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Kobe Pace

#5Kobe Pace

Kobe Pace is a Committee Back for Virginia. Kobe's 2024 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 129 plays — a developing rate for the RB.

What projects, and what doesn't · RBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

  • Usage share (volume)0.52
    Beats guessing the RB average by 18%. n=4,219 RB seasons
  • EPA per play (efficiency)0.10
    Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=3,575 RB seasons
  • Total EPA (value)0.41
    Beats guessing the RB average by 9%. n=3,575 RB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Kobe Pace's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2024 Production

Rushing
499 Rush yards3 Rush TD114 Carries4.4 Yards/carry
Receiving
21 Receptions189 Rec yards0 Rec TD9.0 Yards/rec

Performance Analysis · 2024 · vs RB peers

  • Efficiency0
  • Volume50
  • Explosiveness28
  • Consistency0
  • Receiving57
Player type
Committee Back

Part of a rotation — contributes in a complementary role and keeps the featured back fresh.

Rotational roleSituational use
Peer percentiles
Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)0th %ile · below avg
Game-to-game consistency0th %ile · below avg
Key findings
  • Below-average efficiency vs RB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
  • High game-to-game variance — boom-or-bust profile.
  • Production faded as the season progressed — 0.38 EPA/play decline from first to second half.
  • Peak game: 0.76 EPA/play in Wk 1 vs Richmond.

NIL Market Tier· 2024

On3 valuation ↗
Starter

Meaningful starter. Local collective + position-group deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

+0.9200.92Wk 1 vs Richmond: +0.76 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Wake Forest: -0.33 EPA/play2Wk 3 vs Maryland: +0.04 EPA/play3Wk 4 vs Coastal Carolina: +0.49 EPA/play4Wk 6 vs Boston College: +0.13 EPA/play6Wk 7 vs Louisville: +0.18 EPA/play7Wk 8 vs Clemson: +0.19 EPA/play8Wk 9 vs North Carolina: -0.08 EPA/play9Wk 11 vs Pittsburgh: +0.20 EPA/play11Wk 12 vs Notre Dame: -0.92 EPA/play12Wk 13 vs SMU: -0.22 EPA/play13
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+CarRush YdsAvgRush TDRecRec YdsRec TDEPA/play
1vsRichmondW34-1311938.5125100.76
2@Wake ForestW31-30-5.75142.80480-0.33
3vsMarylandL13-27-3.911464.2031300.04
4@Coastal CarolinaW43-24-6.915573.8111300.49
6vsBoston CollegeW24-141.219834.4012900.13
7vsLouisvilleL20-2413.610383.802900.18
8@ClemsonL31-4813.310353.5012500.19
9vsNorth CarolinaL14-415.07243.402140-0.08
11@PittsburghW24-194.912524.3142200.20
12@Notre DameL14-3523.96315.20-0.92
13vsSMUL7-3317.58263.30150-0.22

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
17.5%
Passing plays
5.5%
Rushing plays
31.2%
Standard downs
19.4%
Passing downs
14.0%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.12
Passing downs
0.15
Pass / Rush EPA
0.32 / 0.09

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.