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Kejon Owens

RB · Florida International · Sr · #5

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

1,334 RUSH YDS · 11 RUSH TD · 213 CARRIES

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Florida International for 2026As of Jun 22, 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Florida International for 2026

Updated May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Running back · Florida International

Returning around him

42% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
Transfer portal: -5 net (16 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Florida International · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #98 · 2026 recruiting class #90

RB · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL · CONFERENCE USA

Kejon Owens

4
#5
5-11 | 210 lb
Miami, FL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 98th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#3566

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

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CONSENSUS

All-American

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Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2022–2025

83.02022

4532023

1,3342025

+1507%

Up 1507% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

Recruit

★★★

#1043 national

CFB

College

Florida International

2021–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB

Class4

Jersey5

Measurements5-11 | 210 lb

HometownMiami, FL

Primary teamFlorida International

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 1043 recruit

Composite rating 0.8556 HighSchool

Signed with -- 2020

Origin Miami Central Miami, FL, USA

Class	Profile	Context
2020	3-star \| 0.8556	No. 1043 recruit \| HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file

Latest destination -- --

Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context

Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD

Season	Move	Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16

Current nowcast#3566Latest modeled ballot order

Season forecast#3711Where the full season sim points

Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy

Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier

Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot

Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

Achievements

Volume King 1.3%
Program Benchmark 5.5%

Selector Grid · 2025

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to —

Composite

0.8556

#1043 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the rushing totals stand

final

Through 13g

1,334Rush yards

213Carries

11Rush TDs

Per game

102.6Rush yards

16Carries

1Rush TDs

Final

1,334Rush yards

213Carries

11Rush TDs

✓ Hit 750-yard season · finished with 1,334.

✓ Hit 1,000-yard season · finished with 1,334.

✓ Hit 10 rushing TDs · finished with 11.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Kejon Owens's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Florida International, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #3566 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist

Role load 24.6% Overall usage share

Profile quirk Development arc The card should explain why this profile stands out

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level

Scrimmage yards 1,401 1,334 rush | 67 rec | #9/735 (99th pct)

Rush TD 11 213 carries | #27/739 (96th pct)

Yards/carry 6.3 Per-rush efficiency | #93/735 (87th pct)

Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Workhorse | Efficient runner | Passing-game back against FBS RB peers.

WorkhorseEfficient runnerPassing-game back

Rushing

CAR

213 98th

YDS

1,334 99th

YPC

6.3 87th

11 96th

Receiving

REC

18 83rd

YDS

67 57th

YPR

3.7 13th

0 70th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-9vs Bethune-Cookman	11	71	6.5	2	16
Wk 2	L 0-34@ Penn State	15	78	5.2	0	21
Wk 3	W 38-28vs Florida Atlantic	19	173	9.1	2	47	173-yard day
Wk 4	L 16-38vs Delaware	15	74	4.9	0	39
Wk 6	L 10-51@ UConn	16	67	4.2	1	15
Wk 8	W 25-6@ Western Kentucky	22	195	8.9	1	84	Season-high 195 yds
Wk 9	L 26-45vs Kennesaw State	20	166	8.3	1	48	166-yard day
Wk 10	L 21-28@ Missouri State	18	63	3.5	0	15
Wk 11	W 56-30@ Middle Tennessee	15	68	4.5	2	32
Wk 12	W 34-27vs Liberty	18	84	4.7	1	28
Wk 13	W 27-21vs Jacksonville State	21	135	6.4	1	45
Wk 14	W 56-16@ Sam Houston	15	124	8.3	0	35
Bowl	L 20-57@ UTSA	8	36	4.5	0	18
Total		213	1334	6.1	11	84

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Florida International1-11HC: Butch Davis · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning

2023Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Balanced

2025Florida International7-6HC: Willie Simmons · Balanced

Season	Team
2025	Florida International	213	1,334	6.3	11	--
2023	Florida International	80	453	5.7	5	--
2022	Florida International	26	83	3.2	1	--
2021	Florida International	--	--	--	--	--
Career	4 loaded seasons	319	1,870	5.9	17	--

Season	Team
2025	Florida International	18	67	3.7	--
2023	Florida International	9	40	4.4	--
2022	Florida International	4	13	3.2	--
2021	Florida International	1	4	4.0	--
Career	4 loaded seasons	32	124	3.9	--

Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context

Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work 18 67 rec yds | #96/552 (83rd pct)

Usage 24.6% 44.3% rush share | #52/738 (93rd pct)

Rushing WEPA +0.13 Opponent-adjusted rush value | #156/362 (57th pct)

Open full stat explorer

Group	Metric	Value	Rank	Pct	Why it matters
Rushing	Rushing yards	1,334	#9/735	99th pct	Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing	Rush TD	11	#27/739	96th pct	Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing	Yards / carry	6.3	#93/735	87th pct	Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving	Receptions	18	#96/552	83rd pct	Volumevs FBS RB
Receiving	Receiving yards	67	#235/548	57th pct	Volumevs FBS RB
Value	Rushing WEPA	+0.13	#156/362	57th pct	Opponent-adjusted rushing value \| 201 weighted playsvs FBS RB
Usage	Role share	24.6%	#52/738	93rd pct	Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing	Carries	213	#18/739	98th pct	Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing	Rushing LONG	84	#17/733	98th pct	Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving	Receiving LONG	14	#323/540	40th pct	Metricvs FBS RB
Receiving	Yards / catch	3.7	#476/548	13th pct	Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Receiving	Receiving TD	0	#169/552	70th pct	Scoringvs FBS RB
Usage	Rush share	44.3%	#36/738	95th pct	Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage	Standard-down usage	28.7%	#45/738	94th pct	Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage	1st-down usage	28.1%	#53/738	93rd pct	Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage	2nd-down usage	26.2%	#42/738	94th pct	Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage	3rd-down usage	18.9%	#33/738	96th pct	Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage	Passing-down usage	16.3%	#47/738	94th pct	Known-passing sharevs FBS RB
Usage	Pass share	5.0%	#156/738	79th pct	Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Ball Security	Fumbles lost	0	#1/256	100th pct	Turnoversvs FBS RB

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

Status—Awaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	117	6.6	1.2
Road7g	90.1	5.6	0.6

Win vs Loss

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Wins7g	121	6.9	1.3
Losses6g	80.7	5.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	83.2	5.7	0.8
Weeks 8+7g	119	6.4	0.9

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

86All-Conference

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (97th). Strength: long run (95th).

