Kimani Vidal

2023 Associate Press All-America Third Team
2023 Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year
2022 All-Sun Belt First Team
2022 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2021 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2020 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention

2023 (Senior): Finished second nationally rushing for 1,661 yards on 297 carries … Topped the 100-yard mark seven times and rushed for 200-plus yards three times … Named the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year … Tied for 15th nationally with 14 rushing touchdowns … Part of just the third 3,000-yard, 1,000-yard passing/rushing duo in school history … Became Troy’s first AP All-American since 2000; named to the AP All-America Third Team … MVP on the Sun Belt Championship Game after rushing for 233 yards and five touchdowns; first player in FBS championship game history with five rushing TDs … Set the Troy career (4,010), single-season (1,661) and single-game (248) rushing records … Also set Troy records for single-season 100-yard rushing games (7), single-game rushing touchdowns (5), while tying the career 100-yard game record (13) … Responsible for three of the top 16 rushing games at the FBS ranks in 2023 … Averaged 3.58 yards after contact … Led the country with 47 rushes of 10-plus yards … Finished second nationally with 82 rushes for a first down … Among running backs with at least 143 carries, led the nation (per PFF) with a 79.3 pass blocking grade … Among running backs with at least 20 targets, one of just eight players nationally to not be charged with a dropped pass

2022 (Sophomore): Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team … Became just the 11th 1,000-yard rusher in program history, rushed for 1,132 yards and 10 touchdowns on 231 carries … First third in the Sun Belt in rushing and fourth in touchdowns … Topped the 200-yard mark in a pair of games – 242 yards against ULM and 208 yards at Arkansas State – just the second player in program history to rush for more than 200 yards in multiple games in the same season; Eddie Brundidge (1986) … Became just the 13th player in Sun Belt history to post multiple 200- yard rushing games in a season and the first since App State's Jalin Moore in 2017  …  Averaged 158.5 yards in his four November games, the fifth-highest average in the country; his seven rushing touchdowns in the month tied Texas' Bijan Robinson for the most in the country … Rushed for 242 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries, 8.3 yards per carry, against ULM; it was the second-most yards in a game in Troy history (244 Eddie Brundidge vs. Virginia Union, 1986) … His 242 yards are tied for the 20th most in a game in Sun Belt history and the ninth most in an NCAA FBS game during the 2022 season … His 8.3 yards per carry average against ULM was the most by a Trojan since at least 2000 with at least 20 attempts in a game … Tied the Troy single-game record with four rushing touchdowns against Arkansas State; it was tied for the fourth most in a game during the season and the most by a player in the Group of Five; the four rushing touchdowns tied for the 10th most in a game in Sun Belt history and just one off the record … Ranked 12th nationally per Pro Football Focus with a 90.1 rushing grade (min. 200 carries) and 15th with an 85.8 overall grade … Averaged 3.32 yards after contact, 16th best nationally … Only fumbled once all season, tied for the fifth-fewest nationally among backs with at least 200 carries … Caught 25 passes for 134 yards; his receiving yards are the 21st most by a running back nationally with at least 200 carries … Ranked 19thnationally in blocking among running backs

2021 (Freshman): Rushed for more than 100 yards in consecutive games for the second straight season – 162 yards on 25 carries at Texas State and 142 yards on 22 carries at No. 24 Coastal Carolina … Led the Sun Belt and ranked 14th nationally, averaging 120.67 yards per game in the month of October -- 63 Georgia Southern, 162 Texas State, 142 Coastal Carolina … Named to the All-Sun Belt Team … Averaged 63.7 yards per game for the season; rushed for 701 yards and five touchdowns on 152 carries … Scored twice in the game at Texas State and added touchdowns against Southern, Southern Miss and Coastal Carolina … Tied for fifth on the team with 22 receptions for 134 yards … Caught five passes against both Georgia Southern and Liberty

2020 (Freshman): Led the Trojans with 57.3 yards per game and four touchdowns on the ground … Averaged 3.83 yards after contact, which ranked second nationally among all freshmen running backs … Ranked 21st nationally (min. 100 carries) among all running backs with his 3.83 yards after contact average … Named to the All-Sun Belt Team as an honorable mention selection ... Finished the season with 516 yards on 101 carries … Became Troy’s first true freshman to rush for 100-yards in back-to-back games after topping the century mark against Texas State (106) and Eastern Kentucky (143) … His 106-yard game against Texas State was the first 100-yard game by a true freshman at Troy since 2009; he became just the third true freshman in school history to do so … Troy finished 5-1 when he recorded at least nine carries in a game … Rushed 22 times for 76 yards at South Alabama; also caught five passes for 29 yards … Caught 26 passes for 225 yards on the season … Had a season-high seven receptions for 76 yards against Coastal Carolina … Fourth-highest rated running back per Pro Football Focus when it comes to catching the ball out of the backfield with an 83.9 rating – highest in the Group of Five

High School: Led Marietta to the Georgia 7A state title as a senior; named the game’s MVP as he rushed for a pair of touchdowns in Marietta’s 17-9 win over Lowndes … Was Marietta’s first state title since 1967 … Rushed for 1,589 yards and 24 touchdowns in 15 games (105.9 yards per game) … Averaged 6.8 yards per carry and topped the 100-yard mark in seven different games … Also caught 25 passes for 397 yards and five touchdowns … Rushed for 954 yards and 11 touchdowns with a 6.2 yards per carry average as a junior at Marietta … Rated as one of the top 65 running backs in the country and as a three-star player by 247Sports … Rated as the No. 38 running back in the country, the No. 53 player in Georgia and as a three-star player by ESPN … Earned all-region honors as a senior and junior … State finalist in the shot put as a junior
 
Personal: Born Aug. 28, 2001 … Son of Kwame and Dayna Vidal … Father played football at Florida A&M … Has one sister, Kaylin ... Graduated with a degree in exercise science

2022

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
4.9	10.0	1136.0	230.0	40.0

receiving
REC	YPR	TD	LONG	YDS
26.0	5.4	0.0	18.0	141.0

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	1.0	1.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0

kickReturns
LONG	YDS	NO	TD	AVG
10.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	10.0

2021

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
4.6	5.0	701.0	152.0	45.0

receiving
REC	YPR	TD	LONG	YDS
22.0	6.1	0.0	19.0	134.0

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	3.0	3.0

2020

rushing
YPC	TD	YDS	CAR	LONG
5.1	4.0	516.0	101.0	51.0

receiving
REC	YPR	TD	LONG	YDS
26.0	8.7	0.0	24.0	225.0

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
0.0	1.0	1.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

kickReturns
LONG	YDS	NO	TD	AVG
0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0