Alvin Kamara with the New Orleans Saints, 2023
With the New Orleans Saints, 2023. Photo: TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Tennessee, 2015–⁠16

Alvin Kamara

Number
No. 6
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Norcross, GA
Born
Jul 25, 1995

Alvin Kamara played running back at Tennessee (2015–⁠16). The New Orleans Saints took Kamara in round 3, No. 67 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
698
Rushing yards, 2015 (Tennessee, 9–⁠4)
Drafted
No. 67
Round 3, 2017 NFL Draft (New Orleans Saints)

Career highs

144rushing yards, career highvs. Bowling Green, 20152rushing touchdowns, career highsix times; last at Vanderbilt, 20168catches, career hightwice; last at Vanderbilt, 2016161receiving yards, career highat Texas A&M, 20162receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Georgia, 2015

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015Tennessee1076986.5763
2016Tennessee1035965.8939
Career2101,2946.21663

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2015Tennessee342918.6335
2016Tennessee403929.8453
Career746839.2753

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2015Tennessee–––91001
2016Tennessee1160191840
Career1160282841

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2015Tennessee6RB
2016Tennessee6RB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2015Tennessee1510.3293rd (n=268)0.1248.115%0.25
2016Tennessee1520.2886th (n=259)0.1342.419%0.19

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Tennessee 11 games, 596 rushing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1vs.App StateW 20–⁠1362103200
Sep 10vs.Virginia TechW 45–⁠243903251
Sep 17vs.OhioW 28–⁠1911670290
Sep 24vs.FloridaW 38–⁠282601120
Oct 1atGeorgiaW 34–⁠31166203261
Oct 8atTexas A&ML 38–⁠4518127281611
Oct 15vs.AlabamaL 10–⁠498211270
Nov 12vs.KentuckyW 49–⁠36101282–––
Nov 19vs.MissouriW 63–⁠37125523140
Nov 26atVanderbiltL 34–⁠45106928721
Dec 30 ✦vs.NebraskaW 38–⁠2473107460
2015 Tennessee 13 games, 698 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5vs.Bowling GreenW 59–⁠301514422−10
Sep 12vs.OklahomaL 24–⁠31440150
Sep 19vs.Western CarolinaW 55–⁠107471–––
Sep 26atFloridaL 27–⁠2851603330
Oct 3vs.ArkansasL 20–⁠2473604400
Oct 10vs.GeorgiaW 38–⁠317805312
Oct 24atAlabamaL 14–⁠1952104440
Oct 31atKentuckyW 52–⁠2147002130
Nov 7vs.South CarolinaW 27–⁠2443013271
Nov 14vs.North TexasW 24–⁠0151272150
Nov 21atMissouriW 19–⁠874304230
Nov 28vs.VanderbiltW 53–⁠28169902520
Jan 1 ✦vs.NorthwesternW 45–⁠6115313190

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height5′10¼″
Weight214 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan78¼″W
40-yard dash4.56 s
10-yard split1.54 s
Vertical jump39½″
Broad jump10′11″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill7.10 s
20-yard shuttle4.56 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 130 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Pro Bowls: 5 (2017–⁠21) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2017, 2020)

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2017, 2020.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2017New Orleans Saints16120728881826
2018New Orleans Saints151948831481709
2019New Orleans Saints14171797581533
2020New Orleans Saints151879321683756
2021New Orleans Saints13240898447439
2022New Orleans Saints15223897257490
2023New Orleans Saints13180694575466
2024New Orleans Saints14228950668543
2025New Orleans Saints11131471133186
2026 (so far)New Orleans Saints4288621341
NFL career1301,7027,336636194,989

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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