Kennesaw State — Conference USA
HC
Jerry Mack · Fifth Third Stadium · Kennesaw, GA · 11,040 cap
PPA off / def
0.15 / 0.17
2025
Class rank
#120
class of 2026
Returning PPA
6%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (10–4)
Statistical comps — 2025 Kennesaw State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (29 in / 19 out)
| Incoming |
|---|
| Brayden Munroe | WR | ← Northern Colorado | ★★★ |
| Tony Williams | S | ← UCF | ★★★ |
| Luke Evans | CB | ← Miami (OH) | ★★★ |
| Mateo Guevara | IOL | ← Middle Tennessee | ★★★ |
| Zion Booker | WR | ← Tulsa | ★★★ |
| Luke Duska | IOL | ← Elon | ★★★ |
| Perry Fisher | CB | ← UAB | ★★★ |
| Precious Ekeh | IOL | ← Central Connecticut | ★★★ |
| + 21 more |
Origins
Bohannon started the program from nothing in 2015 with the flexbone and reached the FCS semifinals within three years. Moved to the FBS in 2024, the newest program in it.
Founded 1963 · A junior college north of Atlanta that grew into a university · first football 2015 · defined by Brian Bohannon
All-time record
Win %
65.4%
11 seasons played
Winning seasons
8
73% of seasons
By level: FCS 71–30 (2015–2023) · FBS 12–14 (2024–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 2 | Big South |
| 2021 | 11 | 2 | Big South |
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | Big South |
| 2019 | 11 | 3 | Big South |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | Conference USA |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 2015 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 403 | 56% |
40% | 110 of 136 | 5.8 | 13% |
| 2nd down | 304 | 59% |
45% | 37 of 136 | 6.4 | 15% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 41 | 71% |
59% | — | 3.9 | 5% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 51 | 35% |
49% | — | 6.1 | 12% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 86 | 22% |
27% | — | 6.7 | 16% |
| 4th down | 22 | 55% |
59% | — | 3.8 | 9% |
175 drives · 29% ended in points · 7.0 plays and 40.0 yards per drive · 0.87 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| CFP | Western Michigan |
No Huddle-Shotgun #2 A.Odom pass complete deep right to #15 J.Rogers caught at WMU46, for … |
82 | 6.49 |
| 9 | Florida International |
(14:58) Shotgun #2 A.Odom pass complete short right to #0 C.Bennett caught at KSU26, for 7… |
76 | 6.15 |
| 7 | Louisiana Tech |
Dexter Williams II pass complete to Coleman Bennett for 50 yds for a TD (Britton Williams … |
50 | 5.76 |
| 9 | Florida International |
(00:30) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 D.Williams II pass complete deep right to #6 C.Moss caught at… |
70 | 5.69 |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee |
Amari Odom pass complete to Chase Belcher for 53 yds for a TD (Britton Williams KICK) |
53 | 5.25 |
| 13 | Missouri State |
(00:41) Shotgun #2 A.Odom pass complete deep left to #1 G.Benyard caught at MSU00, for 41 … |
41 | 5.16 |
| 11 | New Mexico State |
(08:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 A.Odom pass complete deep left to #18 C.Coppock caught at NMS… |
55 | 4.28 |
| 14 | Liberty |
Coleman Bennett 30 Yd pass from Amari Odom (Britton Williams Kick) |
30 | 4.24 |