2024 Football Roster

Mary Holt/USF Athletics

8 Kelley Joiner

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 195
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Clermont, Fla.
  • High School South Lake HS
  • Twitter kelleyjoiner8
  • Instagram kelley2timez

Biography

2024 Fourth Team All-AAC (Phil Steele)
2024 Honorable Mention All-AAC (Coaches)
6th on USF Career Rushing Chart (2,178 yards)
1st on USF Career Games Played Chart (58)

2024: Earned Honorable Mention All-Conference honors from AAC coaches and Fourth Team from Phil Steele...
posted a career-best year in his final season with the Bulls, logging three 100-yard rushing games on his way to a team-best 799 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground...his rushing touchdowns tied for fifth in a season at USF....also added eight catches for 51 yards and two touchdowns receiving and returned six kickoffs for 130 yards, as he finished second with 980 all-purpose yards....moved into fifth all-time on the USF career rushing chart with 2,221 yards...became the all-time leader in games played with 58...ran the ball seven times for 39 yards for one touchdown in season opener vs. B-CU (8/31)...caught three passes for six yards and ran the ball five times for 13 yards including a two-yard touchdown rush against Alabama (9/7)…ran the ball ten times for 117 yards and two touchdowns, including a 50-yard long rush at Southern Miss (9/14)…ran the ball six times for 33 yards, including a 17-yard rush against Miami (9/21)…hauled in one pass for three yards at Tulane (9/28)...ran the ball nine times for 25 yards against Memphis (10/8)... ran the ball 15 times for 94 yards and two touchdowns and hauled in two passes resulting in 34 yards and one touchdown against UAB (10/19)…ran the ball 11 times for 92 yards and one touchdown, including a 32-yard long rush, and hauled in one pass for three yards resulting in one touchdown at FAU (11/1)…ran the ball nine times for 23 yards against Navy (11/9)…ran the ball nine times for a gain of 140 yards, including a career-high 54-yard run, including two touchdowns at Charlotte (11/16)...rushed ten times for 131 yards and two touchdowns against Tulsa(11/23)…rushed nine times for 22 yards at Rice (11/30)...ran for 33 yards and a four-yard touchdown in the Hawai'i Bowl (12.24).

2023: Saw action in nine games...finished the season with 39 carries for 163 yards (4.0 ypc) and one touchdown... Ran the ball seven times for 21 yards and one TD, his first of the season and second of his career, at Memphis (11/4)...Recorded a career-high in TD receptions with two vs Charlotte (11/25), and finished as the leading receiver with four catches for 71 yards.

2022: Saw action in three games as a preseason injury caused him to miss the first six games of the season…tallied 12 carries for 44 yards and seven catches for 45 yards on the year… had two carries for 11 yards vs Tulane (10/15) in his season debut…had four catches for 32 yards and four carries for eight at Houston (10/29)…four carries for 15 yards and two catches at Temple (11/5)…two carries for 10 yards and one catch for 17 vs. UCF (11/26).

2021: Played in all 12 games and made one start...finished second on the team with 480 yards rushing and third with 78 carries...led the team with a 6.2 yards per carry average...led the team with two 100-yard rushing games...scored two touchdowns and had a long run of 47 yards (USF's longest run of the season) while posting six explosive plays...caught eight passes for 62 yards with a 19-yard long...posted back-to-back 100-yard games, running 14 times for a season-best 126 yards (9.0 ypc) and a touchdown in a win vs. Temple (10/23)...posted 103 yards on 12 carries (8.5 ypc) and a 47-yard long at ECU (10/28)...ran 15 times for 95 yards and a 24-yard touchdown at Tulane (11/20)...caught four passes for 44 yards vs. Houston (11/6).

2020: Played in all nine of the Bulls' games on the year and made seven starts...led the team with 368 yards rushing on 78 carries (4.7 ypc) and scored one touchdown on the year...caught eight passes for 73 yards and a touchdown on the year...ran for 87 yards and a touchdown in the season-opening win vs. The Citadel (9/12)...ran for 53 yards on 11 carries at Temple (10/7)...caught three passes for 78 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown on a short route that he took to the house...led the team with 116 yards on 14 carries, part of 646 yards of offense on the day, vs. UCF (11/27).

