Kelley Joiner Jr.: RB · South Florida · #8.
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Kelley Joiner Jr.
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for three head coaches at South Florida: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott and Alex Golesh. On tape: 140 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against Charlotte, Week 12, 2024.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
29.8% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — and the back is stuffed on 16.5% of carries. 2 carries for -3 yds vs Tulane; 9 for 140 vs Charlotte.
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
5 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (50.0%). 17 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (51.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Florida | 121 | 799 | 6.6 | 12 | 54 |
| 2023 | South Florida | 39 | 156 | 4.0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2022 | South Florida | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | South Florida | 78 | 480 | 6.2 | 2 | 47 |
| 2020 | South Florida | 67 | 315 | 4.7 | 1 | 41 |
| 2019 | South Florida | 71 | 364 | 5.1 | 0 | 51 |
| Career | 388 | 2,158 | 5.6 | 16 | 54 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | South Florida | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 2 | 29 |
| 2023 | South Florida | 12 | 156 | 13.0 | 2 | 62 |
| 2022 | South Florida | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 0 | 24 |
| 2021 | South Florida | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 0 | 19 |
| 2020 | South Florida | 8 | 73 | 9.1 | 1 | 75 |
| 2019 | South Florida | 9 | 108 | 12.0 | 0 | 49 |
| Career | 53 | 524 | 9.9 | 5 | 75 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-3vs Bethune-Cookman | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 2 | 21 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-42@ No. 4 Alabama | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-24@ Southern Miss | 10 | 117 | 11.7 | 2 | 50 | |
| Wk 4 | L 15-50vs No. 8 Miami | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-45@ Tulane | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-21vs Memphis | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-25vs UAB | 15 | 94 | 6.3 | 2 | 33 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-21@ Florida Atlantic | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-28vs Navy | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 59-24@ Charlotte | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 2 | 54 | Season-high 140 yds |
| Wk 13 | W 63-30vs Tulsa | 10 | 131 | 13.1 | 2 | 48 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-35@ Rice | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | 12 | |
 Bowl | W 41-39vs San José State | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Total | 121 | 799 | 6.6 | 12 | 54 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 35-25
vs UAB
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
46%110 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.6 yds/carry on 121 carries · 17% explosive (10+ yds) · 46% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 71.4 | 6.6 | 1.2 |
| Road6g | 64.5 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 43.3 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 82.7 | 8.0 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Pass share
47.4%
439 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
71.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
121 carries and 9 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Surprisingly productive for a back with no award recognition yet — top-4% yards per carry, top-2% rushing TD rate.2024 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Six seasons at South Florida, 2,158 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, Daniel Da Prato, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.
