Running back, SMU, 2010–⁠14

Kevin Pope

Number: No. 3
Height: 5′11″
Hometown: Mt. Enterprise, TX

Kevin Pope played running back at SMU (2010–⁠14).

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

105

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
2010	SMU	3	6	2.0	3
2013	SMU	17	89	5.2	31
2014	SMU	34	105	3.1	18
Career		54	200	3.7	31

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds
2011	SMU	2	28
2012	SMU	3	55
2013	SMU	1	13
2014	SMU	1	4
Career		7	100

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
2013	SMU	5	61	12.2	29
2014	SMU	7	23	3.3	11
Career		12	84	7.0	29

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	PBU	FF
2011	10	13	27	40	1	1	1	0
2012^N	13	10	10	20	0	0	–	1
2013^N	11	47	45	92	10.5	3.5	4	1
2014^E	8 of 12	15	22	37	–	–	–	–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2010	SMU	3	RB
2011	SMU	3	RB
2012	SMU	3	RB
2013	SMU	3	RB
2014	SMU	3	RB	5′11″

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

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage
2013	SMU	18	0.25	–	–	4.6	–
2014	SMU	46	-0.24	–	–	-11.1	11%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 SMU 6 games, 105 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	KR	Yds
Aug 31	atBaylor	L 0–⁠45	6	9	–	–
Sep 6	atNorth Texas	L 6–⁠43	8	33	1	4
Sep 20	vs.Texas A&M	L 6–⁠58	11	44	–	–
Sep 27	vs.TCU	L 0–⁠56	5	15	–	–
Oct 4	atEast Carolina	L 24–⁠45	3	1	–	–
Oct 18	vs.Cincinnati	L 3–⁠41	1	3	–	–

2013 SMU 3 games, 89 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	KR	Yds
Aug 30	vs.Texas Tech	L 23–⁠41	–	–	–	1	13
Nov 29	atHouston	L 0–⁠34	9	39	0	–	–
Dec 7	vs.UCF	L 13–⁠17	8	50	0	–	–

2012 SMU 2 games, 3 returns, 55 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	KR	Yds
Sep 2	atBaylor	L 24–⁠59	–	–	–	2	37
Nov 3	atUCF	L 17–⁠42	–	–	–	1	18

2011 SMU 2 games, 2 returns, 28 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	KR	Yds
Oct 15	vs.UCF	W 38–⁠17	–	–	–	1	2
Nov 19	atHouston	L 7–⁠37	–	–	–	1	26

2010 SMU 1 game, 6 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	KR	Yds
Sep 11	vs.UAB	W 28–⁠7	3	6	0	–	–

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

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