2019: Played in 11 games and drew starts in the final two games at running back against Memphis (11/16) and at UCF (11/29)…finished second on the team in rushing with 364 yards on 71 carries, while hauling in 108 receiving yards on nine catches…totaled 472 all-purpose yards…ranked second on the team in rushing with 33.1 yards per game…totaled five explosive plays (four rushing, one receiving)…had a 47-yard run, a 22-yard run and a career-high 115 yards rushing against Memphis (11/23)…recorded a career-long 49-yard reception vs. Cincinnati (11/16)…recorded one of the five plays over 50 yards for the Bulls with a career-long 51-yard run vs. South Carolina State (9/14)…also hauled in a career-best three receptions against South Carolina State (9/14)…rushed for a 28-yard gain at UConn (10/5).

SOUTH LAKE HS: Rushed for 1,006 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior before suffering a broken right leg that ended his season after the third game…averaged 11.1 yards per carry and 335.3 yards per game on the ground, on pace for a new Florida state high school record…scored 25 touchdowns and rushed for 2,241 yards in 2017 as a junior…tallied 4,525 career yards on the ground, 44 rushing touchdowns and 55 total career touchdowns…rushed for 372 yards and scored eight touchdowns in a 52-35 win over rival Lake Minneola…his performance against Lake Minneola tied a modern era Florida high school football record…also played wide receiver and quarterback…posted a 4.46-second 40-yard dash at an Ohio State camp.

PERSONAL: Born March 31, 1999 in Clermont, Fla….son of Kelley Joiner Sr. and April Robinson…has five brothers and two sisters…majored in public health, graduating Fall of 2023.


JOINER’S CAREER HIGHS
Rushes 15, (2x) last vs. UAB (10/19/24)
Rushing Yards 140, at Charlotte (11/16/24)
Long Rush 54, at Charlotte (11/16/24)
Rushing TDs 2, (2x) last vs. UAB (10/19/24)
Receptions 4, (2X), last at Houston (11/29/22)
Receiving Yards 78, at Memphis (11/7/20)
Receiving TD 1, (2x) last vs. UAB (10/19/24)
Long Reception 75 (TD), at Memphis (11/7/20)


JOINER'S GAME-BY-GAME
2023 Rushing (Attempts-Yards-TDs)  
Florida A&M (1-2-0); Alabama (1-4-0); Navy (5-17-0);  Memphis (7-21-1); Temple (10-52-0); UTSA (10-30-0); Charlotte (4-33-0). 

2023 Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs)  
WKU (1-0-0); Florida A&M (2-15-0); Alabama (1-4-0); Memphis (1-21-0); UTSA (3-45-0); Charlotte (4-71-2).  

2022 Rushing (Attempts-Yards-TDs)
Tulane (2-11-0); Houston (4-8-0); Temple (4-15-0); UCF (2-10-0)

2021 Rushing (Attempts-Yards-TDs)
NC State (3-19-0); Florida (3-10-0); Florida A&M (3-20-0); BYU (4-28-0); SMU (6-21-0); Tulsa (3-11-0); Temple (14-126-1); ECU (12-103-0);  Houston (3-2-0); Cincinnati (9-37-0) Tulane (15-95-1); UCF (3-8-0)

2020 Rushing (Attempts-Yards-TDs)
The Citadel (8-87-1); Notre Dame (8-6-0); Cincinnati (12-36-0); ECU (6-23-0); Temple (11-53-0); Tulsa (7-17-0); Memphis (9-20-0); Houston (3-10-0); UCF (14-116-0)

2022 Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs)
Houston (4-32-0); Temple (2-(-4)-0); UCF (1-17-0)

2021 Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs)
NC State (1-2-0); BYU (1-6-0); SMU (1-2-0); Houston (4-44-0); Cincinnati (1-8-0)

2020 Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs)
Notre Dame (1-(-3)-0); Cincinnati (2-3-0); ECU (2-(-5)-0); Memphis (3-78-1)

2019 Rushing (Attempts-Yards-TDs)
Wisconsin (1-0-0); South Carolina State (2-11-0); SMU (2-11-0); UConn (3-17-0); BYU (2 (-1)-0); Navy (4-27-0); East Carolina (6-22-0); Temple (2-14-0); Cincinnati (13-72-0); Memphis (13-115-0); UCF (13-23-0).

2019 Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs)
South Carolina State (3-21-0); SMU (1-6-0); Temple (1-3-0); Cincinnati (1-49-0); Memphis (1-(-1)-0); UCF (2-30-0).

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'9" 180 lbs
  • 10

    2019Freshman

    Running Back
    5'9" 175 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2020Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'9" 179 lbs
    10
  • 3

    2021Junior

    Running Back
    5'9" 186 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2022Junior

    Running Back
    5'9" 188 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2023Senior

    Running Back
    5'9" 184 lbs
    3
  • 8

    2024Graduate Student

    Running Back
    5'9" 195 lbs
    8