Kimani Vidal
Los Angeles Chargers·#28·5'8"·215 lb·2nd year·TroyKimani Vidal has 36 carries for 162 yards, 1 rushing touchdown and 10 catches for 56 yards in 6 games for the Los Angeles Chargers this season through Week 9, 7.3 PPR points a game (updated November 12, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 4.0 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A slasher back fighting for the lead role.
The case for
- 4,001 career rushing yards as Troy's all-time leading rusher is real college production, even from a Group of Five program. The 5'8"/213 frame is starter-build for a slasher role.
- Wk 10 (17.8 PPR) and Wk 13 (20.7) showed legitimate spike weeks; the burst that won him snaps over higher-pedigree backs at midseason is a real trait.
The worry
- Four of his last eight 2025 games scored under 6 PPR (5.8, 3.2, 2, 1.1), showing the floor when he is not the lead. The Chargers brought in Najee Harris specifically to be the lead-back answer.
- 6th-round pedigree and a tier 8 finish means he is fighting for snaps each preseason, not penciled in. One off-camp and he is back to fourth on the depth chart.
What to watch: Whether the Chargers' 2026 backfield rotation gives him a consistent 8-12 carries per game or whether Najee Harris compresses him back into a 4-touch insurance role.
Full take and bio
The 2025 #40 (tier 8) rookie-equivalent line is a real first sample, even if the highs and lows are extreme. Wk 13's 20.7 PPR and Wk 10's 17.8 show the ceiling when he gets a workload, but four sub-6 PPR games in eight tells you the role is committee-driven, not workhorse. 2026 is the year he either separates from Najee Harris or settles in as a rotational piece.
Vidal came out of Troy as the Los Angeles Chargers' 6th-round pick (181st overall) in 2024 after a four-year college career that ended with him as Troy's all-time leading rusher (4,001 career yards). At 5'8" and 213 pounds, he is a compact, low-center-of-gravity back who played sparingly as a rookie behind J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards. The 2025 season pushed him into a larger role as the Chargers' backfield turned over, and he showed enough late in the year to make him a 2026 roster lock.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Emari Demercado, Marcus Allen, T.J. Yeldon. Built like: Delone Carter, Zac Stacy, Evan Hull. Coming out: Delone Carter, Zac Stacy, Aaron Jones.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 1 starter, 16 backups, 1 didn't stick.
Kimani Vidal Props This Weekat BAL Mon Nov 16
| Market | Line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anytime TD | +350 BetOnline |
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Kimani Vidal Injury StatusNot listed
Kimani Vidal is not on the injury report as of Nov 11. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 6 games
7.3 fantasy points a game, 44 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Fantasy outlookWeek 10
Our rest-of-season board has Kimani Vidal at RB61 (the public consensus says RB60); the model has 45 PPR points left for him this season; this week he visits BAL.
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Draft & College
Round 6, pick 181 to the Los Angeles Chargers in 2024, out of Troy (Sun Belt). He went about where consensus had him.
In college, 2020-2023, 48 games: 4,038 rush yds, 34 TD, 5.3 yds/carry, 93 rec.
Recruited
Class of 2020 · Running back · High school: Marietta, GA
Partial offer list. Offer lists for the 2020 class are partial everywhere we can read them: we hold 3 or more offers for 50 of 4,413 recruits, and we grade only those boards.
College: Troy 2020-23