Player Dossier

2020-2023

Troy

Kimani Vidal

RB • 5'8" • 215 lbs • Marietta, GA, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Kimani Vidal leans workhorse runner traits and 54.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

50

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

84

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Troy

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Troy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stephen F. Austin

Player Story

Kimani Vidal built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a running back from Marietta, GA wearing No. 28, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Kimani Vidal's career was his backfield work: 4,015...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.9097

St. Frances Academy · Baltimore, MD

Committed To
North Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 5
Overall
No. 181
NFL Team
Los Angeles Chargers

Kimani Vidal, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Troy. Kimani Vidal leans workhorse runner traits and 54.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
4,716
Rushing yards
4,015
Receiving yards
701
Touchdowns
34

Quick Answers

Kimani Vidal quick answers

Latest team and position
Troy · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
4,716
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 48 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Troy
Top game
Stephen F. Austin
Recruit profile
4-star · St. Frances Academy · North Carolina
High school pipeline
St. Frances Academy · 58 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 6 · Pick 5 · Los Angeles Chargers
Latest roster
No. 28 · Junior
2023 Scrimmage yards rank
1,863 scrimmage yards · RB 3rd (top 1%) · Sun Belt 1st (top 1%) · National 3rd (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonTroy9741516225455.2
2021 Regular SeasonTroy11835701134559.7
2022 PostseasonTroy1479727167.4
2022 Regular SeasonTroy141,1981,064134967.4
2023 PostseasonTroy1482793077.9
2023 Regular SeasonTroy141,7811,5831981577.9

Related Context

Kimani Vidal played RB for Troy. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kimani Vidal recorded 4,015 rushing yards, 701 receiving yards, and 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Troy.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Troy paired 1,863 primary output with 54.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Troy

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

75.9

Efficiency

46.5

Usage

30.6

Consistency

60.1

Best Game by takeover score

Texas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern: 81. Liberty: 75. Southern Miss: 45. UL Monroe: 60. Georgia Southern: 99. Texas State: 171. Coastal Carolina: 145. South Alabama: 29. Louisiana: 27. App State: 64. Georgia State: 39

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern: 15 by 56.3. Liberty: 16 by 41.1. Southern Miss: 17 by 27.6. UL Monroe: 12 by 52.1. Georgia Southern: 18 by 53.2. Texas State: 29 by 63.5. Coastal Carolina: 23 by 66.6. South Alabama: 5 by 60.4. Louisiana: 12 by 21.3. App State: 13 by 45.5. Georgia State: 14 by 24.1

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins85 · Games = 5 · +16.7 vs Losses
Losses68.3 · Games = 6 · -16.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

66.6 vs Coastal Carolina

Result
Sat 11/27@ Georgia StateL 10-371020204192.8
Sat 11/20vs App StateL 7-451040403244.9
Sat 11/13vs LouisianaL 21-3511211.900162.3
Sat 11/6vs South AlabamaW 31-245295.8005.8
Thu 10/28@ Coastal Carolina100 rush yardsL 28-35221426.501136.3
Sat 10/16@ Texas State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 31-28261626.202395.9
Sat 10/9vs Georgia SouthernW 27-2413634.8005365.5
Sun 9/26@ UL MonroeL 16-291260505
Sat 9/18@ Southern MissW 21-917452.6012.6
Sat 9/11vs LibertyL 13-2111383.5005374.7
Sat 9/4vs SouthernW 55-315815.4015.4

Player Story

Kimani Vidal story

Kimani Vidal built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a running back from Marietta, GA wearing No. 28, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Kimani Vidal's career was his backfield work: 4,015 rushing yards, 779 carries, 33 rushing touchdowns, and 701 receiving yards across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Troy. 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 701 receiving yards, 7 tackles, and 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Troy.

The arc is straightforward: Kimani Vidal 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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    Troy

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonTroy7415222.7
2021 Regular SeasonTroy83546.530.694
2022 PostseasonTroy1,2774834.5442
2022 Regular SeasonTroy1,2774834.50
2023 PostseasonTroy1,86354.340.8586
2023 Regular SeasonTroy1,86354.340.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Stephen F. Austin

Week 1 · W 48-30

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

302

Scrimmage Yards

98.9 takeover

302 scrimmage yards and 48.2 usage.

#2

vs UL Monroe

Week 12 · W 34-16 · Conference game

242

Scrimmage Yards

94.9 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

242 scrimmage yards and 54.7 usage.

#3

vs Arkansas State

Week 6 · W 37-3 · Conference game

245

Scrimmage Yards

89.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

245 scrimmage yards and 45.2 usage.

#4

vs App State

Week 14 · W 49-23 · Conference game

233

Scrimmage Yards

88.2 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

233 scrimmage yards and 51 usage.

#5

@ Texas State

Week 7 · W 31-28 · Conference game

171

Scrimmage Yards

87.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

171 scrimmage yards and 46.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Troy

1,863 primary output · 54.3 efficiency · 40.8 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Troy

77.9

1,863 primary · 54.3 efficiency · 40.8 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Troy

67.4

1,277 primary · 48 efficiency · 34.5 usage

Milestones

14

100+ rush yards

8

150+ scrimmage yards

7

2+ TD games