Kobe Pace

AT VIRGINIA
2024 – Started in 11 games before missing the season finale against Virginia Tech (11/30) due to injury … Led the team in rushing yards (499), rushing yards per game (45.4) and rushing yards per carry (4.38) … Finished with 52 rushing yards on 12 carries in win at No. 23 Pittsburgh (11/9) … Added his third rushing touchdown of the season in win over the Panthers … Rushed for one touchdown in 43-24 win at Coastal Carolina (9/21) … Rushed for a season-high 93 yards on 11 carries and a touchdown in season-opening win over Richmond (8/31) … Averaged 8.5 yards per carry and recorded a season-long 43-yard rush against the Spiders. 2023 – Appeared in all 12 of UVA’s games at running back … Started games vs. NC State, BC, W&M, and Duke, his first starts since 2021 while at Clemson … Recorded 382 yards and one touchdown on 125 carries and caught 19 passes for 176 yards and three touchdowns … Surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for his career with 83 yards against William & Mary (10/7) … Led all ACC running backs with three receiving touchdowns … His three receiving TDs are the most by a UVA running back since 2014 … Had three receptions of over 20 yards including a 75-yard reception for a TD against JMU (9/9), UVA’s longest play from scrimmage all season … His 75-yard receiving TD against JMU was the longest reception of his career … Scored three touchdowns (1 rush, 2 receiving) in first three games of UVA career … Co-led UVA in rushing in his UVA debut with 39 yards against then-No.12 Tennessee (9/2).

AT CLEMSON

HONORS
2021 – Two-time ACC Running Back of the Week … Hornung Award Honor Roll selection. 2020 – ACC Honor Roll selection.

CAREER – Recorded 793 yards and nine touchdowns on 152 carries and caught 23 passes for 192 yards and a touchdown over 426 career snaps in 28 games (six starts) for Clemson from 2020-22 … Also recorded 91 yards on four kickoff returns. 2022 – Recorded 77 yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries and caught six passes for 35 yards in 103 offensive snaps over eight games … Rushed five times for 13 yards and caught four passes for 22 yards at Georgia Tech … Added 25 rushing yards and a touchdown on six carries vs. Furman … Rushed four times for 10 yards with a touchdown vs. Louisiana Tech … Gained seven yards on three carries at No. 21 Wake Forest … Rushed twice vs. No. 10 NC State … returned from injury vs. Miami (Fla.), rushing five times for seven yards with a touchdown and adding a 10-yard reception … Rushed twice for eight yards vs. South Carolina. 2021 – Enjoyed a breakout season with 641 yards and six touchdowns on 104 carries and 131 yards on 12 receptions over only 273 snaps in 11 games (six starts) … Also averaged 22.8 yards on four kickoff returns … Carried four times for seven yards and caught a six-yard pass vs. No. 5 Georgia … Recorded 68 yards and his first career rushing touchdown on seven carries vs. SC State … Registered a 17-yard reception on third-and-16 and rushed seven times for 13 yards vs. Georgia Tech … Rushed twice for five yards at NC State … Rushed 18 times for a career-high 125 yards with a touchdown vs. Boston College, earning ACC Running Back of the Week and sharing offensive player of the game honors … Also added 41 receiving yards on two receptions and 44 return yards on two kickoff returns vs. BC, earning a Hornung Award Honor Roll selection after his 210 all-purpose yards represented Clemson’s first 200-yard all-purpose performance since Travis Etienne against Boston College a year earlier … Recorded 76 yards and a rushing touchdown on 14 carries at Syracuse … Rushed seven times for 33 yards and had a 12-yard reception at No. 23 Pitt … carried twice for 14 yards and caught a five-yard pass at Louisville prior to exiting with an injury … Earned ACC Running Back of the Week and shared team offensive player of the game honors after rushing for a career-high 191 yards on 24 carries with two touchdowns vs. No. 13 Wake Forest, the most rushing yards by a Clemson player since Travis Etienne’s 212 rushing yards against Wofford in 2019 … Rushed seven times for 58 yards including a 34-yard touchdown run at South Carolina … Gained 51 yards on 12 carries vs. Iowa State. 2020 – Rushed 18 times for 75 yards and caught five passes for 26 yards with a receiving touchdown in 50 snaps over nine games … Did not get stopped for negative yardage on any of his 18 carries … Carried six times for 22 yards in collegiate debut at Wake Forest … Caught two passes and added a two-yard rush vs. The Citadel … Rushed twice for nine yards vs. No. 7 Miami … Gained 21 yards on four carries and another 21 yards on two catches including a receiving touchdown at Georgia Tech … Rushed three times for 15 yards vs. Syracuse … Gained six yards on two carries and caught a five-yard pass vs. Pitt.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
Played running back and linebacker for Doyle Kelley at Cedartown High School in Cedartown, Ga. … Recorded 1,471 yards rushing in 211 carries for a 7.0-yard average and added 25 receptions for 358 yards for 1,829 total yards from scrimmage as a senior, finishing the year with 12 rushing touchdowns, two receiving touchdowns and two on kickoff returns … Also completed 3-of-4 passes for 100 yards and two scores … Also added 33 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss with 4.5 sacks on defense … Named Region 5A Player of the Year … As a junior, had 721 yards rushing on 93 attempts for a 7.3-yard average … was also an outstanding linebacker who was voted Two-Way Player of the Year (Ironman Award) in Region 5A … All-state selection by Georgia Coaches Association … Named to all-area team as well … All-around athlete who played football, basketball and baseball over his career at Cedartown … Born May 18, 2001 … Enrolled at Clemson in June 2020 … Was a communication major … Legally changed his last name from Pryor to Pace in April 2020…Major is American Studies.