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Kimani Vidal, RB, Troy
Selected: Round 6, Pick 5, Overall Pick 181 by Chargers
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Name: Kimani Vidal
College: Troy
Number: 28
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 5-08 Weight: 213
Position: Pos2: KR
Class/Draft Year: rJr/2024
40 Low: 4.40 40 Time: 4.46 40 High: 4.52
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Data Scout Notes: X-HPFA/Shot at 5-7/Projected 4.7s Speed/Looks Faster...Bigtime 23-297-1661-5.6-14 in 23 **2023: OPOYC/1stC...2022: 2ndC...PDoakWalker...2021: HMC...PDoakWalker...2020: HMC
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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 5077
Weight: 213
Zybek PD3X AKA "Official"
40 Yard Dash (ET): 4.46
40 Yard Dash (HH): 4.43
20 Yard (ET): 2.59
20 Yard (HH): 2.50
10 Yard (ET): 1.53
10 Yard (HH): 1.50
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 18
Vertical Jump: 37 1/2
Broad Jump: 10'00"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.15
3-Cone Drill: 7.01
Projected 4.58/**-.12
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Dates: 03/18/24
Hand: 09 3/8 Arm: 30 3/8
Wingspan: 73 1/4
Height: 5077
Weight: 213
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Kimani Vidal, Troy, Player News
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2023 SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kimani Vidal, Troy (Jr., RB - Marietta, Ga.),...Vidal ranked second in the Sun Belt and seventh in the nation with 1,349 rushing yards and added nine rushing touchdowns on the year. The Marietta, Ga., product b ecame Troy's single-game, single-season and career rushing yards leader during the 2023 campaign-while matching the Troy single-season record with six 100-yard outings. The junior running back led the Trojans to a 10-2 record and the Sun Belt West Divisi on title, earning the right to host the Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship Game for the second-straight season. - Sun Belt Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024  RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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2022 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM: RB - Kimani Vidal, Troy (So., RB - Marietta, Ga.),...Vidal became just the second player in program history to rush for more than 200 yards in multiple games in the same season; Eddie Brundidge (1986). Vidal beca me 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. - Troy Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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Kimani Vidal ran for 208 yards and four touchdowns and Troy beat Arkansas State 48-19 on Saturday to advance to the Sun Belt Conference championship game. Troy's ninth straight win gave them a tie for the West Division title with South Alabama but with t he Trojans' victory over the Jaguars in October, Troy will host Coastal Carolina. Vidal put Troy (10-2, 7-1) up 20-19 to start the fourth quarter on a 7-yard run that was set up by Gunnar Watson's 56-yard pass to RaJae' Johnson over the middle.On the Red Wolves' ensuing possession, Reddy Steward snagged his first of his two interceptions and raced for a 67-yard score and a 27-19 lead. Vidal added 12-and 39-yard scores and the Trojans went on to put up 34 points in the final quarter. Vidal went ov er 200 yards for the second straight game and eclipsed 1,000 yards for the season. Watson threw for 141 yards with a TD and an interception. Johnson had three catches for 101 yards. Troy outgained Arkansas State 409-259, 268 of Troy's yards on the ground . James Blackman was 20-of-35 passing for 220 yards and scored on a 30-yard scramble. The Red Wolves (3-9, 1-7) rushed for just 38 yards, the eighth Troy opponent to be held under 100 on the ground. - Troy/AP College Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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NOV 21 SUN BELT FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kimani Vidal, Troy, (So., RB - Marietta, Ga.),...Trojans sophomore running back Kimani Vidal came with two yards of history, as he rushed for 242 yards and two touchdowns in Troy's eighth-straight vi ctory, a 34-16 win over ULM. The Marietta, Ga., native finished two yards shy of the Trojans single-game record set by Eddie Brundidge in 1986, though his 242 yards and the ninth-most in an FBS game this season and the 20th-most in Sun Belt history. Behi nd Vidal's career day, Troy continues to control its own destiny in pursuit of its first Sun Belt Football Championship appearance since the game's inception in 2018. - Sun Belt Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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Kimani Vidal rushed for a career-high 242 yards, Antonio Showers returned a fumble 13 yards for a touchdown, and Troy defeated Louisiana-Monroe 34-16 on Saturday. Vidal's fourth career 100-yard game included two touchdown runs of five yards. The first ga ve the Trojans a 27-3 lead early in the third quarter. Warhawks quarterback Chandler Rogers ran for two touchdowns and passed for 145 yards. UL Monroe (4-7, 3-4 Sun Belt Conference) managed only 228 yards on offense. Troy (9-2, 6-1) is tied with South Al abama for first place in the West Division. Troy finishes the regular season at Arkansas State and South Alabama has a home game against Old Dominion. - Troy/AP College Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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Kimani Vidal ran 21 times for 117 yards - including a 22-yard touchdown run with 5 seconds to play - and Troy scored the final 23 points to beat Louisiana-Lafayette 23-17 Saturday night to win its sixth consecutive game. Brooks Buce kicked a 37-yard fiel d goal with 2:41 left that made it 17-all and the Troy (7-2, 6-1 Sun Belt Conference) defense forced the Ragin' Cajuns to go