Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021UConn
Kevin Mensah
RB • 5'9" • 202 lbs • Worcester, MA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Kevin Mensah leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
78
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Player Story
Kevin Mensah built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Worcester, MA wearing No. 34, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Kevin Mensah's career was his backfield work: 2,930...
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- Committed To
- UConn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Kevin Mensah, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UConn. Kevin Mensah leans balanced backfield option traits and 37.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,218
- Rushing yards
- 2,930
- Receiving yards
- 288
- Touchdowns
- 19
Quick Answers
Kevin Mensah quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,218
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · UConn
- Top game
- Massachusetts
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Shepherd Hill · UConn
- High school pipeline
- Shepherd Hill · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Senior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 369 scrimmage yards · RB 256th (top 38%) · FBS Independents 32nd (top 23%) · National 640th (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UConn | 11 | 664 | 561 | 103 | 4 | 55.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UConn | 12 | 1,081 | 1,042 | 39 | 6 | 78.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UConn | 12 | 1,104 | 1,013 | 91 | 9 | 79.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | UConn | 12 | 369 | 314 | 55 | 0 | 47.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UConn to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 78.9 | Dec 15, 2021 |
Kevin Mensah played RB for UConn. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kevin Mensah recorded 2,930 rushing yards, 288 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
UConn paired 1,104 primary output with 46.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Win with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · UConn
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
92
Efficiency
46.8
Usage
35.3
Consistency
71.7
Best Game by takeover score
Massachusetts
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wagner: 144. Illinois: 27. Indiana: 36. UCF: 123. South Florida: 79. Tulane: 41. Houston: 119. Massachusetts: 164. Navy: 125. Cincinnati: 115. East Carolina: 111. Temple: 20
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wagner: 36 by 41.7. Illinois: 14 by 20.1. Indiana: 11 by 34.9. UCF: 23 by 55.7. South Florida: 22 by 35.8. Tulane: 15 by 28.5. Houston: 13 by 86.6. Massachusetts: 19 by 86. Navy: 28 by 44.3. Cincinnati: 24 by 49.9. East Carolina: 23 by 43.5. Temple: 6 by 34.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins154 · Games = 2 · +74.4 vs Losses
Losses79.6 · Games = 10 · -74.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Massachusetts
Best efficiency game
86.6 vs Houston
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Temple | L 17-49 | 6 | 20 | 3.30 | 0 | — | — | 3.3 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs East Carolina | L 24-31 | 20 | 75 | 3.80 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 4.8 |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Cincinnati100 rush yards | L 3-48 | 24 | 115 | 4.80 | 0 | — | — | 4.8 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Navy100 rush yards | L 10-56 | 26 | 107 | 4.10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4.5 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Massachusetts100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 56-35 | 19 | 164 | 8.60 | 5 | — | — | 8.6 |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Houston | L 17-24 | 12 | 93 | 7.80 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 9.2 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Tulane | L 7-49 | 15 | 41 | 2.70 | 0 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs South Florida2+ TD | L 22-48 | 21 | 70 | 3.30 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3.6 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ UCF100 rush yards | L 21-56 | 23 | 123 | 5.30 | 0 | — | — | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Indiana | L 3-38 | 10 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Illinois | L 23-31 | 14 | 27 | 1.90 | 1 | — | — | 1.9 |
| Thu 8/29 | vs Wagner100 rush yards | W 24-21 | 36 | 144 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
Player Story
Kevin Mensah story
Kevin Mensah built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Worcester, MA wearing No. 34, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Kevin Mensah's career was his backfield work: 2,930 rushing yards, 681 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 288 receiving yards across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with UConn. 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 288 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 40 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UConn.
The arc is straightforward: Kevin Mensah 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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UConn
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UConn | 664 | 45.5 | 20.4 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | UConn | 1,081 | 47.5 | 33.8 | 417 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UConn | 1,104 | 46.8 | 35.3 | 23 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | -1,104 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UConn | 369 | 37.1 | 19.3 | 369 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Massachusetts
Week 9 · W 56-35
Win with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
164
Scrimmage Yards
92.2 takeover
164 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.
#2
vs SMU
Week 11 · L 50-62 · Conference game
184
Scrimmage Yards
89.5 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
184 scrimmage yards and 37.8 usage.
#3
vs Boston College
Week 12 · L 16-39
115
Scrimmage Yards
85.4 takeover
Loss with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
115 scrimmage yards and 29.1 usage.
#4
vs East Carolina
Week 4 · L 38-41 · Conference game
115
Scrimmage Yards
83.2 takeover
Loss with 115 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
115 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.
#5
vs South Florida
Week 10 · L 20-37 · Conference game
117
Scrimmage Yards
81.9 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
117 scrimmage yards and 41.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · UConn
1,104 primary output · 46.8 efficiency · 35.3 usage
79.6
#2
2018 Regular Season · UConn
78.1
1,081 primary · 47.5 efficiency · 33.8 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · UConn
55.2
664 primary · 45.5 efficiency · 20.4 usage
Milestones
10
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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