Running back, Tulane, 2011–⁠15

Rob Kelley

Number
No. 28
Height
6′0″
Hometown
New Orleans, LA

Rob Kelley played running back at Tulane (2011–⁠15).

Career highs

92rushing yards, career highat Hawai’i, 20119catches, career highvs. UAB, 20122receiving touchdowns, career highvs. SMU, 2012

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Tulane743324.5224
2012Tulane812863.5015
2013Tulane984204.3345
2015Tulane652323.6143
Career3181,2704.0645

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2011Tulane641,3050
2012Tulane3650
Career671,3700

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Tulane1617811.1037
2012Tulane463407.4431
2013Tulane181769.8128
2015Tulane6335.5126
Career867278.5637

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
201212325
2013N13314
2015E9 of 12202

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Tulane2RB
2012Tulane28RB
2013Tulane28RB
2014Tulane28RB
2015Tulane28RB6′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
2013Tulane770.0545th (n=226)0.074.010%-0.03
2015Tulane76-0.133rd (n=268)0.12-9.79%0.02

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

2015 Tulane 12 games, 232 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 3vs.DukeL 7–⁠37350––
Sep 12atGeorgia TechL 10–⁠654220––
Sep 19vs.MaineW 38–⁠7360––
Oct 3vs.UCFW 45–⁠3111350––
Oct 10atTempleL 10–⁠498340––
Oct 16vs.HoustonL 7–⁠428520––
Oct 24atNavyL 14–⁠31280––
Oct 31atMemphisL 13–⁠4110200––
Nov 7vs.UConnL 3–⁠7240––
Nov 14atArmyW 34–⁠314100––
Nov 21atSMUL 21–⁠495261––
Nov 27vs.TulsaL 34–⁠455100––
2013 Tulane 12 games, 420 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Aug 29vs.Jackson StateW 34–⁠76410––
Sep 7vs.South AlabamaL 39–⁠416120––
Sep 12atLouisiana TechW 24–⁠159870––
Sep 21atSyracuseL 17–⁠527561––
Sep 28atUL MonroeW 31–⁠1416761––
Oct 5vs.North TexasW 24–⁠2111240––
Oct 26vs.TulsaW 14–⁠714500––
Nov 2atFlorida AtlanticL 17–⁠349220––
Nov 9atUTSAL 7–⁠1010410––
Nov 23vs.UTEPW 45–⁠36151––
Nov 30atRiceL 13–⁠173−20––
Dec 21 ✦vs.LouisianaL 21–⁠241−20––
2012 Tulane 12 games, 286 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 1vs.RutgersL 12–⁠248100365
Sep 8atTulsaL 10–⁠459380––
Sep 22vs.Ole MissL 0–⁠3914330––
Sep 29vs.UL MonroeL 10–⁠63370––
Oct 6atLouisianaL 13–⁠4110550––
Oct 13vs.SMUW 27–⁠26460––
Oct 20atUTEPL 20–⁠245320––
Oct 27vs.UABW 55–⁠458590––
Nov 3vs.RiceL 47–⁠49440––
Nov 10atMemphisL 23–⁠377260––
Nov 17vs.East CarolinaL 23–⁠288110––
Nov 24atHoustonL 17–⁠40150––
2011 Tulane 13 games, 332 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYds
Sep 3vs.SE LouisianaW 47–⁠3321217213
Sep 10vs.TulsaL 3–⁠3131306107
Sep 17atUABW 49–⁠108420363
Sep 24atDukeL 27–⁠4852216115
Oct 1atArmyL 6–⁠452100582
Oct 8vs.SyracuseL 34–⁠372140384
Oct 15vs.UTEPL 7–⁠44240573
Oct 22vs.MemphisL 17–⁠336305115
Oct 29atEast CarolinaL 13–⁠3473105111
Nov 5atSMUL 24–⁠459340366
Nov 10vs.HoustonL 17–⁠7374009168
Nov 19atRiceL 7–⁠195150246
Nov 26atHawai’iL 23–⁠3516920562

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

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