Last confirmed: Oregon, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′9″ · Beverly Hills, CA
Kenny Bassett: RB · Oregon · #31.
Kenny Bassett
One game to point at: 40 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Arizona — Week 15, 2014.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
5.1% of carries overall (31/606) → 16.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (25/153) — 0.0% 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
1 of the team's 42 inside-the-5 carries (2.4%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Oregon | 31 | 159 | 5.1 | 2 |
| Career | 31 | 159 | 5.1 | 2 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Oregon | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 |
| Career | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-13vs South Dakota | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-14vs Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-20vs Washington | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | W 59-41@ California | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-16vs Stanford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-27@ No. 20 Utah | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-10vs Colorado | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | W 47-19@ Oregon State | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 15 | W 51-13vs No. 8 Arizona | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 1 | 19 | Season-high 40 yds |
 Bowl | W 59-20@ No. 2 Florida State | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 18 | |
| Total | 31 | 159 | 5.1 | 2 | 19 |
Week 15 · 2014
W 51-13
vs Arizona · neutral site
40 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 38-point win at a neutral site against Arizona.
With M. Mariota — 313 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.7 · 33 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD · C. Nelson — 7 rec · 104 yds · 44 rush yds (4 car)
The plays that mattered most
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 14.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 7.7 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 16.0 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 15.9 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Helfrich
Pass share
42.7%
474 pass / 635 run
Plays / game
73.9
15 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
513 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2014
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Oregon, 159 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2010–2014
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chip Kelly → Mark Helfrich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
