijah Mitchell
Matches Elijah on
Player DNA
Players who play like Kelley Joiner Jr.
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2024+66%
Up 66% from first season to most-recent.