Running back, Colgate, 2025–⁠26

Kyle Messina

Number
No. 25
Height
6′1″
Weight
205 lb
Class (2026)
Sophomore
Hometown
Sayville, NY

Kyle Messina plays running back for Colgate. Last time out, at Harvard: 3 catches, 5 yards.

2026 so far

5 returns, 80 yards

Last game: 3 catches, 5 yards at Harvard, L 17–⁠20

Next game: at Richmond, Oct 24

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2025Colgate92000
2026Colgate5800
Career142800

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2025Colgate25RBFr.
2026Colgate25RBSo.6′1″205

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2026Colgate (FCS)7-0.25––-1.7–

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

2026 Colgate 4 games, 5 returns, 80 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsTD
Sep 12atCentral MichiganL 10–⁠131150
Sep 19vs.CornellW 20–⁠71140
Sep 26atVillanovaW 28–⁠21100
Oct 3atHarvardL 17–⁠202510
2025 Colgate 4 games, 9 returns, 200 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsTD
Nov 1vs.MerrimackW 23–⁠202560
Nov 8atLafayetteL 42–⁠592560
Nov 15vs.LehighL 7–⁠272420
Nov 22vs.BucknellW 38–⁠193460

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

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