Rush yards#9 / 349 · 98th pct

1334rush

Long run#16 / 349 · 95th pct

84rush

Carries#18 / 349 · 95th pct

213rush

Rush TDs#27 / 349 · 92nd pct

11rush

Yards / carry#36 / 349 · 90th pct

6.3rush

Fumbles lost#1 / 201 · 87th pct

0fumb

Receptions#93 / 338 · 71st pct

18rece

Rec yards#206 / 338 · 39th pct

67rece

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

EPA / dropback—

awaiting

CPOE—

awaiting

Success rate—

awaiting

Explosive rate (20+)—

awaiting

aDOT—

awaiting

Deep-ball accuracy—

awaiting

Pressure-to-sack—

awaiting

3rd-down EPA—

awaiting

Red-zone TD rate—

awaiting

Play-action EPA—

awaiting

Scramble EPA—

awaiting

Turnover-worthy play rate—

awaiting

wepa_rushing0.13Low (p25–p50) (n=178)Mid (p50–p75) (n=184)Mid (p50–p75) (n=362)

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 8 metrics

Kejon OwensFlorida InternationalAlex TeczaNavy· 86% simKaytron AllenPenn State· 85% simDylan RileyBoise State· 85% sim

Rush yards

98
Owens

85
Tecza

97
Allen

94
Riley

Long run

95
Owens

91
Tecza

81
Allen

92
Riley

Carries

95
Owens

83
Tecza

93
Allen

91
Riley

Rush TDs

92
Owens

89
Tecza

97
Allen

89
Riley

Yards / carry

90
Owens

79
Tecza

89
Allen

82
Riley

Fumbles lost

87
Owens

87
Tecza

49
Allen

Receptions

71
Owens

54
Tecza

71
Allen

59
Riley

Rec yards

39
Owens

66
Tecza

39
Allen

75
Riley

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Speed Merchant

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Antario Brown’s 2023 season.

Antario Brown

76%match

Northern Illinois · 2023

All-MAC

Oscar Adaway III

North Texas · 2020

72%

Emari Demercado

TCU · 2022

76%

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

Kentucky · 2021

All-SECNFL Rd 6

74%

Owen Allen

Air Force · 2025

71%

Matches Antario on

Receiving share

Weight

Total rush EPA (college ability)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jevyon Ducker's graduate season at Temple (2025).

Jevyon Ducker

75%match

Temple · 2025

Sieh Bangura

Ohio · 2025

All-MAC

71%

Justice Ellison

Indiana · 2024

71%

Kentrel Bullock

South Alabama · 2025

All-Sun Belt

66%

Micah Bernard

Utah · 2024

66%

Matches Jevyon on

Total rush EPA (college ability)

EPA / carry (adj)

Height

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

Pass share

47.3%

428 pass / 476 run

Plays / game

69.5

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

6.9%

290 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025

3 coaches

2021

Butch Davis

Florida International

2022

Mike MacIntyre

Florida International

era →

2023

Mike MacIntyre

Florida International

2025

Willie Simmons

Florida International

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Butch Davis, Mike MacIntyre, and Willie Simmons. Multi-era developmental context.

HometownMiami, FL

Height5'11"

Weight210 lb

Class4

PositionRB

Jersey5

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season	Honor	Scope	Team / Selector	Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season	Team	Role	Latest Model	Forecast	Win	Finalist	Official Finish	Points	Context
2024	Florida International	RB4	#3566	#3711	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W16 snapshot \| Conference USA
2023	Florida International	RB4	#1231	#1842	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W19 snapshot \| Conference USA
2022	Florida International	RB4	#3478	#3947	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W20 snapshot \| Conference USA
2021	Florida International	RB4	#4362	#4706	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W20 snapshot \| Conference USA

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season	Team	Conference	Pos	Class	Bio
2025	Florida International	Conference USA	RB	4	No. 5 \| 5-11 \| 210 lb \| Miami, FL
2024	Florida International	Conference USA	RB	4	No. 5 \| 5-11 \| 210 lb \| Miami, FL
2023	Florida International	Conference USA	RB	4	No. 5 \| 5-11 \| 210 lb \| Miami, FL
2022	Florida International	Conference USA	RB	4	No. 5 \| 5-11 \| 210 lb \| Miami, FL
2021	Florida International	Conference USA	RB	4	No. 5 \| 5-11 \| 210 lb \| Miami, FL

Kejon Owens

R05 · Part-time starter

+1507%

Identity & Role

Recruiting Pedigree

Transfer Arc

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

The Room on Kejon Owens

How rival fanbases talk about Kejon Owens

Awaiting candidate metric

What made this player interesting

2025 Season · Final

RB season snapshot

What kind of player is this?

2025 Season · Final

Traditional Stats

Advanced Metrics

Player Standing

Percentile Card

Advanced Savant

The Speed Merchant

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Trophy Case · Detail

No formal honors on the ledger yet

Honors Timeline

Heisman By Year

Roster Timeline