2022 All-Sun Belt Second Team
2021 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2020 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention

2022 (Sophomore): Named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team … Became just the 11^th 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 12^th nationally per Pro Football Focus with a 90.1 rushing grade (min. 200 carries) and 15^th with an 85.8 overall grade … Averaged 3.32 yards after contact, 16^th 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 21^st most by a running back nationally with at least 200 carries … Ranked 19^thnationally 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 21^st 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 ... Majoring in exercise science

Kimani Vidal