Kesean Strong

Senior running back for Old Dominion. 2019: 353 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 27 catches.

RB · Old Dominion · Sr. · #1

5′10″ · 197 lb · Oxon Hill, MD

Old Dominion 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 2251 nationally · Signed with Old Dominion

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Old Dominion. 2019: 353 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 27 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Old Dominion, 926 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20158 games

Signed with Old Dominion2-star out of Potomac

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2251 national

CFB

College

Old Dominion

2015–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2019

1 coach

2015–2016

Bobby Wilder

Old Dominion

2018–2019

Bobby Wilder

Old Dominion

Played his entire career under Bobby Wilder.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Bobby Wilder — 20-29 over that span.

2015Old Dominion5-7HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

2016Old Dominion10-3HC: Bobby Wilder · Run-leaning

2018Old Dominion4-8HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

2019Old Dominion1-11HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (90th percentile). Strength: rec yards (86th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (17th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#28 / 314 · 90th pct

Rec yards#45 / 314 · 86th pct

200

Rush TDs#179 / 326 · 42nd pct

Carries#193 / 326 · 40th pct

Rush yards#224 / 326 · 31st pct

353

Long run#228 / 326 · 29th pct

Yards / carry#266 / 326 · 17th pct

4.2

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	36.8	3.8	0.5
Road5g	26.4	4.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	32.3	5.1	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	31.8	3.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Old Dominion	84	353	4.2	4	--
2018	Old Dominion	106	499	4.7	9	--
2016	Old Dominion	3	-1	-0.3	0	--
2015	Old Dominion	27	75	2.8	1	--
Career		220	926	4.2	14	--

Season	Team
2019	Old Dominion	27	200	7.4	0	--
2018	Old Dominion	21	177	8.4	2	--
2016	Old Dominion	6	81	13.5	0	--
2015	Old Dominion	6	46	7.7	0	--
Career		60	504	8.4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 24–21

vs Norfolk State

26 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With S. Smartt — 158 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.7 · 50 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · B. Cate — 38 AVG · 43 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-21vs Norfolk State	6	26	4.3	1	12
Wk 2	L 17-31@ Virginia Tech	8	51	6.4	0	33
Wk 4	L 17-28@ Virginia	13	39	3.0	0	14
Wk 5	L 21-24vs East Carolina	4	3	0.8	1	2
Wk 6	L 3-20vs Western Kentucky	9	40	4.4	0	15
Wk 7	L 17-31@ Marshall	3	35	11.7	1	24
Wk 8	L 14-38@ UAB	4	6	1.5	0	3
Wk 9	L 3-41vs Florida Atlantic	13	60	4.6	0	17	Season-high 60 yds
Wk 10	L 17-24@ Florida International	3	1	0.3	0	4
Wk 11	L 23-24vs UTSA	8	32	4.0	0	9
Wk 14	L 22-38vs Charlotte	13	60	4.6	1	22
Total		84	353	4.1	4	33

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology