Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Georgia Southern
Wesley Kennedy III
RB • 5'10" • 180 lbs • Savannah, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Wesley Kennedy III leans balanced backfield option traits and 59.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Georgia Southern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: App State
Player Story
Wesley Kennedy III built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Savannah, GA wearing No. 12, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Wesley Kennedy III's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Georgia Southern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Wesley Kennedy III, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern. Wesley Kennedy III leans balanced backfield option traits and 59.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,363
- Rushing yards
- 1,921
- Receiving yards
- 442
- Touchdowns
- 24
Quick Answers
Wesley Kennedy III quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Southern · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,363
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern
- Top game
- App State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Benedictine Military School · Georgia Southern
- High school pipeline
- Benedictine Military School · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Senior
- 2020 Scrimmage yards rank
- 610 scrimmage yards · RB 93rd (top 16%) · Sun Belt 22nd (top 11%) · National 163rd (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 6 | 113 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
| 2018 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 13 | 107 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 56.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 13 | 577 | 395 | 182 | 3 | 56.4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 9 | 124 | 104 | 20 | 1 | 78.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 9 | 832 | 760 | 72 | 12 | 78.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 8 | 610 | 447 | 163 | 8 | 61.3 |
Related Context
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Wesley Kennedy III played RB for Georgia Southern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Wesley Kennedy III recorded 1,921 rushing yards, 442 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Georgia Southern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Georgia Southern paired 956 primary output with 72.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 72.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: App State
Win with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
106.2
Efficiency
72.6
Usage
23.6
Consistency
72.8
Best Game by takeover score
App State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 124. South Alabama: 76. Coastal Carolina: 133. New Mexico State: 152. App State: 145. Troy: 75. UL Monroe: 97. Arkansas State: 76. Georgia State: 78
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 12 by 93.1. South Alabama: 9 by 75.8. Coastal Carolina: 26 by 51.8. New Mexico State: 7 by 100. App State: 13 by 96.5. Troy: 10 by 78.1. UL Monroe: 21 by 44.2. Arkansas State: 20 by 40.2. Georgia State: 11 by 73.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins113.5 · Games = 6 · +21.8 vs Losses
Losses91.7 · Games = 3 · -21.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
App State
Best efficiency game
100 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/21 | vs Liberty100 rush yards | L 16-23 | 9 | 104 | 11.60 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10.3 |
| Sat 11/30 | vs Georgia State | W 38-10 | 11 | 78 | 7.10 | 1 | — | — | 7.1 |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Arkansas State | L 33-38 | 19 | 74 | 3.90 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Sat 11/16 | vs UL Monroe | W 51-29 | 19 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 4.6 |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Troy | L 28-49 | 10 | 75 | 7.50 | 1 | — | — | 7.5 |
| Fri 11/1 | @ App State100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 24-21 | 13 | 145 | 11.20 | 2 | — | — | 11.2 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs New Mexico State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 41-7 | 6 | 143 | 23.80 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21.7 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Coastal Carolina100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 30-27 | 24 | 117 | 4.90 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5.1 |
| Thu 10/3 | @ South Alabama | W 20-17 | 8 | 52 | 6.50 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8.4 |
Player Story
Wesley Kennedy III story
Wesley Kennedy III built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Savannah, GA wearing No. 12, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Wesley Kennedy III's career was his backfield work: 1,921 rushing yards, 257 carries, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 442 receiving yards across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Georgia Southern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 442 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 1,160 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Southern.
The arc is straightforward: Wesley Kennedy III moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Georgia Southern
2017-2020
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Season Value Progression
201720182018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 113 | 66.3 | 3.1 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 684 | 75.3 | 10.9 | 571 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 684 | 75.3 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 956 | 72.6 | 23.6 | 272 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 956 | 72.6 | 23.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 610 | 59.8 | 17 | -346 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ App State
Week 10 · W 24-21 · Conference game
Win with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
85.7 takeover
145 scrimmage yards and 22.8 usage.
#2
vs Arkansas State
Week 5 · W 28-21 · Conference game
105
Scrimmage Yards
81.3 takeover
Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
105 scrimmage yards and 16 usage.
#3
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 1 · W 23-21 · Postseason
107
Scrimmage Yards
80.3 takeover
Win with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
107 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
#4
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 8 · W 30-27 · Conference game
133
Scrimmage Yards
79.8 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
133 scrimmage yards and 37.7 usage.
#5
vs Liberty
Week 1 · L 16-23 · Postseason
124
Scrimmage Yards
79 takeover
Loss with 124 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
124 scrimmage yards and 21.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern
956 primary output · 72.6 efficiency · 23.6 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
78.2
956 primary · 72.6 efficiency · 23.6 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
61.3
610 primary · 59.8 efficiency · 17 usage
Milestones
7
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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