three-and-out on their ensuing possession. Vidal's TD run capped an eight-play, 68-yard drive and gave the Trojans their first le ad of the game. Ben Wooldridge scored on a 10-yard run that gave Louisiana (4-5, 2-4) a 17-0 lead with 8:36 left in the third quarter but the Trojans responded with a 20-play, 75-yard drive that culminated when Gunnar Watson threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Michael Vice on the play of the period to make it 17-7 going into the fourth. The Ragin' Cajuns went three-and-out on their ensuing possession and Watson hit Deyunkrea Lewis for a 35-yard TD with 12:01 to play. - Troy/AP College Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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Kimani Vidal had 79 yards rushing and a touchdown on 17 carries, DK Billingsley scored on a 1-yard run and Troy beat Southern Miss 27-10 Saturday night. Markeis Colvin picked off a pass and returned it 44 yards to the Southern Miss 27 and six plays later Billingsley's touchdown with 3:52 remaining in the first half gave Troy a 10-7 lead. A defensive pass interference penalty on a third-and-9, a 29-yard gain on a run by Vidal and a 30-yard pass from Jarret Doege to Tez Johnson to the 10 set up Vidal's to uchdown that capped the opening drive of the second half and gave the Trojans (4-2, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference) a 10-point lead. Camron Harrell intercepted a pass from Doege near midfield and returned it to the 13 before, on the next play, Zach Wilcke threw a touchdown pass to Jason Brownlee that gave Southern Miss (2-3, 0-1) a 7-3 lead with 14:34 left in the second quarter. The Troy defense forced four Southern Miss turnovers and the Golden Eagles finished with just 205 total yards - including 48 yards ru shing on 26 attempts. - Troy/AP College Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Kimani Vidal (So.), Troy,...In his second freshman year (2021), running back Kimani Vidal rushed for more than 100 yards in consecutive games for the second straight season - 162 yards on 25 carries at Texas St ate 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 Bel t Team … Totaled 701 yards rushing and five touchdowns on 152 carries - Troy Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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Kimani Vidal ran for 162 yards and two touchdowns, Keyshawn Swanson had a fourth-quarter interception return for a touchdown, and Troy beat Texas State 31-28 on Saturday. Swanson caught Brady McBride's overthrown pass at the Bobcats 32, ran along the lef t sideline and broke one tackle before crossing the goal line to cap the scoring with 8:18 remaining. McBride threw his third interception on the next series. Troy (4-3, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference) then ran out the final 6:26. Vidal broke loose for a 45-yar d touchdown run in the first quarter and had a 1-yard TD run in the third. Gunnar Watson was 22-of-29 passing for 182 yards for the Trojans. Watson threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Tez Johnson, who finished with nine catches for 81 yards. McBride comple ted 22 of 32 passes for 279 yards for Texas State (2-4, 1-1). He threw a 75-yard TD pass to Javen Banks and added a pair of short-yardage scoring throws late in the third quarter. - AP College Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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Kimai Vidal found a narrow seam on the right side to fight his way into the end zone from the 8, capping a 21-point second-half rally as Troy defeated Southern Mississippi 21-9 Saturday night. Taylor Powell threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Jabre Barber as Troy (3-0) took its first drive after halftime for 75 yards and the lead, 7-3. By the end of the third quarter, the score was 14-3 after Powell found Deyunkrea Lewis from 16 yards out.The Trojans outgained Southern Miss 304-156 in total offense , holding the Golden Eagles (1-2) to minus-1 yards rushing. Southern Miss' Frank Gore, Jr., who averaged 121.5 yards rushing per game, was held to 31 on 15 carries. Ty Keyes posted minus-45 after nine sacks for a loss of 70 yards. Troy has held seven of its last nine opponents to fewer than 21 points. The Southern Miss defense had limited its first two opponents this season to less than 100 yards rushing and was ranked No. 7 nationally in total defense. - Troy/AP College Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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Troy freshman running back Kimani Vidal has been named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List for the 2021 season, the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced on Wednesday. The award is given annually to the nation's top running back. Vidal finished the 2020 footb all season with 516 rushing yards on 101 carries. He averaged over five yards per carry during the 2020 season. Vidal forced .30 missed tackles last season, good enough for fourth nationally. He became Troy's first true freshman to rush for over 100 yard s in back-to-back games. He rushed for 106 yards on 12 carries against Texas State and a season high 143 yards against Eastern Kentucky. He also had one rushing touchdown and one reception for 12 yards. - Troy Messenger
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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2020 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: Kimani Vidal, RB,...Safety Dell Pettus and bandit Richard Jibunor represented the Trojans on the third team, while running back Kimani Vidal, receiver Reggie Todd, bandit Javon Solomon and linebacker K.J. R obertson were honorable mention selections. Vidal led the Trojans with 57.3 yards per game and four touchdowns on the ground. - Troy Football
(DS#23 RB) rJr/2024 RB Kimani Vidal, Troy
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