Marvin Kinsey Jr.

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Height:
6-1
Weight:
190
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
High School:
Riverwood

Career Highs:

Carries: 25 - at New Mexico, 10/11/19 | Rushing Yards: 246 - vs. Toledo, 9/21/19
Longest Rush: 75 - vs. New Mexico, 11/19/16, at Arkansas, 9/14/19
Receptions: 9 - vs. Wyoming, 10/26/18 | Receiving Yards: 63 - vs. Illinois State, 9/22/18
Longest Reception: 77 - vs. Western Illinois, 9/7/19
100-yard rushing games: 2 (127 - vs. New Mexico, 11/19/16; 10 att., at Arkansas, 9/14/19; 20 att.)

2019 (Senior): Led Rams in rushing yards with 91 yards in victory over Western Illinois (Sept. 7). Matched his career high for longest rush for 75 yards in game against Arkansas (Sept. 14). Eclipsed career best rushes in one game with 20 rushes against the Razorbacks... After notching the second 100-yard rushing game of his career vs. Arkansas (a career-best 180), he did it for a second week in a row, finishing with 246 yards in game against Toledo (Sept. 21)... This game marks the third week in a row he's had a scoring play of 70 yards or longer. He broke off a 74-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter... Became the 20th Ram to eclipse 200 rushing yards in a game; his total ranks seventh all time for a single game... Matched a career best with two scoring runs in the game (3- and 1-yards) against New Mexico (Oct. 11). He also had a career best 25 carries...

2018 (Junior): Played in nine games in a reserve role ... rushed for 256 yards and two touchdowns on 63 carries (4.1), with a long of 28, and caught 22 passes for 204 yards and one touchdown (9.3), with a long of 27.

Led the Rams with a season-high 79 rushing yards on 15 carries (5.3) at Florida (Sept. 15), including a season-best 28-yard run.
- The rushing total was his most since rushing for 127 against New Mexico on Nov. 19, 2016 as a true freshman.
Recorded his first touchdown of the season on a 14-yard reception from QB Collin Hill with 1:36 left in the game against Illinois State (Sept. 22).
- His 63 receiving yards were a career high, on four receptions, with a long of 22.
Led the team with 24 rushing yards on 5 carries, and scored his two rushing touchdowns for the season, vs. Wyoming (Oct. 26).
- Also logged a career-high nine receptions for 47 yards (5.2).

2017 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games, recording 26 carries for 124 yards and two touchdowns.

Scored a rushing touchdown in the season-opening win against Oregon State (Aug. 26), his first game back from ACL surgery.
Carried five times for 26 yards and a touchdown in a win over Abilene Christian (Sept. 9).
Saw action at running back for the first time in over a month against San Jose State (Nov. 18), and took his first carry 36 yards.

2016 (Freshman): Played in all 12 regular season games before suffering a season-ending injury during bowl practices... recorded 93 carries for 546 yards (5.9 avg) and seven touchdowns... caught two passes for 47 yards... his seven rushing touchdowns ranked first among Mountain West freshmen and seventh among FBS freshmen... his 546 rushing yards are seventh most by a freshman in CSU history.

Rushed for 97 yards on 18 carries (5.4 avg) including his first career touchdown in a win against UNC (Sept. 17)
Carried the ball eight times for 36 yards and a touchdown at Minnesota (Sept. 24)
Recorded 10 carries for 68 yards and two touchdowns at UNLV (Oct. 22), including a then-career-high 34-yard rush
Rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown on just 10 carries in a shutout win over Fresno State (Nov. 5)
Recorded a career-long 49 yard reception against Air Force (Nov. 12)
Rushed for a career-high 127 yards on just 10 carries in a win over New Mexico (Nov. 19), among three CSU rushers to top the century mark in the game
Scored his fifth rushing touchdown in as many games on a 27-yard touchdown run at SDSU (Nov. 26)

High School:

Is a 2016 graduate of Riverwood High School in Sandy Springs, Ga.
2015 5A Region 7 Player of the Year (Georgia).
Became Riverwood's first player to have his jersey number retired.
Rushed for 1,468 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2015.
Team captain and MVP his senior season.
Head football coach was Ben Stready.
Also lettered four times in track & field and once in wrestling... Three-time team MVP in track, winning a pair of region titles in the 400-meter and 200-meter and three region championships in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
Committed to CSU over reported offers from Georgia Southern, Utah State, Tulane and others.

Personal: Born Jan. 26, 1998 in Cobb, Ga. ... Hometown is Atlanta, Ga. ... Parents are Mellonee Justice and Marvin Kinsey, Sr. ... Has an older brother, Brandon Deshaun, and an older and younger sister, Ashley Kinsey and Alexis Justice... Majoring in communication studies.