Kevin Mensah

#34 · RB · Sr. · UConn5′9″ · 202 lb · Worcester, MA · Shepherd Hill

Kevin Mensah: RB · UConn · #34.

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Kevin Mensah

RB · UConn · Sr · #34

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for two head coaches at UConn: Randy Edsall and Lou Spanos. On tape: 66 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards against Holy Cross, Week 1, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

UConn in the news

M&T Bank gets naming rights for Gampel PavilionOct 21

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	UConn	104	314	3.0	0	21
2019	UConn	226	1,013	4.5	9	58
2018	UConn	225	1,042	4.6	6	68
2017	UConn	126	561	4.5	4	70
Career		681	2,930	4.3	19	70

Season	Team
2021	UConn	12	55	4.6	14
2019	UConn	8	91	11.4	26
2018	UConn	10	39	3.9	7
2017	UConn	14	103	7.4	20
Career		44	288	6.5	26

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Wk 1	L 0-45@ Fresno State	11	31	2.8	13
Wk 1	L 28-38vs Holy Cross	21	66	3.1	10
Wk 2	L 0-49vs Purdue	8	10	1.3	4
Wk 3	L 21-52@ Army	2	15	7.5	8
Wk 4	L 22-24vs Wyoming	2	9	4.5	6
Wk 5	L 28-30@ Vanderbilt	4	10	2.5	7
Wk 6	L 13-27@ Massachusetts	4	20	5.0	11
Wk 7	W 21-15vs Yale	12	58	4.8	9
Wk 8	L 13-44vs Middle Tennessee	9	27	3.0	11
Wk 11	L 7-44@ Clemson	9	-7	-0.8	5
Wk 12	L 17-49@ UCF	9	39	4.3	10
Wk 13	L 17-45vs No. 19 Houston	13	36	2.8	21
Total		104	314	3.0	21

Signature game

Week 1 · 2021

L 28-38

vs Holy Cross

66 rush yds (21 car) · 2 rec · 14 yds

With J. McFadden — 43.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · J. Zergiotis — 174 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · QBR 5.0

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Clemson · 4th and 3 · Q2 · EPA −2.45Kevin Mensah run for 1 yd to the Clem 32
Week 1 · Holy Cross · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +2.17Kevin Mensah run for 2 yds to the UConn 48 for a
Week 1 · Holy Cross · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.05Jack Zergiotis pass complete to Kevin Mensah for 14 yds to the UConn 37 for a
Week 7 · Yale · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +1.86Kevin Mensah run for 7 yds to the UConn 47 for a
Week 11 · Clemson · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +1.62Kevin Mensah run for 14 yds to the UConn 39
Week 11 · Clemson · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +1.53Steven Krajewski pass complete to Kevin Mensah for 2 yds to the UConn 30

4 more plays

Week 1 · Fresno State · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA −1.52Kevin Mensah run for 1 yd to the FrsSt 43
Week 13 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.46Kevin Mensah run for a loss of 5 yards to the UConn 27
Week 13 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.40Kevin Mensah run for 21 yds to the Houst 35 for a
Week 1 · Holy Cross · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.39Kevin Mensah run for 5 yds to the HCrss 40 for a

Rushing profile

Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security

How he gets his yards, and how often it works

104 car · 314 yds · 0 TD

93 of 104 carries matched to play-by-play

Success rate

37%93 carries

Stuffed

0 or fewer yds

18%of carries

17 carries

Grind

1–3 yds

38%of carries

35 carries

Chunk

4–9 yds

37%of carries

34 carries

Explosive

10+ yds

8%of carries

7 carries

1 of 5 (20%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go) · 0 of 3 (0%) scored from inside the 5-yard line

3.0 yds/carry on 104 carries · 8% explosive (10+ yds) · 37% success rate.

Teams and coaches

2017UConn3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2018UConn1-11HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2019UConn2-10HC: Randy Edsall · Balanced

2021UConn1-11HC: Lou Spanos · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 25 (#314 of 315). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

25Below cohort / limited sample #314 of 315 · 2021?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: explosive rate (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#319 / 409 · 22nd pct

38.7%

Yards / carry#391 / 409 · 5th pct

3.6

EPA / carry#393 / 409 · 4th pct

-0.10

TD rate#388 / 409 · 3rd pct

0.0%

Explosive rate#402 / 409 · 2nd pct

1.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#139 / 331 · 56th pct

Carries#159 / 343 · 53rd pct

104

Rec yards#209 / 331 · 36th pct

Rush yards#257 / 343 · 25th pct

314

Long run#310 / 343 · 9th pct

Rush TDs#326 / 343 · 3rd pct

Yards / carry#339 / 343 · 1st pct

3.0

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	34.3	3.2	0.0
Road6g	18.0	3.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	27.4	3.9	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	23.8	2.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Lou Spanos

Pass share

53.0%

435 pass / 386 run

Plays / game

68.4

12 games

Team sack rate

8.4%

428 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

104 carries and 12 catches in 12 games

About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

25 · #314 of 315 RBs · 2021

Two-star recruit. Now #314 at the position.

Kevin Mensah

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

UConn in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Rushing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

104 carries and 12 catches in 12 games

Four seasons at UConn

Moves

2017 11 games

2022