Senior running back for Georgia Southern. 2020: 447 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 8 catches.
5′10″ · 180 lb · Savannah, GA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 2046 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Georgia Southern. 2020: 447 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 8 catches.
Wesley Kennedy III
Wesley Kennedy III has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Georgia Southern. One game to point at: 106 rush yds, 1 rush TD against Massachusetts — Week 7, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 1,921 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (90th percentile). Strength: rec yards (85th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 69.0 | 10.1 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 42.8 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 66.3 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 49.6 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 66 | 447 | 6.8 | 6 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 119 | 864 | 7.3 | 11 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 64 | 502 | 7.8 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 257 | 1,921 | 7.5 | 20 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 163 | 20.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 37 | 442 | 11.9 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 18-20@ Louisiana | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-30@ UL Monroe | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-0vs Massachusetts | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 1 | 56 | Season-high 106 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 14-28@ Coastal Carolina | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-17vs South Alabama | 13 | 91 | 7.0 | 2 | 23 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-13vs Troy | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-38vs Texas State | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-28@ Army | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 0 | 27 | |
| Total | 66 | 447 | 7.1 | 6 | 56 |