Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/28Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (7.1%).
Wesley Kennedy III
Last confirmed: Georgia Southern, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 180 lb · Savannah, GA · Benedictine Military School
Wesley Kennedy III: RB · Georgia Southern · #12.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Wesley Kennedy III
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Wesley Kennedy III has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Georgia Southern. One game to point at: 106 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Massachusetts — Week 7, 2020.
How he plays
How he plays
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Where to follow him
Career stats
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 66 | 447 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 119 | 864 | 7.3 | 11 |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 64 | 502 | 7.8 | 3 |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 0 |
| Career | 257 | 1,921 | 7.5 | 20 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 8 | 163 | 20.4 | 0 |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 0 |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Career | 37 | 442 | 11.9 | 0 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 18-20@ No. 19 Louisiana | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-30@ UL Monroe | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-0vs Massachusetts | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 1 | 56 | Season-high 106 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 14-28@ No. 25 Coastal Carolina | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-17vs South Alabama | 13 | 91 | 7.0 | 2 | 23 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-13vs Troy | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-38vs Texas State | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-28@ Army | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 0 | 27 | |
| Total | 66 | 447 | 6.8 | 6 | 56 |
Signature game
Week 9 · 2020
W 24-17
91 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · 1 rec · 10 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With S. Werts — 95 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · 91 rush yds (14 car) · A. Beck II — 37.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 1 inside the 20
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 7 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +4.92Wesley Kennedy III run for 56 yds for a TD (Alex Raynor KICK)
- Week 4 · Louisiana · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.94Shai Werts pass complete to Wesley Kennedy III for 61 yds to the LaLaf 24 for a
- Week 4 · Louisiana · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.24Shai Werts pass complete to Wesley Kennedy III for 44 yds to the LaLaf 31 for a
- Week 9 · South Alabama · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Wesley Kennedy III run for 14 yds for a TD (Alex Raynor KICK)
- Week 9 · South Alabama · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.77Wesley Kennedy III run for 15 yds for a TD (Alex Raynor KICK)
- Week 12 · Army · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Wesley Kennedy III run for 24 yds to the GeoSo 47 for a
4 more plays
- Week 5 · UL Monroe · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.44Wesley Kennedy III run for 5 yds for a TD (Alex Raynor KICK)
- Week 7 · Massachusetts · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.41Wesley Kennedy III run for 21 yds to the UMass 41 for a
- Week 12 · Army · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.23Wesley Kennedy III run for 27 yds to the Army 41 for a
- Week 11 · Texas State · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Wesley Kennedy III run for 18 yds to the TexSt 35 for a
Rushing profile
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
66 of 66 carries matched to play-by-play
Success rate
52%66 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer yds11%of carries
7 carries
Grind
1–3 yds35%of carries
23 carries
Chunk
4–9 yds33%of carries
22 carries
Explosive
10+ yds21%of carries
14 carries
3 of 4 (75%) converted on 3rd/4th & short (≤2 to go)
6.8 yds/carry on 66 carries · 21% explosive (10+ yds) · 52% success rate.
Teams and coaches
2017Georgia Southern2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy
2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2019Georgia Southern7-6HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy
2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 69.0 | 10.1 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 42.8 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 66.3 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 49.6 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
21.5%
172 pass / 628 run
Plays / game
66.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
196 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2020
66 carries and 8 catches in 8 games
About as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Four seasons at Georgia Southern
- 2020 Georgia Southern LunsfordYear 4 · 8 games
- 2019 Georgia Southern LunsfordYear 3 · 9 games
- 2018 Georgia Southern LunsfordYear 2 · 13 games
- 2017 Georgia Southern SummersYear 1 · 6 games
- Before collegeSigned with Georgia Southern in 2017 as a 3-star recruit, No. 2,046 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Georgia Southern in the 2017 class, a 3-star recruit.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 1,921 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 36 games over 4 seasons.
2017 6 games
- Signed with Georgia Southern3-star out of Benedictine Military School
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coaches2017
Tyson Summers, then Chad Lunsford
Georgia Southern
Coaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.