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 |
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