Running back, Southern Miss, 2009–⁠13

Kendrick Hardy

Number
No. 29
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Monticello, MS

Kendrick Hardy played running back at Southern Miss (2009–⁠13).

Career highs

205rushing yards, career highvs. Houston, 20102rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last at UAB, 2013

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2011

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010Southern Miss1399036.5760
2011Southern Miss724265.9247
2012Southern Miss301515.0044
2013Southern Miss934194.5233
Career3341,8995.71160

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Southern Miss8273.4019
2011Southern Miss10464.6014
2012Southern Miss177.007
2013Southern Miss66410.7116
Career251445.8119

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklPBU
20101373102
2012101010
On file83112

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Southern Miss29RB
2010Southern Miss29RB
2011Southern Miss29RB
2012Southern Miss29RB
2013Southern Miss29RB6′0″

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
2013Southern Miss84-0.0612th (n=226)0.07-5.113%-0.03

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

2013 Southern Miss 10 games, 419 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.Texas StateL 15–⁠22829015––
Sep 7atNebraskaL 13–⁠561035013––
Sep 14atArkansasL 3–⁠24929014––
Sep 28atBoise StateL 7–⁠601080033––
Oct 5vs.Florida InternationalL 23–⁠24103101523
Nov 2atMarshallL 13–⁠6141406––
Nov 9atLouisiana TechL 13–⁠362906––
Nov 16vs.Florida AtlanticL 7–⁠41933012––
Nov 23vs.Middle TennesseeL 21–⁠421153022230
Nov 30atUABW 62–⁠2720106228231
2012 Southern Miss 10 games, 151 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 15vs.East CarolinaL 14–⁠2431107––
Sep 22atWestern KentuckyL 17–⁠421606––
Sep 29vs.LouisvilleL 17–⁠21444044––
Oct 6vs.Boise StateL 14–⁠402807––
Oct 20vs.MarshallL 24–⁠59850012––
Oct 27atRiceL 17–⁠441000––
Nov 3vs.UABL 19–⁠271−200––
Nov 10atSMUL 6–⁠343806––
Nov 17vs.UTEPL 33–⁠3421307––
Nov 24atMemphisL 24–⁠4251301117
2011 Southern Miss 5 games, 426 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Louisiana TechW 19–⁠1712330735
Sep 10atMarshallL 20–⁠26733011427
Sep 17vs.SE LouisianaW 52–⁠61815512820
Sep 24atVirginiaW 30–⁠241233011––
Oct 1vs.RiceW 48–⁠2423172147114
2010 Southern Miss 10 games, 903 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 11vs.Prairie View A&MW 34–⁠7208602110
Oct 2vs.MarshallW 41–⁠16455121––
Oct 9vs.East CarolinaL 43–⁠4443801914
Oct 16atMemphisW 41–⁠1911101159––
Oct 30vs.UABL 49–⁠5017147226––
Nov 6atTulaneW 46–⁠301463111312
Nov 13atUCFW 31–⁠211569012––
Nov 20vs.HoustonW 59–⁠41262052601−10
Nov 26atTulsaL 50–⁠56169102112
Dec 21 ✦vs.LouisvilleL 28–⁠311248010119

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

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