#28

Kimani Vidal

Former running back at Troy. 2023: 1,662 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 18 catches.

RB · Troy · Jr. · #28

5′8″ · 215 lb · Marietta, GA

CFB Index 84 · #15 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLos Angeles — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 5, #181 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 949 nationally · Signed with Marietta

Statement game26 car · 233 yds · 5 TDvs App State (FBS) · W 49-23

Top 0.1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Troy. 2023: 1,662 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 18 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marietta in 2020.
Drafted round 6 by the Los Angeles in 2024.
Named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Troy, 4,015 rushing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #181 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20209 games

Recruited3-star out of Marietta

202214 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

202314 games

All-Sun Beltfirst
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Yearwinner

2024

Drafted by Los Angelesround 6, pick 181

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#949 national

CFB

College

Troy

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #181

Los Angeles · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

10 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2021

Chip Lindsey

Troy

2022–2023

Jon Sumrall

Troy

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chip Lindsey → Jon Sumrall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

#181Rd 6 · Pick 5

Los AngelesEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Troy5-6HC: Chip Lindsey · Pass-leaning

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced

2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

84All-Conference level #15 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (100th percentile). Strength: rush yards (100th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#132 / 426 · 69th pct

5.7

EPA / carry#155 / 426 · 64th pct

0.23

TD rate#170 / 426 · 60th pct

5.1%

Explosive rate#225 / 426 · 47th pct

6.6%

Success rate#238 / 426 · 44th pct

43.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#1 / 333 · 100th pct

296

Rush yards#2 / 333 · 100th pct

1662

Rush TDs#15 / 333 · 95th pct

Long run#39 / 333 · 88th pct

Rec yards#50 / 327 · 85th pct

201

Yards / carry#75 / 333 · 76th pct

5.6

Receptions#83 / 327 · 73rd pct

Fumbles lost#154 / 207 · 16th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

34th → 64th percentile

Success rate

30th → 44th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 47th percentile

Yards / carry

35th → 69th percentile

TD rate

49th → 60th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

289 carries

17%

Stuffed (≤0)

33%

Grind (1–3)

34%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	164	6.5	1.7
Road7g	73.7	4.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	129	5.6	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	105	4.7	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #15 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #15 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Troy	296	1,662	5.6	14	--
2022	Troy	230	1,136	4.9	10	--
2021	Troy	152	701	4.6	5	--
2020	Troy	101	516	5.1	4	--
Career		779	4,015	5.2	33	--

Season	Team
2023	Troy	18	201	11.2	1	--
2022	Troy	26	141	5.4	0	--
2021	Troy	22	134	6.1	0	--
2020	Troy	26	225	8.7	0	--
Career		92	701	7.6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 48–30

vs Stephen F. Austin

248 rush yds (25 car)

Edged out Stephen F. Austin at home in a shootout.

With G. Watson — 198 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 52.1 · -1 rush yds (2 car) · A. Martin — 22 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Arkansas State · 3&1 · Q4 · EPA +6.28Kimani Vidal 69 Yd Run (Scott Taylor Renfroe Kick)
Week 14 · App State · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.86Kimani Vidal 49 Yd Run (Scott Taylor Renfroe Kick)
Week 1 · Stephen F. Austin · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +3.71Kimani Vidal run for 43 yds to the SFA 35 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Kansas State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.64Kimani Vidal run for 46 yds to the KSU 23 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.52Gunnar Watson pass complete to Kimani Vidal for 28 yds to the WKU 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Stephen F. Austin · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.51Kimani Vidal run for 59 yds to the SFA 16 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Stephen F. Austin · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA -3.50Kimani Vidal run for a loss of 3 yards to the SFA 35 Kimani Vidal fumbled, recovered by SFA Luke Watson
Week 14 · App State · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.28Kimani Vidal 36 Yd Run (Scott Taylor Renfroe Kick)
Week 1 · Stephen F. Austin · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.21Kimani Vidal run for 55 yds to the SFA 16 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Georgia State · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Kimani Vidal run for 6 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-30vs Stephen F. Austin	25	248	9.9	0	59	Season-high 248 yds
Wk 2	L 13-42@ Kansas State	17	83	4.9	0	46
Wk 3	L 14-16vs James Madison	11	27	2.5	0	11
Wk 4	W 27-24vs Western Kentucky	26	156	6.0	2	27	156-yard day
Wk 5	W 28-7@ Georgia State	23	76	3.3	1	14
Wk 6	W 37-3vs Arkansas State	28	245	8.8	3	69	3 rushing TDs
Wk 7	W 19-0@ Army	23	116	5.0	0	13
Wk 9	W 31-13@ Texas State	18	43	2.4	0	17
Wk 10	W 28-10vs South Alabama	24	125	5.2	1	19
Wk 11	W 45-14@ UL Monroe	15	50	3.3	0	11
Wk 12	W 31-24vs Louisiana	27	112	4.1	1	16
Wk 13	W 35-17@ Southern Miss	16	69	4.3	1	16
Wk 14	W 49-23vs App State	26	233	9.0	5	49	5 rushing TDs
Bowl	L 10-17@ Duke	17	79	4.6	0	12
Total		296	1662	5.2	14	69

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

289Carries

1640Yards

17.0%Top-5 share

16.6%Stuffed rate

Just 17.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 16.6% of his carries. 11 carries for 27 yds vs James Madison; 24 for 245 vs Stephen F. Austin.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

64.9%Carry share

49.6%Q4-lead share

69.4%In competitive games

64.9% of carries overall (288/444) → 49.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (62/125) — 69.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

17/233rd/4th & short

12/20Inside-5 share