#34

Kevin Mensah

Senior running back for UConn. 2021: 314 rushing yards, 12 catches.

RB · UConn · Sr. · #34

5′9″ · 202 lb · Worcester, MA

CFB Index 25 · #314 of 315 RBsHigh confidenceUConn 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ATH recruit

No. 3897 nationally · Signed with UConn

Statement game19 car · 164 yds · 5 TDat Massachusetts (FBS) · W 56-35

Top 0.1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for UConn. 2021: 314 rushing yards, 12 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UConn in 2017.
Transferred from UConn to Professional in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UConn, 2,930 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201711 games

Signed with UConn2-star out of Shepherd Hill

2022

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3897 national

CFB

College

UConn

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2019

Randy Edsall

UConn

2021

Lou Spanos

UConn

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Randy Edsall → Lou Spanos. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017UConn3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2018UConn1-11HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

2019UConn2-10HC: Randy Edsall · Balanced

2021UConn1-11HC: Lou Spanos · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

25Below cohort / limited sample #314 of 315?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#319 / 409 · 22nd pct

38.7%

Yards / carry#391 / 409 · 5th pct

3.6

EPA / carry#393 / 409 · 4th pct

-0.10

TD rate#388 / 409 · 3rd pct

0.0%

Explosive rate#402 / 409 · 2nd pct

1.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#139 / 331 · 56th pct

Carries#159 / 343 · 53rd pct

104

Rec yards#209 / 331 · 36th pct

Rush yards#257 / 343 · 25th pct

314

Long run#310 / 343 · 9th pct

Rush TDs#326 / 343 · 3rd pct

Yards / carry#339 / 343 · 1st pct

3.0

Season trend

EPA / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / carry— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	34.3	3.2	0.0
Road6g	18.0	3.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	27.4	3.9	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	23.8	2.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

25 · #314 of 315 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #314 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UConn	104	314	3.0	0	--
2019	UConn	226	1,013	4.5	9	--
2018	UConn	225	1,042	4.6	6	--
2017	UConn	126	561	4.5	4	--
Career		681	2,930	4.3	19	--

Season	Team
2021	UConn	12	55	4.6	--
2019	UConn	8	91	11.4	--
2018	UConn	10	39	3.9	--
2017	UConn	14	103	7.4	--
Career		44	288	6.5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021

W 21–15

vs Yale

58 rush yds (12 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With J. McFadden — 3 PTS · 39 AVG · 4 IN 20 · S. Krajewski — 199 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.0 · 24 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · Clemson · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA -2.45Kevin Mensah run for 1 yd to the Clem 32
Week 1 · Holy Cross · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.17Kevin Mensah run for 2 yds to the UConn 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Holy Cross · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.05Jack Zergiotis pass complete to Kevin Mensah for 14 yds to the UConn 37 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Yale · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.86Kevin Mensah run for 7 yds to the UConn 47 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Clemson · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +1.62Kevin Mensah run for 14 yds to the UConn 39
Week 11 · Clemson · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.53Steven Krajewski pass complete to Kevin Mensah for 2 yds to the UConn 30
Week 1 · Fresno State · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA -1.52Kevin Mensah run for 1 yd to the FrsSt 43
Week 13 · Houston · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -1.46Kevin Mensah run for a loss of 5 yards to the UConn 27
Week 13 · Houston · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.40Kevin Mensah run for 21 yds to the Houst 35 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Holy Cross · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +1.39Kevin Mensah run for 5 yds to the HCrss 40 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-45@ Fresno State	11	31	2.8	13	Season-high 66 yds
Wk 1	L 28-38vs Holy Cross	21	66	3.1	10	Season-high 66 yds
Wk 2	L 0-49vs Purdue	8	10	1.3	4
Wk 3	L 21-52@ Army	2	15	7.5	8
Wk 4	L 22-24vs Wyoming	2	9	4.5	6
Wk 5	L 28-30@ Vanderbilt	4	10	2.5	7
Wk 6	L 13-27@ Massachusetts	4	20	5.0	11
Wk 7	W 21-15vs Yale	12	58	4.8	9
Wk 8	L 13-44vs Middle Tennessee	9	27	3.0	11
Wk 11	L 7-44@ Clemson	9	-7	-0.8	5
Wk 12	L 17-49@ UCF	9	39	4.3	10
Wk 13	L 17-45vs Houston	13	36	2.8	21
Total		104	314	3.4	21

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kevin Mensah

201711 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

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