#10 Khalil Herbert
Rivals.com: Profile as recruit
Position: Running back
Height: 5-9
Weight: 205
Class: Senior
Hometown: Coral Spring, FL
High School: American Heritage
2018 (Jr.): Nicholls: Started at running back in the season-opener … Ran for 62 yards on 12 attempts … at Central Michigan: Credited for 31 rushing yards … Rutgers: Took his first rush of the day 59 yards for a touchdown … Finished the day with 64 yards on two carries … at West Virginia: Rushed for 46 yards and a touchdown … at Texas Tech: Ran for 42 yards on eight attempts … TCU: Ran for 38 yards and a touchdown … Iowa State: Rushed for 91 yards on 21 attempts … at Kansas State: Ran the ball 10 times for 53 yards … at Oklahoma: Rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns.
2017 (So.): Played in 11 games, starting six at running back ... Rushed for a career-best 291 yards against West Virginia, which ranks third on KU’s single-game rushing list ... Carried the ball a career-high 36 times against the Mountaineers ... Turned in a personal-best 67 yard carry against WVU ... His two-game (Ohio, West Virginia) total of 428 rushing yards ranks third all-time in KU history for back-to-back rushing totals ... Finished the season with one 200-yard rushing game and eclipsed 100 yards rushing in two games ... Collected season totals of 663 yards on the ground on 120 carries, both of which led the team ... Averaged 5.5 yards per carry ... Scored four touchdowns ... at Ohio: Carried the ball 19 times for 137 yards and two scores ... His 137 yards marked his first-career 100-yard rushing game ... Also caught two passes for 18 yards ... Scored on a 56-yard run and a two-yard carry ... West Virginia: Captured his first 200-yard rushing game by tallying 291 yards on the ground on a careerhigh 36 carries ... His 291 yards rank third on KU’s single-game rushing chart ... Scored two touchdowns against WVU, including a career-long 67-yard rush ... Also had one catch for five yards ... Averaged 8.1 yards per carry vs. the Mountaineers ... Texas Tech: Registered 10 carries for 65 yards before leaving the game with an injury ... Rattled off a 45-yard run prior to his injury ... Also caught one pass for six yards ... K-State: Rushed the ball 12 times for 33 yards ... Baylor: Had 10 carries for 71 yards ... Averaged 7.1 yards per carry vs. the Bears ... Turned in a game-long rush of 43 yards ... Added one reception for 10 yards ... Oklahoma: Carried the ball 13 times for 38 yards ... Hauled in two catches for nine yards.
2016 (Fr.): Played in eight games … Started three contests against Rhode Island, TCU and Texas … Posted 189 yards rushing on 44 attempts … Averaged 4.3 yards-per-rush … Scored three touchdowns on the year, one each at Memphis, at Baylor and against Texas … Long rush of 66 yards to pay dirt at Memphis … Also tallied a season-high 74 yards rushing on six carries … Caught six passes for 42 yards … Season-high three receptions for a gain of 39 yards at Memphis … Rhode Island: Started at running back in his Jayhawk debut, and picked up 15 yards on four carries in KU’s win … Ohio: Picked up two yards on two carries and caught a pass for a gain of two against the Bobcats … at Memphis: Accounted for 35 percent of the Jayhawks’ offensive output after totaling 109 yards of offense (74 rushing, 35 receiving) … Also scored the Jayhawks’ lone touchdown of the day on a 66-yard run, the longest by a Jayhawk since 2014 … at Texas Tech: Earned a start and ran seven times for 22 yards … TCU: Rushed once for a gain of three yards … at Baylor: Tallied his second touchdown of the season after a nine-carry, 34-yard performance against the Bears … Texas: Carried the ball 10 times for a net of 26 yards and scored KU’s lone rushing touchdown in the victory over the Longhorns … at K-State: Rushed five times for 13 yards against the Wildcats.
High School: Recorded 861 yards on 118 carries, including nine touchdowns, as a senior... Helped lead the Patriots to a 9-2 mark and a district title as a senior... Earned First Team All-Broward County honors and was named Second Team All-Dade in 2015... Named to the Miami Herald’s Top 50 Players of Broward County list... Tabbed for the Broward vs. Dade All-Star game... Played under head coach Mike Rumph at American Heritage High School... Chose Kansas over offers from Mississippi State, Georgia State, Florida Atlantic and Florida International.
Personal Son of Khari Herbert and Nicola Prettygar... Has two brothers, Khari Herbert, Jr., and Treyvion Foster... Khari competes in track at St. Augustine College, while Treyvion plays football at Stanford... Plans to major in engineering.
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